Marlboro, MA light welterweight Nelson Perez after his win last night

Pictures courtesy of Edward Boches / bochesphotogrphery.com

LOWELL, Pawg. (Lub ib hlis ntuj 13, 2018) – The Central New England (Lowell ntau dua) second-round of the 72nd annual Lowell Sun Charities Golden Gloves Championships concluded last night at historic Lowell Memorial Auditorium with that featured 13 exciting men’s and women’s novice class matches.

The quarterfinals are on tap Friday tom ntej hmo ntuj (Jan. 19) at Lowell Memorial Auditorium with novice and open class matches. See the complete 2018 schedule of events below as well as last night’s complete results.

“The first bout (Rodriguez vs. Picariello) of the night was awesome, one of the best I’ve seen in years,” Tournament Executive Director Bobby Russo Hais. “It was a lesson to be learned for fans: don’t come late! One of the great things about amateur boxing is you never know what the fight of the night will be and last night it was the first. Rodriguez showed a good skill level, especially for a novice, and Picariello had tremendous determination. He kept coming and they both threw a lot of punches. It was a great way to start the show.”

Season tickets for the remaining seven events are still available and reasonably priced at $75.00 (kev pub). Mus purchase hu rau ntawm lub box Lowell Memorial Auditorium lub chav 1.866.722.8881 los yog hauv internet ntawm www.lowellauditorium.com. Individual event tickets are also available to purchase, starting at $13.00, only $7.00 for students (ID required).

Proceeds from the Lowell Sun Charities Golden Gloves Championship go towards sending the New England Golden Gloves champions to the National Golden Gloves Championship (pib Tej zaum 14, 2018 in Omaha, Nebraska), ntxiv rau cov neeg ncaws pob hauv zos thiab cheeb tsam gyms, cov tub hluas & Cov menyuam ntxhais qws, chav ua kua zaub, Cross tas, nyiaj mob, scholarships thiab ntau lwm koob charitable ua.

Manchester, NH welterweight Apostolus Lolos was a winner last night

Quarterfinals – Hnub vas Xuv, Jan. 19

Semifinals: – Hnub plaub, Jan. 25

Championship Finals – Hnub plaub, FEB. 1

Novice Class Semifinals – Hnub plaub, FEB. 8

Novice Class Championship Finals – Hnub plaub, FEB. 15

Open Class Semifinals – Hnub peb, FEB. 21

Open Class Championship Finals – Hnub plaub, FEB. 22

Tournament Executive Director: Bobby Russo

Director of Contestants: Art Ramalho

Chief of Officials: Lauri Purcell

Nplua nuj ntiv nplej: John Vena

Venue: Lowell Memorial Auditorium, 50 Merrimack St., Lowell, MA

Website: www.lowellgoldengloves.com, www.lowellauditorium.com

Twitter: @LowellGloves