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US. hope Jahmal Harvey defeated the reigning AIBA World Champion in the featherweight division

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(L-R) Jahmal Harvey & Mirazizbek Mirzakhailov


BELGRADE, Serbia – October 29, 2021 – The United States’ teenage hope Jahmal Harvey delivered the upset performance of in the afternoon session of the fourth day at the AIBA World Boxing Championships in Belgrade, Serbien. Harvey eliminated Uzbekistan’s defending AIBA World Champion Mirazizbek Mirzakhalilov to reach the 1/8 final.


Harvey will turn 19 later this year, but the US boxer proved that he is a fantastic talent in boxing. He had some difficulties in the first round in his opening bout, but he managed to beat Belgium’s Vasile Usturoi in a hectic fight. Harvey’s Irish coach Billy Walsh prepared the strategy for his second contest against Mirzakhalilov, reigning AIBA World Champion and Asian Games winner.


The Uzbek boxer is one of the top stars of the AIBA World Boxing Championships. but his US rival surprised him with his effective counter-punching and top level of footwork. Harvey exceeded all of the expectations in this featherweight (57kg) bout and eliminated the defending champion.


"Jag trodde på mig själv, my skills and on my coaches today,” Harvey said, “and I knew that I could make it. The first round was very important, and I gave in everything to take the lead on the scorecards to follow my own strategy. I have the physical condition to keep in the same level until the very end. The atmosphere is impressive in this event, and I am happy that part of it.”
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Two-Time Gold Medalist and Professional Superstar Claressa Shields and Her Team Send Congratulations to USA Boxing’s Olympic Medal Winners

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Two-time Olympic champion Claressa Shields, from Flint, Michigan, is proud of Team USA’s Olympic boxing medalists and the whole USA Boxing squad, which featured five female participants for the first time. The only American boxer ever to win back-to-back Olympic gold medals, Shields stood atop the medal podium at the first-ever Olympic Games to feature women’s boxing in 2012, before duplicating the feat at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The reigning middleweight Olympic champion was pleased with the United States’ performance at the Tokyo Olympics, which featured three silver medals and a bronze in the first appearance of a women’s welterweight competition.


“I’m super proud of the U.S. lag. The Olympics is the hardest tournament to medal in and all of you showed a lot of grit, hard work, determination and skill,”Shields sa.


Earning medals in Tokyo were female welterweight O’shae Jones from nearby Toledo, Ohio, who took home a bronze, as well as a pair of professional boxers in Duke Ragan (fjäder) and Keyshawn Davis (lätta), and California’s Richard Torrez Jr, (super heavyweight) who each won silver medals. The four medals represent the highest total for Team USA since Ricardo Juarez, Ricardo Williams, Clarence Vinson and Jermain Taylor grabbed hardware (two silver and two bronze) vid 2000 OS.


Den 2020 Olympic Games featured the addition of two women’s weight divisions, bantamvikt (119 Ibs) och weltervikt (152 Ibs), which shows the continued growth of the sport of women’s boxing throughout the world.


Shields, who in addition to her two Olympic gold medals has won ten world titles in three weight divisions and become undisputed champion in two weight classes in just eleven fights as a professional and recently launched a two-sport career with her professional MMA debut for the PFL, says that having Jones as another American female professional boxer sporting an Olympic medal would be good for the sport. Jones has previously expressed a desire to enter the pro ranks.


“An injection of new top-level talent is always positive,”Sa Shields (11-0-0, 2 Kos), who aside from making her successful MMA fighting debut in June, made history last March by dethroning Canada’s Marie-Eve Dicaire and becoming the first boxer in the four-belt era to be an undisputed champion in two divisions. She also retained her WBC and WBO junior middleweight titles with the victory and claimed Dicaire’s IBF belt, as well as the vacant WBA Championship. “The idea of a new generation of ladies turning pro and deepening the talent pool with Olympic-level skills will be good for the sport of women’s boxing.”


Shields went 77-1 as an amateur and turned professional after her second Olympic victory in 2016. Her 2017 battle with Szilvia “Sunset” Szabados was the first female main event to be broadcast on American premium television. In addition to currently being the WBC, WBO, IBF and WBA champion at 154 pounds, Shields had previously unified all four of the major sanctioning body belts at middleweight (160 Ibs.).


Shields has had a dominating, record-breaking run thus far in her professional career, tearing through other women once considered the best in their divisions with relative ease. She and Great Britain’s Katie Taylor, also undefeated as a pro, have lifted women’s boxing to new heights in recent years, leading an increasingly deeper talent pool that will only get deeper with the addition of the 2020 Olympians from around the world.


Shields’ manager, Mark Taffet of Mark Taffet Media, agrees that the impending influx of new talent to women’s boxing will benefit the sport as a whole.


“I’m excited for the four Americans who brought home Olympic medals this year, particularly welterweight bronze medal winner Oshae Jones who I believe will be one to watch in the next few years,” said Taffet. “The female boxing talent pool, and importantly the U.S. pool, continues to improve and bodes well for the future of women’s boxing and the continued gains toward equality across the board.”


Shields’ promoter, Dmitriy Word of Word-kampanjer, says he’s excited for the future and proud of USA Boxing, who produced four medal winners while undergoing a deadly pandemic that severely hampered the ability to train properly


“As a former amateur and professional boxer, I know the sacrifices required to fight on the elite level and I congratulate Team USA for all of its successes this year, even through all the added challenges that Covid-19 created,”Sa Word.
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Texas Twins Jordan & Josh Jenkins on special Mission to Write American Boxing History

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2020 USA National Boxing ChampionshipsHav. 25-April. 4, in Shreveport, Louisiana

COLORADO SPRINGS, Lap. (Mars 1, 2021) — Texas twins Josh (L) och Jordanien (R) Jenkins are on a mission to become the first twins ever to be on a Team USA Olympic Boxing Team.


They will both be competing in the elite division at the 2020 USA Boxning SM, postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic from last December to March 25 – April 3, in Shreveport, Louisiana.


The Jenkins twins have overcome numerous obstacles in Dallas, primarily their father’s long incarceration, subsequently getting into trouble and constantly fighting others in school. And that doesn’t even include COVID-19 restrictions that limited gym time and eliminated tournament competition this past year.


They were fortunate to have their grandfather, den sena Guilford Childress, who was the most significant male influence in their lives. “We played all sports but were getting into trouble fighting in school,” older brother by 1 minute Josh said. “Our grandfather took us to the gym, but our mother didn’t want us to box. He and my godfather, Darryl Thomas, who was also a father figure for us, trained us. Our grandfather used to come to school when we got in trouble. He was our disciplinarian. He’d take us right out of training at the gym or stop us from sparring for two weeks. He didn’t just want us to be champion boxers, he wanted us to become mature men.


"Två år sedan, Greg Hatley became our trainer. Everything changed for us when we started being trained by Coach Hatley. Our styles completely changed, and we started settling down in the ring, and picking spots. Coach Hatley has had a big impact on our lives. He’s taught us how to be men. He’s a roofer and he taught us how to roof, change oil and tires, and save our money for later.”


The twins work for Amazon in a warehouse. Jordan is a brawling lightweight, while welterweight Josh is more of a boxer. Have they ever switched places and fought under the other’s name? “Everybody asks us that,” laughed Jordan. "Do Not, Josh is bigger than me.”


They’ve been competing in the elite division for the past couple of years, and both have reached the semifinals of major tournaments, but they’re ready to break out at the upcoming National Championships.


The Jenkins twins have had their training impacted. like most other amateur boxers, but not terribly, yet different from what they were used to. At first there were limitations at their gym, but once restrictions opened-up, they were able to train more often, spread out more than normal at the gym while working out, and COVID-19 tested monthly.


The dream for “Twin Nation”, coined by their grandfather when Josh and Jordan were in the seventh grade, is becoming the first twins on a Team USA Boxing Olympic Team, something late grandfather first mentioned to them. “We want to be the first twins on the US Olympic Boxing Team so kids can look up to us,” Jordan noted. “We want to prove that kids labeled as bad can still be successful growing up in an environment like ours. A lot of friends we grew up with are dead or in jail. We’ve worked had to change our lives and we’re looking ahead to Paris (site of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games)."


Their remarkable journey reaches a new level at the Nationals. They aren’t in a rush to go pro, antingen. Oh, they both intend to be professional boxers, but only when they’re ready as a tandem.


“We’re humble,” Josh concluded. “We’ve had a lot of bumps and bruises. We could have gone left or right. A lot of our friends went one way, but we went the other way, och
became boxers.”


INFORMATION:

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Twitter: @USABoxing, @USABoxingAlumni
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Taking Fitness to the Digital Age

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av: Kas Andz

WhatsApp pings 10am …”Hi, this is your gym, due to coronavirus the gym has been shut down until further notice”.

If you’re like me, and you need that runner’s high to keep your body and mind in check, then the above message was the doomsday scenario. Forget the toilet paper, I need my weights!

That’s for me, a gym goer…what about the personal trainers, the MMA fighters, the wrestlers, the boxers that earn their livelihoods on everything that Covid-19 forces us not to?

These professions may not be an “essential service” like ambulance drivers and supermarkets, but these professionals are an essential service for the days to come for the mind, kropp, and soul of everyone, especially during an epidemic are becoming more and more essential by the day, even by the hour.

The good news is…digital communication of physical arts is NOT a new thing. Workout videos, wrestling and MMA fighting have all been digitized starting from TV spots, YouTube and just about anywhere you can find a screen.

First step is to ask yourself, how have you been offering your services until now?

Nu, can you replicate that in front of a camera? 

Nu, can you use a computer and put things on a membership site?
(check this out https://www.capterra.com/sem-compare/membership-management-software)

Hej! You got a business!

Almost any educational based service, even physical can be digitized and presented. LÅT BLI, it’s not going to be AS good as the real stuff and no, you can’t expect your clients to have the equipment that the gym does…

…But here’s the tricky part and here’s the difference between a successful campaign and one that isn’t…

First thing to understand is, people will pay for value, especially in this era when spending has to be done well. So let’s do it well

Option A: The tone down. Equipment is mostly inaccessible, so change up your training program to not need those fancy pieces. Ask yourself, what can you swap in or out of the routine and still get the impact you’re looking for?

A stairmaster can be replaced by stairs, weights can be replaced by stones (carefully).

If you make your training videos with these toned down equipment, making it something that everyone can do, on any budget, you got yourself a winner.

This is also the opportunity to combine in other services that work together such as nutrition during isolation. An endless level of opportunity, perhaps even more than normal.

Option B: The Upsell – People don’t have these equipment, why not get it to them. All stores are suffering. Reach out to these stores and factories and strike a deal that you will help facilitate sales for them.

I tur och ordning, you advertise a special discounted deal on the best equipment. All the while you begin earning commission points on these sales. A true win-win for everyone. If you need help with your digital marketing, chat with these guys.

Keep in mind your audience, its demographic and how it’s marketed.

I know these are new-age types of marketing tactics for the down to earth gym goer, these are the times we have to learn to adapt and change…or disappear.


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West Point Boxing Fall Classic Winchester’s Cadet Luca LoConte Botis Returns home Nov. 10

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Anthony’s in Malden, Mäss.

BOSTON, Mäss. (Oktober 14, 2019) – The National Collegiate Boxing Association (NCBA) will present the “West Point Fall Classic” on Sunday, November 10, på Anthonys i Malden, Massachusetts.

Members of the West Point boxing team will compete against amateur boxers from USA Boxing New England, University of Connecticut, Trinity College, Hartford College, and the University of Massachusetts.

“We are excited for this upcoming event featuring the best college athletes in the Northeast,"SadeEric Buller, President of the National Collegiate Boxing Association and member of the USA Boxing Board of Directors. “We are also happy to include some of the most impressive local athletes as well. This is a win for everyone who attends:  local athletes, future leaders of America, dedicated coaches and officials, boxing legends, great venue and outstanding ring action. Thanks to Anthony’s for hosting us and to all that are working hard to make this event the great success it will be.”

United States Military Academy Senior CadetLuca LoConte Botis, who hails from nearby Winchester (MA), will be showcased in what will likely be his final local boxing competition.

EN 2015 graduate of Winchester High School, where he captained the school’s cross country, swimming and outdoor track teams. Botis will be supported by a large contingent of family and friends.

A tribute to the USA Boxing Alumni Association will also be on tap, including appearances by 1988 OS-guldmedaljörenRay Mercer, International Boxing Hall of Fame refereeSteve Smoger, three-time Fight of the Year participant"Irländska" Micky Ward (Lowell, MA), three-time two division world champion"El Gallo" Jose Antonio Rivera(Worcester, MA), and former New England amateur champion and reigning IBA super welterweight championGreg “The Villain” Vendetti (Stoneham, MA).

Insläpp på 2 p.m. OCH, första skjutningen planerad till 3 p.m. ET.

Limited tickets are available for purchase by calling Seacoast Ticket Agency at 1.800.382.5242.

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Jamel “sempre Fi” sill Patriot, Olympian & Nu World Champ

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USA Boxning Alumni: (L) Jamel Sill och hans stall, Terence “Bud” Crawford
(Bildkälla av Mikey Williams / Top Rank)

COLORADO SPRINGS, Lap. (Juni 13, 2019) – Nyligen krönt World Boxing Organization (WBO) super fjäderlätta mästaren Jamel “sempre Fi” Sill har varit en kämpe praktiskt taget hela sitt liv som en US. Marine och elit boxare.

Den 33-åriga Herring (20-2, 10 Kos), slåss av Cincinnati, har gått varvet runt sedan han började boxning vid en ålder av 15. “Jag började för att jag gjorde dåligt i skolan, klippt från basketlag,” förklarade han om varför han valde Sweet Science. “Jag ville inte vara på gatorna. Det var inte min karaktär, så jag var tvungen att hitta något annat att göra. En vän introducerade mig till boxning och jag fastnat med det. Jag fick så småningom mina betyg tillbaka och gjorde stor ära rulle.”


Sill också utvecklats till en olympisk boxare, mestadels medan han tjänstgjorde nio år i US. Marines, och även när han utplacerades två gånger i Irak. Han sammanställt en 81-15 amatör rekord, inklusive toppriser på 2011 & 2012 Försvarsmaktens VM, 2011 US. OS-försök och 2012 US Nationals guldmedaljör, tillsammans med ett silver på den 2010 World Military Games. Han var den första aktiv tjänst US. Marine att kvalificera sig för den amerikanska Boxing Team sedan 1992, såväl som den första US. Marine att tävla i 2012 OS.

“Jag boxades lite under min andra utplacering på fritiden,” han noterade. “Jag kom tillbaka från min andra utplacering mot slutet av 2007 och började boxning för marinkåren i 2008. De flesta av mina amatörkarriär kom under Marine Corps. Jag lärde mig en hel del reser med Marine Corps. Jag fick se flera stilar och tävlade i nationella tävlingar som en marin. De hade också medel för att skicka mig.”

Höjdpunkten i hans amatörkarriär representerade sitt land vid 2012 OS i London som kapten i Team USA. Trots att han förlorade (19-9) i öppningen runt till två-tiden Kazakiska boxare Daniyar Yeleussinov, som vann guld på 2013 VM och senare på 2016 OS, öppnings olympiska ceremonierna var den mest minnesvärda ögonblick hela hans amatörboxning karriär av särskilda skäl.

“Det var årsdagen av min dotters bortgång,” sill sa. “Det jag vet att oavsett vad, du kan fortfarande uträtta något, även genom upp-och nedgångar.”

Andra medlemmar av 2012 USA OS-truppen Herring kapten ingår dagens värld mästare i Pro leden som Errol Spence, Jr., Claressa Shields och Marcus Browne, förre världsmästaren Rau'Shee Warren, och VM-titel utmanare Terrell Gausha, Michael Hunter och Dominic Breazeale.


Sill fortfarande ligger nära USA Boxing, säger: “USA Boxing hjälpte mig på grund av förhållandena skapade jag, varav många fortfarande idag. Jag träffade andra fighters från hela världen att jag hållit goda relationer med. Det hjälpte mig också blivit mer av folk person jag är idag. Att lagkapten lärt mig tålamod, eftersom jag var tvungen att ta itu med en massa personligheter, Jag använder fortfarande dessa egenskaper i dag. Och jag är fortfarande nära mina OS-lagkamrater idag.”


USA Boxing Alumni Association

Skapad att kämpa en livslång, ömsesidigt fördelaktiga relationer mellan USA boxning och dess alumner, –boxare, tjänstemän, tränare och boxning fans — Alumni Association ansluter generationer av champions, inspirerande och ge tillbaka till USA Boxning framtida boxning mästare, in och ut ur ringen.

USA Boxing Alumni Association är öppet för alla som har en kärlek till boxning och vill hålla kontakten med amatörboxning. Medlemmar får tillgång till ett brett utbud av specialevenemang värd Alumni Association, inklusive dess årliga USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame reception.

För att delta i Alumni Association, helt enkelt registrera vid alumni@usaboxing.org för en $40.00 per år medlemsavgift. Nya medlemmar får en T-shirt, nyckelring och e-plånbok.



“Jamel är ett perfekt exempel på elasticitet och uthållighet,” nämnts Chris tofflemire, USA Boxing Alumni Association Director. “Hans hårda arbete, uppoffring, och oförmåga att sluta oavsett vilka hinder han möter kommer att fortsätta att inspirera nästa generation av mästare under många år. USA Boxing Alumni Association vill tacka honom för allt han har gett till andra, både i och utanför ringen.”

Ingenting har någonsin kommit lätt för Jamel Herring, särskilt hans märkliga vändning efter den tragiska förlusten av sin nyfödda dotter, Ariynh, som hände tre år på dagen före invigningen av de olympiska spelen.

“Min väg var inte lätt,” sill tillsatt, “Jag hade mina upp-och nedgångar. Jag är en olympier, men ingenting någonsin överlämnades till mig. Jag var tvungen att kämpa för allt jag har fått. Detta är min tid!”

Det är det verkligen, särskilt efter att han besegrat försvarar WBO super fjäderlätta mästaren Masayuki Ito, detta tidigare maj 25, att bli världsmästare. Bevis på att bra saker verkligen råkar bra människor.


INFORMATION:www.usaboxing.org
Twitter: @USABoxing, @USABoxingAlumni
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Troy Isley lossnar största vinst, Förbereder för 2020 OS

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Lap. (Maj 6, 2019) – USA Boxing mellanvikt Troy Isley kommer från den mest betydande seger för hans unga karriär, när han besegrade 2016 OS-guldmedaljören, Kubas Arlen Lopez, vid det senaste Pan American Games Qualifier i Managua, Nicaragua.


Lopez tjänade som en positiv barometer för Isley i termer av hans potential 2020 OS-loppet. “Beating Lopez is my biggest win so far,” Isley admitted. “He won a gold medal at the last Olympics. I avenged my loss to him in 2017. We almost fought in The Continentals, but he lost in the quarterfinals, and I lost in the semifinals. We could face each other again in July at the Pan American Games.”

I 2017, Isley captured a gold medal at the Elite World Championships, which marked a first for an American elite boxer in six years. He’s progressed year-by-year, taking top honors at the 2012 & 2013 National PAL Championships, 2014 Nationella Junior OS, 2016 & 2017 Elite SM. So far this year, in addition to winning at the Pan American Games Qualifier, he also took gold at the Strandja Tournament in Bulgaria.

Not too shabby accomplishments for a kid who really didn’t like boxing, especially compared to football, which was his favorite sport growing up.

“When I returned to the gym I trained at, Alexandria (VA) Boxing Club,” USA landslaget assisterande tränare Kay Koromba ihåg,” de behövde hjälp med en ung grabb, Troy Isley. Jag hade en enkel konversation med honom. Han sa att han skulle komma tillbaka till gymmet om jag var där coaching. Jag ville inte gå tillbaka för en stund och han kom inte tillbaka. Jag tog så småningom över gymmet när tränaren kvar, och Troy återvände.

“Troy är vänner med Keyshawn Davär (USA Boxing främsta. 1-rankade lätta). De båda bor i Virginia (Troy i Alexandria, Keyshawn i Newport) och träna med mig på Alexandria Boxing Club, när vi inte lever och utbildning i Colorado Springs. De kämpade som barn och blev goda vänner. Alla andra boxare här ser upp till dem.”

“Jag var bara 8 och vid första jag verkligen inte gillar boxning,” Nu 20-årige Isley talade om sin introduktion till amatörboxning. “I was more interested in team sports like football, but I gave up boxing when I chose to compete in the Box-Offs. I just wanted to be a kid and you can’t play boxing. I went back to the gym and beat up everybody. Coach Kay told my father that he could make me into a national champion, and that gave me a lot of self-esteem.”

A self-described boxer puncher, Isley is an intelligent, well-spoken boxer with eyes on the future, outside of boxing, taking on-line business courses through DeVry University. “I can do it all,” he offered about his boxing style. “I’m working on using more jabs to be a better all-around boxer. The jab sets the offense up. I’m working on my jab because you can win fights with a jab.”

Promoters are lining up to pitch their companies to sign Isley, som har en definitiv plan som handlar om att göra det 2020 USA Olympic Boxing Team, medalj i Japan, och sedan bli professionella.

“De olympiska spelen är bara ett år bort,” Isley noterade. “Jag är nära med Keyshawn och Shakur(Stevenson, 2016 OS-silver-medaljören och en 11-0 pro utsikter). Träning med dem underlättar för oss alla. Vi kör varandra och tåg mot olika stilar. Jag är alltid att plocka upp nya saker. Vi hjälper varandra utbildning, sparring, och bara prata. Vi är alltid tillsammans, antingen i Alexandria eller Colorado Springs. Shakur går kvar för gott sparring.

“Shakur berättar en hel del om sina upplevelser i OS och nu som ett proffs. Jag och Keyshawn har alltid pratat om att vara tillsammans på USA Boxing OS-truppen. Vi fortsätter att arbeta hårt och vistas fokuserad. Det har varit vår dröm.”

Drömmar kommer sant men, först, Isley förbereder för Pan-Am Games och, eventuellt, hans gummi match med den försvarande OS guldmedaljören, Lopez.

INFORMATION:
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Twitter: @USABoxing
Instagram: @USABoxing
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Graham och Torrez Jr. Win Gold; Coe Tar Silver i finalen av 2019 Strandja Tournament

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Team USA Löv Sofia, Bulgarien med åtta medaljer

COLORADO SPRINGS, Lap (Februari. 19, 2019) — Den 70 upplagan av Strandja Tournament avslutades i dag med Team USA vinna två guld och ett silver att lägga till de fem bronsmedaljer de vann i gårdagens semifinal i Sofia, bulgarien.

2018 Elite Kvinnors VM bronsmedaljör Naomi Graham (Colorado Springs, Colo.) lagt till en annan medalj till sin imponerande internationell återupptas efter att ha besegrat Sveriges kärlek Holgersson med delad beslut. Detta markerar middle fjärde internationella medalj sedan början av 2018.

Super tungvikt Richard Torrez Jr. (Tulare, Calif.) closed out the tournament in spectacular fashion to take another international gold medal. Torrez took all five judges’ cards over the host countries Petar Belberov to earn his second elite international gold medal. At the conclusion of the tournament, Torrez was named on the Boxers of the Tournament.

2018 breakout star Khalil Coe (Jersey City, N.J.) picked up a silver medal following a walkover win by Russia’s Imam Khataev.

Troy Isley (Alexandria, Va.), delante Johnson (Cleveland, Ohio) Oshae Jones (Toledo, Ohio), Morelle McCane (Cleveland, Ohio) och Yarisel Ramirez (Las Vegas, Nev.) earned bronze for Team USA in yesterday’s semifinal bouts.

Team USA began the tournament with 25 boxers with Head Coach Billy Walsh (Colorado Springs, Colo.) leading the American delegation throughout the tournament, along with USA Boxing National Assistant Coach Kay Koroma (Colorado Springs, Colo.). Rasheen Ali (Cleveland, Ohio), Tim Back (Cincinnati, Ohio), Kevin Benford (Cincinnati, Ohio), Joe Guzman (Fontän, Calif.) and Christine Lopez (Rowlett, Texas) served on the coaching staff during the tournament. Årets turnering såg över 300 boxare från över 30 olika länder steg in i ringen.

Delegationen kommer att återvända till USA i morgon.

Du kan se tillbaka på USA: s föreställningar hela turneringen genom klicka här.

final Resultat

75 kg: Naomi Graham, Colorado Springs, Colo./USA, december. över Kärlek Holgersson / SWE, 3-2
81 kg: Imam Khataev / RUS vann med walkover över Khalil Coe, Jersey City, N.J./USA, WO
91+ kg: Richard Torrez Jr., Tulare, Calif./USA, december. över Petar Belberov / BUL, 5-0

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CLARESSA SHIELDS INDUCTED INTO USA BOXING ALUMNI ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAME

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Paving the way for female boxers…..
Claressa Shields
“USA Boxing is family!”
USA Boxing Alumni Association, Klass av 2018 inductee

COLORADO SPRINGS, Lap. (December 3, 2018) – Two-time Olympic gold medalist Claressa Shields not only is spearheading a new wave in women’s boxing, she has developed into a true role model for countless youths.

 

 

 

Shields will be inducted into the USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame this Friday night in Salt Lake City, along with Class of 2018 medlemmar Roy Jones Jr.. och, Andre Ward, as well as the late Emanuel Stewartoch Tom Cleary.

 

 

 

Den andra årliga USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame reception, hålls i samband med 2018 USA Boxing Elite och Ungdom nationella mästerskap och Junior och Prep Open, December 2-8, kommer att hållas December 7, på Radisson Hotel (215 S. Temple St.) in Salt Lake City, Utah.

 

 

 

“I feel honored,” Shields spoke about being inducted into the USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame,” I am only 23 years old and to be inducted into the USA Boxing Hall of Fame is a great honor, but also a shock to me. I believe I am worthy of any honor, but I know things take time, and I always thought I would put in the Hall of Fame at the age 40 eller 50. This is a big deal to me and I feel so honored. Just to have my name mentioned alongside names of greats like Andre Ward and Roy Jones just really motivates me. I feel privileged!”

 

 

 

The pride of Flint, Michigan, Shields has already successfully parlayed her amateur success to the professional ranks, in which she is 7-0 (2), and the reigning unified (IBF, WBA & WBC) värld mästare i mellanvikt.

 

 

 

Shields finished her amateur career with an incredible 77-1 (18 Kos) post, highlighted by her Olympic gold-medal-performances in 2012 och 2016. She hasn’t lost in the ring since 2012, när Savannah Marshall (England) won on points, 14-8, at the World Championships in China.

 

 

 

“USA Boxing came into my life as a two-time Junior Olympic champion,” Claressa explained her USA Boxing relationship. “The help from USA Boxing was so important: just noticing me as a young athlete and knowing I would be a strong young woman to represent the USA in the future; möte Julie Goldsticker, who was a blessing for me as she helped me with a lot as a teenager, and just having Coach Abdullah, tränare Al Mitchell, and coach Gloria Peek teach me different styles and how to use all my attributes. USA Boxing blessed me with a lot of knowledge and life-long friendships with all my Olympic teammates and Olympic coaches. My favorite coach, Koroma, literally was with me the whole way through 2015-2016, helping me outside the ring with advice and inside the ring.”

 

 

 

Shields is one of the driving forces in women’s boxing today, carrying the torch handed off by American female boxing pioneers such as Christy Martin, Laila Ali and a few others.

 

 

 

“There is great change going on right now — mig, Mikaela Mayer, Franchon Crews, Katie Taylor, Amanda Serrano and a few other women are carrying the torch for women’s boxing right now,” Shields explained. “Progress has been fast, every network has had a women’s fight on television this year, especially Showtime, on which I have boxed the main event four times. Women’s boxing can go far. I believe the day will come when we can be paid millions just like men.”

 

 

 

By opening doors and breaking down obstacles, Claressa has become a true role model for youngsters all over, in and out of boxing.

 

 

 

“It feels good to be a role model for them (females), and also for so many male boxers,” Shields noted. “Boxing is in a different era and I just want to make it easier for girls coming up, so when they turn pro, boxing will be closer to equality.”

 

 

 

“Claressa has one of the greatest stories in the history of amateur boxing,” sa Chris tofflemire, USA Boxing Alumni Association verkställande direktör. “Her drive, commitment, talent, and character made her a USA Boxing and Olympic champion, leaving a legacy that will last for a very long time. She is a trailblazer for women’s boxing and has established her place as one of the most influential USA Boxing Alumni members of all time. The USA Boxing Alumni Association wants to thank her for inspiring the amateur boxing community and serving as a great role model for the next generation of champions.”

 

USA Boxing Alumni Association

 

 

 

Skapad att kämpa en livslång, ömsesidigt gynnsamma relationer mellan USA boxning och dess alumner, –boxare, tjänstemän, tränare och boxning fans — Alumni Association ansluter generationer av champions, inspirerande och ge tillbaka till USA Boxning framtida boxning mästare, in och ut ur ringen.

 

 

 

USA Boxing Alumni Association är öppet för alla som har en kärlek till boxning och vill hålla kontakten med amatörboxning. Medlemmar får tillgång till ett brett utbud av specialevenemang värd av Alumni Association, inklusive USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame mottagning.

 

 

 

För att delta i Alumni Association, helt enkelt registrera vid alumni@usaboxing.org för en $40.00 per år medlemsavgift. Nya medlemmar får en T-shirt, nyckelring och e-plånbok.

 

 

 

 

Despite all the honors and accolades, she has so richly received, Shields hasn’t forgotten where it all started, and she’s still actively involved in USA Boxing.

 

 

 

“I keep in contact with a lot of the female athletes and give them advice if they ask me,” Claressa added. “I also went to Colorado for five days to be a motivator and keynote speaker for the Next Olympic Hopeful. After my career is over in about 15 år, I want to be a boxing trainer and lead the women’s team to more Olympic gold medals, if given the opportunity. I also want to be a school teacher and a counselor for youth.”

 

 

 

Shields, tyvärr, is unable to attend this Friday night’s Hall of Fame reception because she’s in deep training for her titles defense this Saturday evening on HBO, live from the StubHub Center in Carson, Kalifornien, mot Fenmke Hermans (9-1).

 

 

 

“Tyvärr,” Shields concluded, “I can’t be there but, if I was there, I would say: Thank you to USA Boxing for believing in me at the age of 16. It was an honor to represent America, not only once but two times in the Olympics! I thank Coach Billy (Walsh) for making me dig deep, by having to deal with his Irish ways and jokes, also for changing the culture of USA Boxing. A special thank you to coach Kay, also, I can’t count on my hands how many days we trained at 1 A.M., how many times I knocked on his room door and ran, how many times he has had to take my phone from me because I was crying or having a family problem. He is the coach I could tell everything to, and he also blessed me with his boxing knowledge and made me always feel secure in myself when he was in the corner. USA Boxing isn’t just staff – USA Boxing is family! Even though I’ve had a few words with Matthew Johnson and other staff, I thank them for being hard on me and making sure I handled my responsibilities. Love to all USA Boxing staff, I’m truly thankful.”

 

 

 

Claressa Shields is much more than world and Olympian champion, she’s a class act as well, exactly what’s so desperately needed today.

 

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USA Boxing National Championships return to Salt Lake City Next Week

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Mer än 700 of the top amateur boxers in the United States will box for National Titles
COLORADO SPRINGS, Lap. (November. 27, 2018) — USA Boxing’s Elite and Youth National Championships & Junior and Prep Open returns to the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City, Utah for the second consecutive year, December. 1-8.

 

 

 

Mer än 700 of the nation’s best boxers, aged 8 till 40, will step into the ring beginning Dec. 4 looking for their chance to win a national title. This year’s tournament will also serve as the first qualifier to the 2020 Olympic Trials for Boxing for those boxers in the elite division (19-40).

 

 

 

Winners in the junior (15-16), youth (17-18) and elite division will earn spots on USA Boxing’s High Performance Squad, which will give them the opportunity to attend training camps at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., as well as represent Team USA in international competition in 2019. Boxers in the prep divisions (8-14) will earn valuable ranking points for the next year.

 

 

 

“We are looking forward to returning to Salt Lake City for another year of amazing boxing,” stated USA Boxing Executive Director Mike McAtee. “These championships are an important step towards qualifying to Team USA and their chance to try and qualify to the Tokyo 2020 OS, as well as earn a place on our high-performance squad for our younger boxers.”

 

 

 

USA Boxing will kick off the week-long tournament with a press conference on Monday, December. 3 in Room 155 at the Salt Palace Convention Center. Local Utah boxers, World Championship medalists, as well as alumni of USA Boxing are expected to speak. A list of speakers will be announced closer to the day of the press conference.

 

 

 

Boxing will begin on Tuesday, December. 4 with two sessions, noon and 6:00 p.m., and will be free to the public until finals. Two sessions will continue through Thursday, December. 6, with Friday, December. 7 having just one noon session. The championships will conclude with the junior and youth finals beginning at 3:00 p.m., followed by the elite championship bouts starting at 6:00 p.m. Tickets will be available for purchase throughout the week at the venue or at the door prior to the start of the finals.

 

 

 

USA Boxing and the USA Boxing Alumni Association will also host its second annual Alumni Association Hall of Fame Reception at the Radisson Hotel (215 S. Temple St.) på fredag, December 7. Besök teamusa.org/usa-boxing/alumni för mer information.

 

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