Students looking for a good fight and bloody noses this Thursday and Friday will be forced to their local bar after the annual Fight Night was postponed.

Thomas Carver, Fight Night chairman for Sigma Chi, said Fight Night was postponed to allow for more training time, a problem many involved with the event had raised this year.

“People around the situation felt it was more like a toughman competition,” Carver said. “So we felt we needed to change that.”

Fight Night, co-hosted with Alpha Delta Pi, moved to the Lexington Center this year and will now take place Jan. 22-23. 2010, Carver said.

The change in date will allow participating boxers five to six months maximum for training, while also allowing more students to sign up to box. Although reopening registration would allow for disporportionate training times, Carver said that should not be a problem.

“I’m not concerned as long as they train,” he said.

Under the new training policy for Fight Night, boxers must complete at least five training sessions with a USA Boxing licensed trainer and have that trainer sign off on the session. The UK Boxing Club also provides training.

Matt Garnick, an undeclared junior and first time participant, said the change in dates will allow for better boxing in January.

“You’ll see fights with more skill, more training,” Garnick said. “A lot of guys last year just went out there and did whatever. Now it will be more boxing rather than just hitting.”

Garnick said two to three months is enough time to prepare for an event like Fight Night, but having an extended deadline would allow for everyone to be better off.

Garnick and one of his friends have been training with the UK Boxing Club since last semester. After 10 sessions with the club, Garnick decided to take what he learned and use it for his fraternity, Sigma Chi, for Fight Night.

With a change to a larger venue and potentially better boxing, Garnick said Fight Night is ready to take off in only its third year.

“Really, it’s coming a long way,” he said.