Student 24/7 Jul 2014 | Page 7

CAMPUS NEWS Rugbystat, Hockeystat, and the flagship products of Crickstat and Umpirestat. ny To ide Dr br k Kir have been responsible for getting the young offenders into trouble in the first place – violence and aggression – as the tool to help them make alternative and positive decisions about their future and their relationship with others. There are rules in boxing that parallel those in life: respect for others, abiding by the referee’s decisions, accepting the judge’s verdict and when the fight is over, the need to move on. The participants are introduced to positive role models from their experiences at Fight with Insight and are able to follow the educational messages in a positive and enjoyable context. The belief is that young people need to be guided to behave appropriately through life-skills training rather than through a punitive criminal justice system. Mr Anton Gilmore runs the Fight with Insight program. He is a renowned boxing promotor, who challenged Cassius Baloyi in 1997 in Johannesburg for the Super Bantamweight World Championship. As a firm believer that community work is essential to wean young people off from crime and violence, his motto is: “If you fight on the street, then you can’t fight in my gym.” Mr A Gil nton mo re Fight with Insight is a boxing project for young offenders who have completed their diversion programme – an element of the South African youth justice system. Young people often enter the diversion programmes via the courts and are thus not necessarily willing participants. But by offering boxing as a