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Middletown, NJ (February 20, 2013) - More than 350 boxers will compete throughout the state in the 2013 New Jersey Golden Gloves (NJGG) Amateur Boxing Championship. A tournament schedule includes nine preliminary bouts with ages ranging from 8 to 34 in their respective age divisions. This marks the first year to include the Junior Golden Gloves division into the tournament so that the younger athletes have the opportunity to compete on a much larger scale. {More}
41 National Champs are
Crowned in Spokane
(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Three young boxers emerged victorious on Sunday in final round action at the Victory Day Tournament in Uman, Ukraine to win gold for the United States. Light flyweight Daniel Gonzalez (Moreno Valley, Calif.), light bantamweight Shakur Stevenson (Newark, N.J.), and heavyweight Pano Tiatia (St. George, Utah) each won their championship bouts to claim gold in the first major international tournament for all three competitors. Pinweight Jordan White (Waldorf, Md.) and lightweight Keoni Adric (Haleima, Hawaii) will both take home silver medals from the tournament following final round losses.
Stevenson won his third bout of the tournament on Sunday, closing the event with a victory over Ukraine’s Aleksandr Babij in the light bantamweight final. Gonzalez, the youngest member of the squad, took home gold with a win over Ukraine’s Dmitrij Judin . The light flyweight champion celebrated his 15th birthday just two weeks before his gold medal performance in Ukraine. Once again, Pano closed the show for the U.S. squad and he did so with a gold medal winning performance. Pano claimed the third gold medal for Team USA with a victory over Ivan Jurenko of Ukraine. {More}
Shakur Stevenson Wins Gold at the Victory Day Tournament in Ukraine
May 2013
New Jersey’s Leroy Davila wins the Silver at the Independence Cup
February, 2013, Team USA enjoyed a busy finals night with five American boxers advancing to championship night at the 2013 Independence Cup in Santiago, Dominican Republic. Flyweight Shawn Simpson (Chicago, Ill.) and light welterweight Erickson Lubin (Kissimmee, Fla.) each won their championship night contests to claim gold medals for the United States. Light flyweight Leroy Davila (New Brunswick, N.J.), lightweight Kenneth Sims, Jr. (Chicago, Ill.), and welterweight Rashidi Ellis (Lynn, Mass.) all won silver medals following championship round losses to Cuba on Friday.
Simpson won flyweight gold in his championship bout with the Dominican Republic’s Hector Luis Garcia. It was the second straight bout against a home nation boxer for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Training Partner and once again, he emerged victorious. Simpson won a 13-11 decision over Garcia to take home gold for Team USA.
Once again, Lubin impressed the Independence Cup crowd with a standout performance. One night after upsetting Olympic bronze medalist Yasniel Toledo Lopez of Cuba, the 17-year-old dominated his Puerto Rican foe in the light welterweight final. Lubin won a 34-5 decision over Puerto Rico’s Jose Rafael Lopez Rosario to claim gold in his first senior international competition. {More}
New Jersey Golden Gloves Announces
Tournament Schedule for the
2013 Amateur Boxing Championship
NJGG gives young athletes a chance to compete statewide
The 2013 edition of the USA Boxing National Championships took place in Spokane, Wash., March 31-April 6 with over 320 athletes competing in the annual event. The event featured the introduction of several new divisions and the recent AIBA rule changes with national champions being crowned in five different divisions. The preliminary rounds took place at the HUB Sports Center Monday through Thursday with the men’s elite semifinals and all the championship round action taking place at the Pend Oreille Pavilion at Northern Quest Resort & Casino. The event was a tremendous success and the event hosts at Northern Quest look forward to . . . {More}
