Schacter makes Nevada history
Tuesday, Apr. 15, 2008 @ 1:23 am
The senior southpaw has won more national titles than any Wolf Pack fighter
Nevada boxer David Schacter got revenge, won a fourth straight championship and ended his collegiate career with a win on Saturday – and it only took six minutes.
“After the first round, coach (Pat Schellin) said it was close, but I said ‘bullshit, I got him,’” Schacter said.
Schacter beat Lock Haven’s Addy Pizarro in the 132-pound weight class championship, becoming the only Nevada boxer to win four championships.
The Wolf Pack finished third as a team at the National Collegiate Boxing Association championships at the Reno Ballroom.
Army won the team championships and the Naval Academy finished second.
“(Schacter) is one of the greatest Nevada boxers of all-time. What makes him so great is how cerebral he is,” former Nevada boxer Joey Gilbert said.
Schacter used his cerebral edge even before the first bell. As Pizarro’s name was being called, Schacter moved toward the middle of the ring and stared down his opponent.
Schacter had reason to be fazed because Pizarro knocked out Schacter in one round last November. It was only the second loss of Schacter’s career (30-2).
“(Schacter) walked into a hard right and fell down,” Lock Haven coach Dr. Ken Cox said.
The November fight was two weeks after Schacter got in a car accident while pulling out of his friend’s driveway.
Schacter suffered a secondary concussion in the car accident.
He didn’t fight for three months after his loss to Pizarro. He spent winter break in Las Vegas, his hometown, and returned Feb. 1 to beat Air Force Academy’s Alex Shin.
Schacter has won all five fights since rehabilitating in Las Vegas.
“Everybody dreams about fighting in Las Vegas, but that’s where I’m from,” Schacter said. “I dreamed about fighting in New York City. To go there and fight the way I did (in November) was embarrassing.”
Schacter said he was fighting lighter this weekend because of how nervous he was. He threw-up the day before the championships and said his weight was in the 120’s.
“I ate breakfast (Friday) morning, but my stomach didn’t feel good,” he said.
Schacter said that he doesn’t mind fighting lighter because it gives him a speed advantage.
At the start of the first round on Saturday, Schacter glided to the left of the ring instead of charging the center like most boxers do. He says it’s a way of throwing off the opposing fighters by doing something different.
Halfway through the first round Pizarro whiffed on a punch, moving his momentum past Schacter. Pizarro then slipped on the canvas and fell to the floor. The strongly pro-Nevada crowd went crazy and started chanting Schacter’s name.
In the third round, Pizarro’s eyes got wider and his mouth hung lower, but Schacter looked no different than he did at the beginning of the fight.
Schacter didn’t have to fight three fights in the tournament, as Pizarro did, because he received a bye in the first round.
Schacter beat Mansfield boxer Jarrett Hill in the second round of the tournament on Friday.
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