Luokka Arkisto: USA Nyrkkeily

Otha Jones III kilpailee nuorten kesäolympialaisissa Buenos Airesissa 2018

Suoraan Toledosta….
Lokakuu. 6-18 Argentiinassa

COLORADO SPRINGS, Kierros. (Lokakuu 4, 2018) – Kaksinkertainen Yhdysvaltain kansallinen mestari Otha Jones III on huomenna Argentiinassa antamassa julkilausuman Buenos Airesin nuorten kesäolympialaisissa, Lokakuu 6-18 Roca Sports Parkissa.

 

 

 

Jones on amatöörinyrkkeilyn mestareiden uudesta kodista, Toledo, Ohio, missä 18-vuotias Jones vaikuttaa myös yhteisöönsä, varsinkin kun hänen veljensä ammuttiin ja tapettiin muutama viikko sitten hänen polkupyörällä.

 

 

 

Otha kiinnostui nyrkkeilystä ensin katsottuaan YouTube-nyrkkeilyn sensaation. “Luulin, että se oli siistiä,” kevyt keskipainoinen Jones selitti, “joten pyysin isääni viemään minut kuntosalille. Pian opin, että olin siinä hyvä, työskenteli kovasti, ja nyt olen menossa nuorten olympialaisiin.

 

 

 

“Toledon kaikkien kuntosalien taistelijat auttavat toisiaan. (2017 USA: n kansalaisten raskaansarjan mestari) Jared Anderson on minun paras ystäväni. Ensimmäisenä vuonna harjoittelimme samassa kuntosalissa, mutta en koskaan säästänyt hänen kanssaan (naurava), koska hän on liian iso minulle. Olemme nyt eri kuntosaleilla. Kuusi Toledo-nyrkkeilijää, viisi joukkuetoverini, ovat USA: n nyrkkeilyohjelmassa, sisareni mukaan lukien, (välisarjan nyrkkeilijä) Oshae Jones, joka on naisten eliittijoukkueessa, joka kilpailee tällä hetkellä Espanjassa. Me kaikki työnnämme toisiamme rajaan.”

 

 

 

Sen lisäksi, että siepattiin kultaa kahdessa viimeisessä USA: n kansallisessa mestaruuskilpailussa, hän voitti myös parhaat arvosanat 2018 Nuorten mantereen mestaruuskilpailut, plus hopeamitali 2018 Emil Jechevin muistoturnaus.

 

 

 

Itseään kuvailtu epätavalliseksi nyrkkeilijäksi, Jones sanoo, “Heittää lyöntejä kaikista kulmista. Voin nyrkkeillä hyvin tai istua ja taistella, jos minun täytyy.”

 

 

 

Jones, kenellä on 267-11 amatööri ennätys, on jo matkustanut ja kilpaillut Bulgariassa, Unkari ja Venäjä. Hän odottaa kokevansa Argentiinaa, missä hän asuu ja kouluttaa kaksi viikkoa olympiakylän ilmapiirissä.

 

 

 

“Saavutetaan näin pitkälle nuorten olympialaisiin, niin kaukana, on urani kohokohta,” hän sanoi. “Rakastan matkustamista eri maihin kokemaan ja oppimaan uusia kulttuureja. Tavoitteenani on taistella 2020 Olympialaiset Japanissa ja voittaa kultamitalin. Minun on parannettava taitojani; lyö kovemmin ja aseta lyöntejäni paremmin.

 

 

 

“Olympialaisten jälkeen, Aion kääntyä ammattilaiseksi. Haluan siirtää perheeni pois getosta ja saada parempia vaatteita ja aterioita kaikille.

 

 

 

“Omistan Soul City -kuntosalin veljeni ja isäni kanssa. Monilla Toledon lapsilla ei ole mitään tekemistä. Käymme sosiaalisessa mediassa kertomaan näille lapsille, että he tulevat kuntosalilla kuntoon. Olemme osa ohjelmaa, joka ruokkii näitä lapsia. Tunnemme sen, vähemmän aikaa kadulla, voimme auttaa lopettamaan väkivallan, kuten veljeni tapetaan. Yritämme saada lapset pois kaduilta ja kuntosalilla.”

 

 

Otha Jones III (sininen)

 

 

 

 

Jones totesi myös, että hän nauttii todella harjoittelusta Colorado Springsissä, ei vain erinomaisten tilojen ja valmennuksen takia, mutta hänen mielenrauhansa vuoksi.

 

 

 

“Luulin olevani huippuharjoittelu Toledossa,” Jones lisäsi, “mutta tulet tänne, ja ilma on erilainen. Harjoituksen jälkeen merenpinnalla, väsyt harjoittelemaan täällä. Rakastan sitä täällä. On niin paljon mukavia rakennuksia ja tiloja, se on kuin pieni kaupunki, vain ilman rikollisuutta. Voin olla minä täällä.”

 

 

 

Otha Jones, III tekee vaikutuksen renkaassa ja sen ulkopuolella, onko hän kotona Toledossa, koulutus Colorado Springsissä, tai kilpailevat ympäri maailmaa.

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Los Angeles flyweight Heaven Garcia Fighting for another gold medal at Summer Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018

Heaven can’t wait….
Lokakuu. 6-18 Argentiinassa
COLORADO SPRINGS, Kierros. (Lokakuu 2, 2018) — Los Angeles flyweight Heaven Garcia is on a mission to become only the third American boxer, second female, to capture gold medals at the Youth World Championships and upcoming Youth Olympics during the same year, liittyminen Shakur Stevenson ja Jajairia Gonzales, who both accomplished this rare feat in 2014.
 

 

Buenos Airesin nuorisokesäisten kesän olympialaiset 2018 will be held Oct. 6-18 Parque Polidesportivo Rocassa Argentiinassa.

 

 

Garcia explained that her unusual first name is the result of her father being told he could never have children and upon her birth, he felt it was a miracle, aptly naming her, Taivas.

 

 

 

 

Heaven started boxing when she was eight. “After a week,” Garcia sanoi, “I fell in love with boxing. I never played any other sports.

 

 

 

My short-range goal in boxing is to win my second gold medal at the Youth Olympics. Long-range is to qualify and win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympialaiset, and then turn pro and become world champion.

 

 

 

The 18-year-old Garcia, joka oli 2015 Junior World Champion, avenged her quarterfinal loss to Kazakhstan’s Zhansaya Abdraimova at last year’s Youth World Championships, winning the rematch with a 3-2 decision in the semifinals of the 2018 Youth World Championships final. Garcia picked up her second World title with her 4-1 split decision victory over India’s Anamika

 

 

 

Garcia doesn’t consider herself a pure boxer or devastating puncher, at least at this stage of her relatively young boxing career. “I’m a fighter who goes forward,” she noted. “I pressure my opponent, go to the body a lot, and hit her when the right spot is there.

 

 

 

Garcia will be ending her youth career at this month’s Youth Olympics, after which she will move up to become an Elite boxer. “I feel I’m ready for the Elites,” Heaven remarked. “Every step I take is to progress.

 

 

 

I’ve had a good year,” hän myönsi. (she also won a gold medal at this year’s Youth Continental Championships) “I’ve also traveled to Taiwan, Hungary and now Argentina.

 

 

 

Heaven can’t wait to capture her third gold medal at a 2018 International tournament.

 

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USA Boxing Alumni Association Profile: 1972 Olympic Bronze Medalist JESSE VALDEZ

(L-R) – Austin Trout, Jesse Valdez, Raphael Marquez and B.J. Kukkia

COLORADO SPRINGS, Kierros. (Lokakuu 5, 2018) — 1972 Olympic pronssimitalisti Jesse Valdez, who was an outstanding amateur boxer, never turned pro because he chose security for his family rather than take a risk and parlay his amateur pedigree into a prize fighting career.

 

 

 

Valdez first went to the local BoysClub when he was 11. The youngest of seven children in a low-income family, headed by his single mother, in which the kids all slept in one bedroom, girls in a bed, boys on the floor, sharing space with cockroaches.

 

 

 

I started going to the club and I guess I did well because I started beating older and bigger guys,” Valdez remembered. One day a coach asked me if I was interested in learning how to box. At 11, USA Boxing people were interested in me, not me the boxer, and they always gave me guidance. Because of my background, I knew I wouldn’t be going to college, and these people helped me and gave me guidance.

 

 

 

Sisään 1964, 16-year-old Valdez upset Olympic bronze medalist Quincey Daniels at the National AAU Championship in the welterweight division, and later that year he qualitied for the U.S. Olympic Team as an alternate. Valdez captured a gold medal at the1967 National Golden Gloves in the light middleweight weight class and he added a bronze medal from the prestigious Pan-American Games.

 

 

 

I wanted to be a better boxer and that (defeating Daniels) also helped me become a better person. I had never traveled outside of Texas before then. I went to the Regionals and Nationals and then I was asked if I wanted to go to East Africa. All I knew about Africa was Tarzan, Jane and Cheetah. In high school, I was offered college scholarships, but my grades were bad because I spent more time out than in school. I didn’t have a father figure.

 

 

 

While he served in the U.S. Ilmavoimat, Valdez won a gold medal at the 1970 National AAU Championship as a light middleweight and two years later, he became the 1972 National Golden Gloves welterweight champion. A USA Olympic Team alternate for the second time in 1968, the third time was the charm for Valdez, who qualified for the 1972 US-. Olympic Boxing Team by defeating future world champion Eddie Mustafa Muhammad.

 

 

 

My dream came true in 1964,Valdez noted. “I was a USA Olympic Team alternate in 1964 and again in 1968. But in 1972, I wanted to win a gold medal, even though I ended up with bronze.

 

 

 

Valdez became a household name in America because his Olympic fights in Munich, Saksa, aired live on ABC Wide World of Sports, the award-winning Saturday afternoon show during the seventies, when legendary announcer Howard Cosell took a shine to Valdez. Valitettavasti, Jessie was eliminated in the semifinals by the eventual gold medalist, Emilio Correa, by way of a controversial decision, and Jesse settled for a bronze medal.

 

 

 

The 1972 Olympialaiset, kuitenkin, is sadly remembered for the deaths of 11 Israeli athletes and coaches taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group, Black September.

 

 

 

The Olympic village was built in a circle,” Valdez explained. “There were athletes everywhere from all around the world. My roommate and I had a routine after eating. We walked to digest our food and that night we started to walk, when guards with guns and rifles wouldn’t let anybody go past them. We didn’t know why and didn’t speak German. We then asked our coaches what had happened, and they said people were shot that afternoon. Myöhemmin, we saw what happened on television.

 

 

 

I was team captain and all the captains from every sport were asked what the athletes wanted to do, continue (competing) or go home. We decided to go on because, if we had stopped, that’s what they (terrorists) wanted. The Olympics were halted one day for a memorial recognizing those who had died.

 

 

TEAM USA vs. TEAM GERMANY, Lokakuu. 6 & 12 in CHATTANOOGA

 

 

 

Team USA and Team Germany, two of the world’s top amateur boxing programs, will meet in Chattanooga, Tennessee, for two separate duels taking place Saturday, Lokakuu 6 and Friday, Lokakuu. 12, at the Chattanooga Convention Center.

 

 

 

The duels will feature some of the top male and female elite boxers as they prepare for the lead up to the Olympics in 2020. The two events will take place alongside this year’s Eastern Elite Qualifier & Regional Open Championships, which is expected to have more than 650 nyrkkeilijät, ikäinen 8-40, compete from Oct. 8-13.

 

 

 

 

After the 1972 Olympialaiset, promoters lined-up to offer Valdez a pro contract, but he quickly turned down all offers having other options as well. He could have remained in the Air Force and been a coach. Sen sijaan, he accepted an offer from a Houston television station that wanted to benefit from hiring the Olympic bronze medalist returning home. Valdez became a reporter and the station’s ratings immediately went up, but other reporters became jealous and that became a problem for Jesse. Ensin, he contemplated a return to the Air Force, but Valdez liked working in television and he became a photo journalist until he retired in 2005.

 

 

 

Why not take advantage of his fame as an Olympic bronze medalist and turn pro?

 

 

 

“Kun olin 14 tai 15 there were pros training at the gym I went to after school,” Valdez explained, “There was one professional boxer there I really liked and looked up to. He was a world champion, who will remain nameless, and I watched him work out. I’ll never forget, he asked me if he could borrow $1.00. I didn’t even have a nickel and that really opened my eyes. Here was a world champion asking me for money. It stuck in my mind. I took a job as a reporter because I really needed (medical) benefits.

 

 

 

I try to go to clubs and help amateurs, but I don’t watch pro fights.

 

USA Boxing Alumni Association

 

 

 

Luotu puolustamaan elinikäistä, molemminpuolisesti hyödyllisiä suhteita USA Boxingin ja sen alumnien välillä, –nyrkkeilijät, virkamiehille, valmentajat ja nyrkkeilyfanit — Alumni-yhdistys yhdistää mestareiden sukupolvia, innostaa ja antaa takaisin USA Boxingin tuleville nyrkkeilymestarille, sisään ja ulos rengas.

 

 

 

USA Boxing Alumni Association on avoin kaikille, jotka rakastavat nyrkkeilyä ja haluaisivat olla yhteydessä amatööriboksiin. Jäsenille annetaan pääsy monenlaisiin erikoistuneisiin tapahtumiin, joita alumniyhdistys järjestää, mukaan lukien vuotuinen USA Boxing Alumni Association -säätiön juhla.

 

 

 

Liittyä alumniyhdistykseen, rekisteröidy vain osoitteeseen alumni@usaboxing.org varten a $40.00 vuodessa jäsenmaksu. Uudet jäsenet saavat T-paidan, avaimenperä ja e-lompakko.

 

 

 

 

Nyt 70, the Mexican-American from Houston has never regretted the decision he made nearly a half-century ago, tai, tietenkin, his experience at the 1972 Olympialaiset. Jesse Valdez has become a valued speaker for the USA Boxing Alumni Association.

 

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USA vs. Germany Duels to take place in Chattanooga alongside Eastern Qualifier

World medalist and Olympic Hopefuls to step into the ring on American soil

COLORADO SPRINGS, Kierros. (Syyskuu 17, 2018)Two of the world’s top amateur boxing powerhouses will meet in Chattanooga, Tennessee, for two separate duels taking place Saturday, Lokakuu 6 and Friday, Lokakuu. 12, at the Chattanooga Convention Center.

 

 

 

The duels will feature some of the top male and female elite boxers from both the United States and Germany, as they prepare for the lead up to the Olympics in 2020. The two events will take place alongside this year’s Eastern Elite Qualifier & Regional Open Championships, which is expected to have more than 650 nyrkkeilijät, ikäinen 8-40, compete from Oct. 8-13.

 

 

 

We are excited to host the German Federation, as they have hosted us numerous times for training camps over the past two years,” said USA Boxing High Performance Director Matt Johnson.This will be a great competition and a great opportunity for USA Boxing to showcase our next generation of Olympic hopefuls on home soil.

 

 

 

Team USA is expected to bring a talented team that will include multiple World Championship medalists, mukaan lukien 2017 Elite World Championship medalists Troy Isley (Alexandria, Va.), Duke Ragan (Cincinnati, Ohio) ja Freudis Rojas Jr. (Las Vegas, Nev.), as well as two-time World Championship medalist Christina Cruz (New York, N.Y.), 2016 Youth Maailmanmestari delante Johnson (Cleveland, Ohio) ja 2016 Youth World Championships bronze medalist Richard Torrez Jr. (Tulare, Kalifornia.)

 

 

 

Other boxers anticipated to compete for Team USA include international medalists Khalil Coe (Jersey City, New Jersey), Keyshawn Davis (Norfolk, Va.), Virginia Fuchs (leiri, Texas), Oshae Jones (Toledo, Ohio), Quinton Randall (Katy, Texas) ja Stacia Suttles(Brooklyn, N.Y.). These boxers are subject to change, and a full roster for both teams will be released closer to the start of the duels.

 

 

 

Boxers who are competing at the Eastern Elite Qualifier & Regional Open Championships are eligible for an early check-in on Saturday, Lokakuu. 6 for the qualifier and will receive free entrance to that night’s duel. Coaches who pre-register for the Qualifier and complete early check-in will also receive free entrance to that night’s event.

 

 

 

Check USABoxing.org for updates on the event in the coming weeks.

 

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TIETOA USA: N NOKSISTA: USA Boxingin tehtävänä on mahdollistaa Yhdysvallat’ urheilijoille ja valmentajille jatkuvan kilpailukyvyn saavuttamiseksi, kehittää luonnetta, tukea nyrkkeilyä, sekä edistää ja kasvattaa olympiatyyppistä nyrkkeilyä Yhdysvalloissa. USA Boxingin vastuulla ei ole vain tuottaa olympiakultaa, mutta myös valvoa ja hallita kaikkia amatöörinyrkkeilyn näkökohtia Yhdysvalloissa.

Simply the best….. Roy Jones, Jr.

USA Boxing Alumni Association, luokka 2018 inductee

COLORADO SPRINGS, Kierros. (Syyskuu 6, 2018) – Living legend Roy Jones, Jr., universally recognized as one of the greatest pound-for-pound boxers of all-time, leads a celebrated quintet of Class of 2018 inductees into the USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame.

 

 

 

Toinen vuosittainen USA-nyrkkeilyalumniyhdistys ry: n kuuluisuuden hallin vastaanotto, pidetään yhdessä 2018 USA: n nyrkkeily eliitin ja nuorten kansalliset mestaruuskilpailut sekä Junior ja Prep Open, Joulukuu 2-8, will be held Dec. 7, Radisson-hotellissa (215 S. Temple St.) kaupungissa Salk Lake City, Utah.

 

 

 

 

Sen lisäksi, että Jonesin, luokka 2018 also includes two U.S. Olympic gold medalists and world (ammattilainen) Mestarien, Andre Ward ja Claressa Shields, as well as former USA Boxing National Director of Coaching Emanuel Steward and veteran USA Boxing official Tom Cleary. The latter two will be posthumously inducted.

 

 

 

Viime vuonna aloitettu tilausluokka sisältyy Muhammad Ali ja Evander Holyfield, samoin kuin veteraanivalmentajat Roosevelt Sanders ja Tom Coulter.

 

 

 

I am honored to be selected for induction into the USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame,” Jones commented, “especially as a member of this great class with my fellow inductees.

 

 

 

Amateur boxing gave me the chance to learn life skills as well as face every other possible scenario inside of the ring.

 

 

 

Jones, ironisesti, got into boxing at the age of 11 because of Ali. “I saw Ali vs. (Joe) Frazierand just felt as though Ali and I had the same mental concept on life,” Jones explained.

 

 

 

Jones went on to become one of the best amateur boxers in the world, compiling a reported 121-13 ennätys, including gold medal performances at the 1984 National Junior Olympics and 1986 & 1987 National Golden Gloves Tournaments.

 

 

 

At 1988 Olympialaiset Soulissa, Etelä-Korea, Jones reached the championship final of the light middleweight division against Park Si-Hun, Etelä-Korean. Jones suffered arguably the worst decision in boxing history, losing 3-2, despite outpunching his opponent, 86 kohteeseen 32 landed punches, and he was forced to settle for a silver medal. Even his opponent admitted that Jones won their fight, leading the AIBA to later suspend the three judges who selected the hometown fighter as the winner.

 

 

 

How disgraceful was this decision? Jones was selected as the Val Barker Trophy winner as the best boxer of the 1988 olympialaiset ja, due to controversy, the scoring system for Olympic boxing was changed, replacing the 20-point must system with electronic scoring.

 

 

 

I was angered,” Jones admitted, “yet promoted to prove that I was the best fighter there, and in the world, at that time.

 

 

 

Jones made his professional debut May 6, 1989, at home in Pensacola, Florida, in a scheduled eight-round bout, in which RJJ stopped Ricky Randall toisella kierroksella. His long, glorious journey has produced a remarkable 66-9 (47 KOs) pro-ennätys, highlighted by nine major world titles in four different weight classes.

 

 

 

Sisään 2003, Jones defeated John Ruiz by way of a 12-round unanimous decision to become the first former world middleweight champion to become world heavyweight title holder in more than a century.

 

 

 

The possessor of exceptional hand and foot speed, athleticism, movement and reflexes, Jones went undefeated through his first 34 pro taistelee, 22-3 (14) maailman otsikko taistelee. Against former, present or future world champions, Jones was 19-9 (8 KOs) and included among his victims were greats such as Bernard Hopkins, James Toney, Mike McCallum,Vinnie Pazienza, Virgil Hill, Antonio Tarver ja Felix Trinidadin.

 

 

 

Tänään, the 49-year-old Jones, technically speaking, is still an active fighter. He also has two promotional companies and gyms, located in Pensacola and Las Vegas, trains several pro boxers and serves as a color commentator for HBO Boxing. He recently opened gyms in South Africa.

 

 

 

For the past two years, Jones has hosted theFuture Stars of Boxing Tournament” Las Vegasissa, showcasing some of the best amateur boxers in the world.

 

 

 

Hosting the tournament in Las Vegas gives me the opportunity to give back to amateur boxing,” Jones explained. “It’s a great experience for the boxers and it reminds them that who they may have or still look up to, are watching them as well.

 

 

 

Roy Jones, Jr. with one of the many amateur boxers who participated in this year’sFuture Stars of Boxingtournament in Las Vegas (photo courtesy of RJJ Boxing Promotions)

 

 

 

When USA Boxing alumni discuss their favorite fighters,” sanoi Chris Cugliari, USA Boxing Alumni Associationin pääjohtaja, “Roy Jones is near the top of everyone’s list. His spectacular talent, dedication to his craft, and infectious personality make him a no-brainer to headline this year’s Hall of Fame class. He continues to give back to amateur boxing and support the next generation. Roy deserves to be celebrated for all he has accomplished, and we look forward to honoring him in December.

 

 

 

Luotu puolustamaan elinikäistä, molemminpuolisesti hyödyllisiä suhteita USA Boxingin ja sen alumnien välillä, –nyrkkeilijät, virkamiehille, valmentajat ja nyrkkeilyfanit — Alumni-yhdistys yhdistää mestareiden sukupolvia, innostaa ja antaa takaisin USA Boxingin tuleville nyrkkeilymestarille, sisään ja ulos rengas.

 

 

 

USA Boxing Alumni Association on avoin kaikille, jotka rakastavat nyrkkeilyä ja haluaisivat olla yhteydessä amatööriboksiin. Jäsenillä on pääsy monenlaisiin alumniyhdistyksen järjestämiin erityistapahtumiin, mukaan lukien USA Boxing Alumni Association -säätiön kuuluisan lehden vastaanotto.

 

 

 

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Quotes of Note from other World Champions

 

George Foreman: “(Jones) hits like a heavyweight and moved like a lightweight.

 

Montell Griffin: “Floyd (Mayweather, Jr.) was no comparison as far as speed. Roy was much faster.

 

Mike McCallum: “(Jones is) the greatest fighter of all time.

 

 

 

 

If he ever hangs-up his gloves for good, Roy Jones, Jr. will be a first ballot inductee into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. There may never be another boxer quite like RJJ.

 

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TIETOA USA: N NOKSISTA: USA Boxingin tehtävänä on mahdollistaa Yhdysvallat’ urheilijoille ja valmentajille jatkuvan kilpailukyvyn saavuttamiseksi, kehittää luonnetta, tukea nyrkkeilyä, sekä edistää ja kasvattaa olympiatyyppistä nyrkkeilyä Yhdysvalloissa. USA Boxingin vastuulla ei ole vain tuottaa olympiakultaa, mutta myös valvoa ja hallita kaikkia amatöörinyrkkeilyn näkökohtia Yhdysvalloissa.

 

Garcia and Stevens Close Out 2018 Youth World Championships with Wins

Team USA leaving Budapest with 4 medals

BUDAPEST, Unkari (Elokuu 31, 2018)The final day of the 2018 Youth World Championships in Budapest, Hungary was another golden day for Team USA, as both Heaven Garcia (El Monte, Kalifornia.) ja Asa Stevens (Waianae, Havaiji) won the female and male flyweight titles..

 

 

 

Stevens began the final day of boxing in the first bout against 2018 European Champion Ivan Price of England. Leading up to this showdown, Stevens and the USA Boxing coaching staff worked on a plan that would result in victory.

 

 

 

“The past three days we were creating a game plan of keeping distance and doing a lot of faints,” said Stevens after his gold medal performance. “I feel like we utilized it very well and that is how I got the win.”

 

 

 

The flyweight boxed a total of five times through the 11-day tournament, which included a split decision win over Patrick Clancy (Irlanti), unanimous decision wins over Ibrahim Boukedim (Ranska) and Samandar Kholmurodov (Uzbekistan), as well as a split decision win over Bhavesh Kattimani (Intia) semifinaalissa. His unanimous decision victory today over Price earned him his first World Championship title and the first youth flyweight title since Shakur Stevenson in 2014.

 

 

 

“This means a lot, no words can really explain how I feel,” stated Stevens. “This is the best feeling in the world.”

 

 

 

Garcia picked up her second World Championships title to add to her 2015 Junior World Championship title with her 4-1 split decision victory over India’s Anamika.

 

 

 

“My game plan was to use my jab and use that as a key,”Sanoi Garcia. “I wanted to also work in the body shots and wear her down with those and plenty of combinations.”

 

 

 

Like her teammate, Garcia boxed a total of five days in a grueling bracket that included three bouts in a row. Her victories included a split decision over Hatice Akbas (Turkki) Avauskierroksen, unanimous decision wins over Rinka Kinoshita (Japani) and Simran Kaur (Englanti), as well as her rematch with Zhanssaya Abdaimova (Kazakstan) by split decision in the semifinals.

 

 

 

Garcia’s win today adds her to a list of female American boxers that have won multiple amateur world titles that includes JaJaira Gonzalez and Claressa Shields. Garcia is the first American to win both a junior and youth world title since Gonzalez did so in 2013 ja 2014/2015. Garcia will also look to join Gonzalez in the record books with a win at this October’s Youth Olympics.

 

 

 

“This win feels great because it was harder than my first title in 2015,” continued Garcia. “Everyone is older and more experienced at this level, and I worked very hard to get to the top spot.”

 

 

 

Following the conclusion of the tournament, Augie Sanchez (Las Vegas, Nev.), Team USA’s Head National Junior and Youth Coach, was awarded Best Coach of the Tournament honors, kun taas Isamary Aquino (Universal City, Texas) was awarded her bronze medal during the medal ceremonies.

 

 

 

“I am very happy with the team,” said Sanchez at the end of the competition. “It was the whole staff that made this happen, and I am happy how our team performed overall.”

 

 

 

Team USA will begin their return home tomorrow with a total of three gold medals and one bronze after ten intense days of boxing. This year’s tournament brought over 350 nyrkkeilijät yli 50 countries from around the World. Joining Sanchez in the boxers corners throughout the tournament were assistant coaches Timothy Back (Cincinnati, Ohio), Eliza Olson (Redwood, Kalifornia.) ja Rosario Solis (Irving, Texas).

 

 

 

Team USA Results

51 kg: Heaven Garcia, El Monte, Calif./USA, joulukuu. over Anamika/IND, 4-1

52 kg: Asa Stevens, Waianae, Hawaii/USA, joulukuu. over Ivan Price/ENG, 5-0

 

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Team USA Advances 3 to Youth World Championships Finals

Isamary Aqunio Wins Bronze

BUDAPEST, Unkari (Elokuu 28, 2018)On the eighth day of competition at the 2018 Youth World Championships in Budapest, Unkari, Team USA advanced three boxers to the championship bouts, kun taas Isamary Aquino(Universal City, Texas) picked up her second Youth World Championships bronze medal.

 

 

 

Kärpässarjalainen Asa Stevens (Waianea, Havaiji) started the Americans off on a winning note with a 3-2 win over Bhavesh Kattimani of India to advance to the championship bout. Stevens will be looking to become the first flyweight Youth World Champion for Team USA since Shakur Stevenson won in 2014 when he steps into the ring on Friday against England’s Ivan Price, the 2018 European Champion.

 

 

 

2015 Junior World Champion Heaven Garcia (El Monte, Kalifornia.) revenged her quarterfinal loss to Kazakhstan’s Zhansaya Abdraimova at last year’s Youth World Championships by taking the rematch with a 3-2 päätös. Garcia will join Stevens on the second day of finals, as she will face Anamika Urang of India, the 2018 Asian Confederation silver medalist.

 

 

 

The third American to advance to the finals, Iyana Verduzco (Los Angeles, Kalifornia.), continued her impressive World Championships debut with a 4-1 victory over Aycan Guldgai of Turkey. Verduzco will be the first member of Team USA to box in the finals, as she will take on Aizada Yeslyamgali, the 2018 Asian Confederation silver medalist, Torstai.

 

 

 

Aqunio, the final member of Team USA to box in the semifinals, fell short of advancing to the championship bouts against Sakshi of India. This marks Aquino’s second Youth World Championships bronze medal after taking home the bronze at last year’s Youth World Championships.

 

 

 

Team USA will leave these World Championships with four medals total and have been under the leadership of National Junior and Youth Coach Augie Sanchez(Las Vegas, Nev.) throughout this tournament, kanssa Timothy Back (Cincinnati, Ohio), Eliza Olson (Redwood, Kalifornia.) ja Rosario Solis (Irving, Texas) serving as assistant coaches.

 

 

 

You can follow all of the action from the championship bouts by napsauttamalla tätä.

 

 

 

Team USA Results

51 kg: Heaven Garcia, El Monte, Calif./USA, joulukuu. over Zhanssaya Abdaimova/KAZ, 3-2

 

 

52 kg: Asa Stevens, Waianea, Hawaii/USA, joulukuu. over Bhavesh Kattimani/IND, 3-2

 

 

54 kg: Iyana Verduzco, Los Angeles, Calif./USA, joulukuu. over Aycan Guldagi/TUR, 4-1

 

 

57 kg: Sakshi/IND, joulukuu. yli Isamary Aquino, Universal City, Texas/USA, 5-0

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USA Boxing Alumni Association Profile: Dr. WilbertSkeeterMcClure

1960 OLYMPIC GOLD: (L-R) Wilbert McClure, Cassius Clay and Eddie Crook, Jr.

 

COLORADO SPRINGS, Kierros. (Elokuu 20, 2018) – One of the classiest boxers to ever lace-up a pair of gloves is Dr. WilbertSkeeterMcClure, who is the only American boxer to capture an Olympic gold-medal and also earn a Doctor of Philosophy degree (Ph.D).

 

 

 

When I think of ‘SkeeterMcClure,” USA Boxing president John Brown sanoi, “I think of the grassroots of our sport. When ‘Skeeterwas a young boy growing up in Toledo, Ohio, he had a twinkle in his eye and a desire to box. We would learn later in life how talented, gifted and passionate ‘SkeeterMcClure was about the sport of boxing.

 

 

 

It would be impossible for me, somebody who has spent his entire life in boxing, to find a better representative of our sport than ‘SkeeterMcClure.

 

 

 

Lempinimeltään “Skeeterbecause his father thought he looked no bigger than a mosquito at birth, McClure was born October 29, 1938 in Toledo, Ohio, and he developed into the perfect example of brains and brawn.

 

 

 

The now 79-year-old McClure earned degrees in literature and philosophy in 1961 from the University of Toledo and a doctorate in psychology from Wayne State University in Detroit. He was a professor at Northeastern University and late became a Massachusetts state boxing commissioner. Sisään 2012, he was honored for his life’s work by the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law School.

 

 

 

McClure had an incredible boxing career, highlighted by his gold-medal performance at the 1960 Olympiakisat, defeating his Italian opponent in Rome, Carmelo Bossi, to capture the light middleweight gold medal, despite fighting with a severely damaged hand suffered in the semifinals. The two other American gold medalists that year was his roommate and team co-captain, Cassius Clay (aka Muhammad Ali) and Eddie Crook, Jr.

 

 

 

During his illustrious amateur career, McClure was dominant in 1959-1960, winning gold medals at the 1959 Pan-American Games, two-time National AAU tournaments, 1958 International Diamond Belt. He was also named Outstanding U.S. Amateur Boxer in 1959.

 

Al Valenti, Special Projects Consultant for USA Boxing, has known McClure as long as anybody alive, “I had the pleasure of meeting ‘SkeeterMcClure in the late eighties,” Valenti noted, “and since the day I met him I’ve held him in the highest esteem. I cannot find another boxer who has achieved what ‘Skeeterhas during his life in boxing. He was a talented amateur boxer who won at every level and, beyond that, he served in the U.S. Armeija, earned a Ph.D in psychology, and he also had a long career as a college professor. One thing that stands out among his accomplishments is that he’s the kindest, most sincere gentlemen I’ve ever met.

 

 

 

During his tenure on the Massachusetts Boxing Commission, he fully understood the sport and what was needed. As a promoter, I was never busier than when he oversaw boxing in Massachusetts. One of the highlights of my life is when I introduced ‘Skeeterto crowds at our events, after listening to his lists of accomplishments, how the crowd always gave him a standing ovation.

 

 

 

“Dr. Wilbert ‘SkeeterMcClure is a true champion and a class act. No American boxer will ever accomplish what he did.

 

 

 

I first met Wilbert at the 1964 National AAU Championships,” 1972 Olympic pronssimitalisti Jesse Valdez kommentoi. “I had just turned 16. I had won the National Golden Gloves for the first time and went to the National AAU and got beaten by Quincy Daniels, who had won a bronze medalist at the 1960 Olympics with Wilbert. I said hello but really didn’t know Wilbert. I was young, shy and kept to myself. I didn’t realize he was an Olympic gold medal winner until later, while taking with the other guys. I was really impressed by his background.

 

 

 

Wilbert is somebody kids today need to look up to. He’s a great example for kids coming up and dreaming about winning an Olympic gold medal. And Wilbert went on to get an education. He’s a great example for kids today in the program (USA Nyrkkeily).”

 

 

 

Legendary amateur boxing coach Roosevelt Sanders, who last year was inducted into the first class of the USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame, lost to McClure in the 1960 USA Olympic Trials.

 

 

 

“Hän (McClure) has always been nice to me,” Sanders added. “En tunne häntä, henkilökohtaisesti, but met him, fought him, and saw him fight on television. He’s a smart guy, always a gentleman, and being a U.S. Meri-, we were taught to absorb that.

 

 

 

Sisään 1961, McClure turned pro and he was billed as the next Sugar Ray Robinson, largely due their similar boxing style. No endorsements, vaikka, and the odds were really stacked against McClure reaching the same heights as a pro that he had attained as an amateur. During the early part of his professional career, McClure served in the U.S. Armeija, attended college and was married with a baby. After only 14 pro taistelee, the mismanaged McClure was rushed into difficult matches against the likes of future world champions and Hall of Famers Luis Rodriguez (kahdesti) ja Jose Torres, plus No. 1 haastaja Ruben “Hurrikaani” Carter (kahdesti), alkaen 1963 kohteeseen 1966. McClure was on the losing end of four of those five fights, all by decisions, but he did fight Carter to a draw.

 

 

 

McClure retired from the ring in 1970 kanssa 24-9 (12 KOs) ammattilainen record. He eventually resettled in the Boston suburb of Chestnut Hill, where he taught at Northeastern University and later was a consultant to industry and government, teaching administrators how to deal with people.

 

 

 

1960 USA: n nyrkkeilyjoukkue – Wilbert McClure is standing, third from the right, in front of Cassius Clay

 

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Luotu puolustamaan elinikäistä, molemminpuolisesti hyödyllisiä suhteita USA Boxingin ja sen alumnien välillä, –nyrkkeilijät, virkamiehille, valmentajat ja nyrkkeilyfanit — Alumni-yhdistys yhdistää mestareiden sukupolvia, innostaa ja antaa takaisin USA Boxingin tuleville nyrkkeilymestarille, sisään ja ulos rengas.

 

 

 

USA Boxing Alumni Association on avoin kaikille, jotka rakastavat nyrkkeilyä ja haluaisivat olla yhteydessä amatööriboksiin. Jäsenille annetaan pääsy monenlaisiin erikoistuneisiin tapahtumiin, joita alumniyhdistys järjestää, mukaan lukien vuotuinen USA Boxing Alumni Association -säätiön juhla.

 

 

 

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An eloquent speaker who was equally comfortable with corporate executives and boxing fans alike, McClure remained close friends with Ali, Carter and so many others he befriended in boxing. Tänään, he is in ill health but still receives unparalleled respect from all those he’s touched in and out of the ring and classroom.

 

 

 

Simply said, Dr. WilbertSkeeterMcClure is another outstanding USA Boxing product, as well as class personified.

 

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USA Boxing Alumni Association announces Hall of Fame Class of 2018

Roy Jones, Jr., Andre Ward, Claressa Shields,
Emanuel Steward & Tom Cleary
Joulukuu. 7 reception in Salt Lake City, Utah

 

COLORADO SPRINGS, Kierros. (Elokuu 6, 2018) – The USA Boxing Alumni Association has announced its second class to be inducted into its Hall of Fame, Joulukuu 7, Radisson-hotellissa (215 S. Temple St.) kaupungissa Salk Lake City, Utah.

 

 

 

The reception is being held in conjunction with the 2018 USA: n nyrkkeily eliitin ja nuorten kansalliset mestaruuskilpailut sekä Junior ja Prep Open, Joulukuu. 2-8, also held in Salt Lake City.

 

 

 

The Class of 2018 includes U.S. Olympiajoukkueen mitalistit ja maailma (ammattilainen) Mestarien Roy Jones, Jr., Andre Ward ja Claressa Shields, as well as former USA Boxing National Director of Coaching Emanuel Steward and veteran USA Boxing official Tom Cleary. The latter two will be posthumously inducted.

 

 

 

This year’s inductees were selected amongst a group of 17 nominees by the hundreds of registered USA Boxing Alumni Association members during the months of June and July.

 

 

 

USA Boxing Alumni Association is extremely excited to honor this year’s Hall of Fame class, as each inductee represents everything good that amateur boxing has to offer,” sanoi Chris Cugliari, USA Boxing Alumni Associationin pääjohtaja. “Last year’s class contributed to a fantastic inaugural Hall of Fame reception and we’re looking forward to recognizing this year’s class with an even better event.

 

 

 

Luotu puolustamaan elinikäistä, molemminpuolisesti hyödyllisiä suhteita USA Boxingin ja sen alumnien välillä, –nyrkkeilijät, virkamiehille, valmentajat ja nyrkkeilyfanit — Alumni-yhdistys yhdistää mestareiden sukupolvia, innostaa ja antaa takaisin USA Boxingin tuleville nyrkkeilymestarille, sisään ja ulos rengas.

 

 

 

Viime vuonna aloitettu tilausluokka sisältyy Muhammad Ali ja Evander Holyfield, in addition to veteran coaches Roosevelt Sanders ja Tom Coulter.

 

 

 

Each inductee has given so much to Olympic-style amateur boxing and the alumni community wants to thank them, for doing so,” Cugliari added. “We look forward to seeing USA Boxing Alumni members come out in droves to support this year’s Hall of Fame class in December.

 

 

 

USA Boxing Alumni Association on avoin kaikille, jotka rakastavat nyrkkeilyä ja haluaisivat olla yhteydessä amatööriboksiin. Jäsenillä on pääsy monenlaisiin alumniyhdistyksen järjestämiin erityistapahtumiin, mukaan lukien USA Boxing Alumni Association -säätiön kuuluisan lehden vastaanotto.

 

 

 

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USA Boxing Alumni Association Profile: JASON “Big Six” ESTRADA

COLORADO SPRINGS, Kierros. (Heinäkuu 30, 2018) – 2004 US-. Jumalainen Jason “Big Six” Tie fully believes that boxing saved his life, preventing him from running the streets of Providence, Rhode Island, and molding him into the man he is today.

 

 

 

I didn’t have any money growing up and could have easily gone the other way in the streets,” Estrada explained. “A lot of my friends from back then were selling drugs are many are either dead or in jail. I knew them all, they knew me. Instead of becoming a drug dealer, I beat them up and took their money. I could have easily ended up seller drugs on a bigger scale, shot them, or gotten shot by them. I was broke, but boxing saved me!”

 

 

 

Estrada’s first amateur match was in 1987, when he was only seven years old, and he developed into one of the most dominant amateur boxers in the world between 2001-2003, in which he was athree-peatchampion at the USA National Championships, PAL National Championships and U.S. Haaste. “Big Six” also remains the only American boxer to capture a gold medal in the super heavyweight division of the Pan-American Games (2003), in addition to representing the U.S. vuonna 2004 Olympialaiset Ateenassa, Kreikka.

 

 

 

After qualifying for the 2004 US-. Olympic Boxing Team, much of the pre-Olympic Games boxing interest surrounded an expected showdown between the top two super heavyweights in the world, Estrada and Russia’s Alexander Povetin. Valitettavasti, Estrada was hampered by a severe case of planta faucitis, which left Jason in an air cast and unable to train other than swimming throughout the entire pre-Olympics camp. Estrada won in the opening round, but he was eliminated in the second by Cuban Michel Lopes, who Estrada had fairly easily defeated in the championship final of the 2003 Pan-American Games. Povetkin went on to capture the gold medal.

 

 

 

I would have loved to fight himEstrada said. “I was super sharp, henkisesti, but physically I couldn’t bounce and move. I just had to deal with it. I found out that it was amazing how quickly people forget in boxing.

 

 

 

Not only does Estrada credit his father, optometrist Dr. Roland Estrada, for helping to keep him on the straight and narrow, he also taught him to box. “My father didn’t have any boxing experience when we started,” Jason noted. “We went from gym to gym, sparring guys, and picking up things from other coaches. I appreciated my father so much because he always knew that his style wasn’t the only style. We experienced different styles and met some great coaches. Two of my favorite coaches are Barry Hunter (Washington DC:) ja Mike Stafford (Cincinnati). I’m cool with fighters I met in the amateurs like Andre Dirrell. The guy I’m closest with is George Garcia, who I fought and beat nine times. He’s one of my coolest friends, vaikka. His son is a good prospect coming up, but he’s the opposite of his father, who was short and stocky. His son is a tall, lanky boxer.

 

 

 

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Luotu puolustamaan elinikäistä, molemminpuolisesti hyödyllisiä suhteita USA Boxingin ja sen alumnien välillä, –nyrkkeilijät, virkamiehille, valmentajat ja nyrkkeilyfanit — Alumni-yhdistys yhdistää mestareiden sukupolvia, innostaa ja antaa takaisin USA Boxingin tuleville nyrkkeilymestarille, sisään ja ulos rengas.

 

 

 

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Estrada fought professionally for more than a decade, kokoaminen 20-6 (6 KOs) ennätys, as an unusually quick-handed, slick-moving heavyweight. Tänään, Estrada and his father own and operate Big Six Academy in Providence, coaching amateur and pro boxers.

 

 

 

Boxing is like a marriage,” commented Estrada, who retired from the ring 3 ½ years ago. “Rakastan sitä, but we’re not together anymore. We’re still good friends. I still love boxing as a friend. I get my boxing fix by coaching, it’s still a part of my life. I spar with some of the fighters. I can do what I want for four rounds. There’s no challenge, no pressure. I could still fight, if not for the rigorous training. Physical problems I had when I fought – takaisin, knee and feetno longer hurt.

 

 

 

My dad understands the knowledge I havehe never foughtand a lot of times in the gym we’ll say to each other, ‘I was just thinking that.He has no experience (fighting in the ring) ja nyt, he lets me handle all the pads work. He’s putting more and more on me, work wise, but he closely watches us and takes care of the business end.

 

 

 

I really enjoy helping our fighters prepare for media interviews. I’m thankful to USA Boxing for that, because we were trained to be in the right state of mind for interviews.

 

 

 

Estrada had an opportunity to travel the world as a member of USA Boxing’s elite teams, boxing in Cuba, Dominican Republic Kazakhstan, Irlanti (3 kertaa), Germany and Brazil.

 

 

 

Now giving back to young boxers what he learned in USA Boxing ranks, the 37-year-old Estrada has one boxing goal left on his wish list.

 

 

 

I’d love to work with somebody who becomes world champion and makes money to support their family,” Estrada concluded, “but more than anything, I’d love to work with a boxer who becomes a U.S. Olympian because I was a U.S. Olympian.

 

 

 

And nobody can ever take that away from Jason “Big Six” Tie, one of America’s most decorated amateur boxers of all-time, and a proud USA Boxing Alumni Association member.

 

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