LOWELL, Misa. (February 3, 2017) – Fourteen exciting matches were held last night in the semifinals round of the 71st annual Lowell Sun Charities Golden Gloves Championship, Chapakati New England (wamkulu Lowell) kugawanikana, at historic Lowell Memorial Auditorium.
The open and novice championship finals will be held Lachinayi lotsatira usiku (Feb. 9) at Lowell Memorial Auditorium with men’s and women’s matches. See the remaining 2017 ndandanda wa zochitika pansipa komanso zotsatira usiku watha akufunira.
Last night’s action included nine novice division semifinals matches, eight men’s and one women’s, as well as four open men’s matches. Two of the open matches featured final competitions (not semifinals like the others) as Boston light heavyweight Taylor Mears, representing The Ring gym, stopped Nahua’s (NH) John Xifaris mu kwachiwiri, and North Chelmsford lightweight Brandon Higgins edged Dorchester’s Jonathan Depina on points, 3-2.
Gloucester’s Gedney brothers, middleweights Adrien ndipo Henry, both won last night, shutting out their opponents (5-0), ankalemekeza, James Marino, wa Medford, ndipo Furcy Ferreras, of Peabody. The Gedneys will not fight each other next in next Thursday’schampionship final of the novice super middleweight division. They will decide which brother will advance and last night’s opponent of the twin that isn’t advancing, Marino or Ferreras, will advance.
Arguably the most action-packed match last night was between lightweights Jeremiah Perez, of Lowell, ndipo Edwin Rozon, of Haverhill, in the open division. Perez won on points, 5-0, but the game Rozon kept firing despite being dropped in the second round.
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Chimaposa ndi Lowell Sun Mabungwe Golden Magolovesi Championship kupita kwa kutumiza New England Golden Magolovesi akatswiri ku National Golden Magolovesi Championship (2017 in Lafayette, Louisiana), kuwonjezera kuchirikiza othamanga m'dera ndi madera gyms, ndi Boys & atsikana Club, m'makhitchini msuzi, m'misasa pokhala, ndalama khansa, maphunziro ndi zina zambiri zimayambitsa kwambiri lachifundo.
Yovomerezeka zotsatira
(opambana woyamba kutchulidwa)
Open Division
FINAL – LIGHTWEIGHTS (132 lbs.)
Brandon Higgins (North Chelmsford, MA / Lowell West End)
WPTS (3-2)
Jonathan Depina (Dorchester, MA / Peter Welch’s Boxing)
LIGHT WELTERWEIGHTS (141 LBS.)
Jesus Alban (Babson Park / Nonantum Boxing)
WPTS3 (5-0)
Matt Fontanez (Nashua, NH / Nashua mnzako)
Jeremiah Perez (Lowell, MA /Lowell West End)
WPTS3 (5-0)
Edwin Rozon (Haverhill, MA / Haverhill Downtown Boxing Club)
MIDDLEWEIGHTS (165 lbs.)
Brian Lawrence (Dorchester, MA / Peter Welch a Gym)
WPTS3 (5-0)
Thomas O’Connell (North Andover, MA / Haverhill mtawuni nkhonya)
FINAL – KUUNIKA HEAVYWEIGHTS (178 lbs.)
Taylor Mears (Boston, MA / Apeza)
WTKO2 (2:59)
John Xifaris (Nashua, NH / Nashua mnzako)
Novice Division
FLYWEIGHTS (114 lbs.)
Shin Merinda (Haverhill, MA / Haverhill mtawuni nkhonya)
WPTS3 (5-0)
Danny DeJesus (Haverhill, MA / Haverhill Inner City Boxing)
LIGHT WELTERWEIGHTS – (141 lbs.)
Ricardo Reid (Boston, MA / Everybody Fights)
WPTS3 (5-0)
Jason McLaughlin (Gloucester, MA / Gloucester Boxing Club)
Nathan Balakin (Tyngsboro, MA / Lowell West End)
WPTS3 (5-0)
Anthony Cefalo (South Boston, MA / Peter Welch’s Boxing)
FEMALE LIGHT WELTERWEIGHTS – (141 lbs.)
Arika Skoog (Boston, MA / Apeza)
WPTS3 (5-0)
Marine Krzisch (Cambridge, MA / Nonantum Boxing)
WELTERWEIGHTS (152 lbs.)
Peter Maher (Arlington, MA / Somerville Boxing)
WTKO1 (11:02)
Christopher Langley (Medford, MA – Unattached)
MIDDLEWEIGHTS (165 lbs.)
Adrien Gedney (Gloucester, MA / Gloucester Boxing Club)
WPTS3 (5-0)
James Marino (Medford, MA / Somerville Boxing)
Henry Gedney (Gloucester / Gloucester Boxing)
WPTS (5-0)
Furcy Ferreras (Peabody, MA / Private Jewels)
KUUNIKA HEAVYWEIGHTS (178 lbs.)
Andrew Perez (Methuen, MA / Lawtown Boxing)
WPTS3 (3-2)
Miguel Figueroa (Boston, MA / Aliyense
Rey Polanco (Roxbury, MA / South Boston Boxing)
WPTS3 (4-1)
Mike Napaolitano (Lowell, MA / Unattached)
71st annual Lowell Sun Charities Golden Gloves Championship Schedule
(Lowell Chikumbutso Molankhuliramo – 6:30 p.m. zitseko, 7:30 p.m. yoyamba bout)
Chapakati New England (wamkulu Lowell)
Open & Novice Maphunziro Championship omaliza – Thursday, Feb. 9
New England mpikisano wa odziwa
Novice Maphunziro Semifinals – Thursday, Feb. 16
Novice Maphunziro Championship omaliza – Thursday, Feb. 23
Open Maphunziro Semifinals – Lachitatu, Sea. 1
Open Maphunziro Championship omaliza – Thursday, Sea. 2
Information:
New England Golden Gloves Executive Director: Bobby Russo
Director of mpikisanowu: Art Ramalho
Chief ya Nduna: Laurie Purcell
mphete olengeza: John Vena
Malo: Lowell Chikumbutso Molankhuliramo, 50 Merrimack St., Lowell, MA
Twitter: @LowellGloves
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