الوسم المحفوظات: الملاكمة للهواة

Mykquan Williams (Photo by Emily Harney / Team Williams)

مانشيستر, كونيتيكت. (سبتمبر 9, 2019) – If not for a critical decision four years ago, 21-سنة **“رائع” Mykquan Williams** could very well be elite amateur training to compete for a spot on the 2020 USA Boxing Olympic Team, rather than the 15-0 rising star that he is today in professional boxing.

وليامز (15-0, 7 كوس), who lives in East Hartford (CT), has overcome life-altering obstacles in which his father was murdered when Mykquan was only eight months old, and the family house burned to the ground when he was 10.

Ineligible to compete for a roster spot on the 2016 USA Boxing Olympic Team because he was too young, Williams had two choices: remain an amateur for four years without any guarantees of qualifying for the Olympics, or get a jump start on his professional career. He chose the latter route and hasn’t looked back.

Williams was a decorated amateur whose style, in retrospect, is much better suited for pro boxing than the amateurs. كان لديه 45-13 سجل الهواة, highlighted by three gold-medal performances at the Ringside World Championships, in addition to capturing top honors at the National PAL and National Silver Glove championships.

“I was too young for the last one,” Williams explained his decision to turn pro when he did.” Williams explained. I ended my amateur career after there were scoring changes. I lost some tough decisions. I decided to take the next step and go pro to get paid. My style was more suitable for the pros. I don’t throw 100 اللكمات جولة; I pick my spots when I have openings.

“I didn’t want to wait several years. I chose to turn pro (when he was a senior at Prince Tech). I’m already 15-0, climbing the rankings, and I’m getting paid to do this. I was meant to do this.”

Williams is the reigning World Boxing Council (WBC) United States super lightweight champion, تصنيف لا. 5 by the United States Boxing Association (USBA), ولا. 12 by the North American Boxing Federation (NABF).

“I believed that Mykey was ready to turn pro,” Kallen commented. “Under Paul’s tutelage he was far enough advanced and eager to tackle the pros. His style was perfectly suited for the pros and at 18 years old he was ready to take the leap. His youthful good looks made him an ideal young prospect.”

My concern at that time was the Olympic Team was no sure thing,” added Cichon, who has trained Williams for the past 10 سنوات. I had the confidence in Mykey, but the risk wasn’t worth the gain. We decided to go pro.”

بعد اربع سنوات, instead of competing against America’s elite amateur boxers in his weight class – **كيشون ديفيس**, **بروس كارينجتون** و **داليس كاليوبو** — في 2020 Olympic Trials and USA Boxing’s National Championships, ديسمبر 7-15, in Lake Charles, لويزيانا, Williams is one of the top 21-and-under prospects in boxing.

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الملاكمة, الألعاب الأولمبية, الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية للملاكمة

Javier Martinez making Milwaukee proud on the way to World Championships in Russia

أغسطس 21, 2019 FNU47 ترك تعليق

COLORADO SPRINGS, حضن. (أغسطس 19, 2019) – Milwaukee isn’t known as one of the leading producers of world-class boxers, لكن, Team USA middleweight
**خافيير مارتينيز** may be the rare exception.

“Milwaukee isn’t really a great place for boxing,” Martinez agreed, “لكن (مدرب) **Izzy Acosta** always had a great program that produced a lot of national champions. نأمل, one day I can do what he’s done for my city. We do have a few good fighters coming out of my gym who are still on the rise. Look out for my boy, **Luis Feliciano**, a former USA National champion (the 26-year-old junior welterweight is 12-0 as a pro with eight wins by knockout).”

The most famous fighter to come out of Milwaukee is world kickboxing champion **Rick “The Jet” Rufus**. There have been a few Milwaukee boxers of note over the years, بما فيه **Myron “Pinky” ميتشل**, who became the first junior welterweight champion of the world in 1922, **روبرت “رجل الكهف” Moha** (1910-15), former national champion **تايرون “The Butterfly” Trice**, and Pan American Games bronze medalist and two-time national amateur champion, **LeChaunce Shepard**.

Martinez is currently training in Colorado Springs at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center for the World Championships, سبتمبر 7-21, في يكاترينبورغ, روسيا.

“It’s a good feeling and I plan on taking full advantage of this opportunity,” Martinez spoke about competing at the World Championships. “I love coming to Colorado; it’s like therapy for me, keeping me away from the distractions back home. I’m very excited to be going to Russia. I’m thankful to USA Boxing for all the opportunities I’ve had, and I hope to bring back a medal from Russia.”

Martinez says he didn’t have a normal childhood, explaining that he looked up to the wrong people. His life changed for the better when his father introduced him to boxing and meeting Coach Acosta, who was recently honored by the USA Boxing Alumni Association for his contributions to amateur boxing as a boxer and coach for the past half-century.

“I don’t know what I’d be doing today (if not for boxing),” noted Martinez, الذي يحتفل بعيد ميلاده 24 آب 24. “I just know that boxing was my way out of the ‘hood. Coach Izzy is a very loving person, and a great person to have around. He had a very good boxing career and it’s great to have a person like that in my corner.”

مارتينيز, من هو لا. 2 ranked middleweight in the U.S., captured a gold medal at the 2018 Elite National Championships and silver at the 2016 & 2017 بطولات النخبة الوطنية. He’s also brought home bronze from the 2013 National Junior Olympics and Feliks Stamm Tournament.

Self-described as an awkward southpaw who can give anybody problems, مارتينيز’ short-term goal is to be an Olympic gold medalist, long-term to be world champion.

Javier Martinez is making Milwaukee proud by punchin’ his way to the top.

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الملاكمة, الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية للملاكمة

Legendary Air Force Academy boxing coach Ed Weichers coached perfect storm

أغسطس 13, 2019 FNU47 ترك تعليق

COLORADO SPRINGS, حضن. (أغسطس 8, 2019) – Boxing coachEd Weichers, a charter member of the USA Boxing Alumni Association, guided the United States Air Force Academy from 1976-2014 to a record of 19 national collegiate boxing team championships.

Coach Weichers’ Fighting Falcons’ squads produced a remarkable 258 All-America boxers and 97 individual champions. His teams never finished lower than second in the nation for 27 years and he also served as president and vice president of the National Collegiate Boxing Association (NCBA).

Coaching sports at a military school is much different, largely because student-athletes in most cases, خصوصا الملاكمة, are not professional prospects. “Our Cadets were not trained to be elite level amateurs or pros,” the now 68-year-old Weichers explained. “In 1976, the cost to put one Cadet through four years at the Academy was $80,000 لكن, في 2014, the year of my retirement, that figure was $417,000. Cadets are trained to go forward and serve. They fly, شجار, win and defend freedoms that we all enjoy. Boxing at the next level is not part of the discussion. I got calls at the time about our boxers going to the next level, fighting in Tough Man Contests, etc. My answer is and has always been consistent: ‘You are not trained to be a boxer in the Air Force. Do not jeopardize your pilot qualifications or commission ability with a boxing injury.’ The Air Force has an investment in them, and I urged them to go forward and serve. I send them back to the real purpose of the boxing class/program at AFA. It teaches them how to handle press, stress, fear and anxiety. Boxing gives them the self confidence and self esteem to make good decisions in combat under pressure. The ability to handle these pressures and make good decisions are the difference in life and death in combat.”

Coach Weichers, بالطبع, attributes a large share of his success to the Cadets, who are intelligent, disciplined and team oriented. All Cadets take a mandatory core curriculum boxing course (10 lessons) their freshman year, followed by an intramural boxing program comprised of 40 squadron teams with a minimum of eight to a maximum of 16 boxers per team.

Not only did Weichers work with this incredible feeder system, the next step was the AFA Wing Open Boxing Championships, in which Cadets voluntarily signed-up to compete in one of 12 divisions to box for the No. 1 spot, earning a roster spot on the AFA Intercollegiate boxing team that competes in regional and national tournaments. The advancing 12 Cadets represented the entire Air Force Academy.

“Bottom line,’ Coach Weichers noted, “this formula was a perfect storm. I must give credit to and thank two Physical Education Department heads, العقيد. Don Peterson والعقيد. Larry Fariss, and two athletic directors who were instrumental to our support and success, العقيد. John Clune والعقيد. Randy Spetman.

“I was blessed with young men who I describe as overachievers. Cadets are tenacious. We built on an individual sport with a team concept. I had great assistant coaches, the best training facilities, and an environment of being surrounded by quality people in all phases.”

After he retired as head boxing coach at the Air Force Academy, Weichers led Team USA in 2014 و 2015 to five medals, including two golds, at the Pan American Games in Toronto.

“The plan was to hire Billy Walsh, who was the head coach of Team Ireland,” Weichers added. “I committed to sponsor Coach Walsh upon his arrival and make his transition smooth. I did that and Coach Walsh and I have become good friends. He is the correct man for the job, and he brings a great resume and reputation. He has helped turn the program around and created a winning culture. Team USA is back, ranked among the top 10 في العالم, and that is a direct result of Coach Walsh.”

رابطة خريجي الملاكمة USA

تم إنشاؤها لبطولة مدى الحياة, علاقات المنفعة المتبادلة بين الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية الملاكمة وخريجيها, –الملاكمين, مسؤولون, المدربين والمشجعين الملاكمة — رابطة خريجي يربط الأجيال الابطال, الملهم ويعيد الى بطل الملاكمة في المستقبل USA الملاكمة, الدخول والخروج من الحلبة.

جمعية خريجي الملاكمة الأمريكية مفتوحة لكل من يحب الملاكمة ويرغب في البقاء على اتصال مع الملاكمة الهواة. يتم منح الأعضاء الوصول إلى مجموعة واسعة من الأحداث الخاصة التي تستضيفها جمعية الخريجين, بما في ذلك الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية السنوية للملاكمة رابطة خريجي قاعة الاستقبال شهرة.

للانضمام إلى جمعية الخريجين, تسجيل ببساطة فيalumni@usaboxing.org ل $40.00 رسوم العضوية في السنة. سيحصل الأعضاء الجدد على قميص, المفاتيح والمحفظة الإلكترونية.

Weichers joined the USA Boxing Alumni Association because he is a huge supporter ofجون براون, former President and current Vice President of USA Boxing.

“John had the idea or concept (to form the alumni association) and I looked at the purpose and thought it would be a way to honor and recognize those who contributed over the years,” Weichers remarked. “I hope that successful professionals from the past and present recognize those who contributed over the years. I also hope that they remember their roots were with USA Boxing and give back. We all had help and our start and success did not happen alone. Be humble and grateful and give back.”

Weichers is high on Team USA, especially its overall potential in the 2020 Olympic Games in Japan, قول, “We’re solid going into 2020. The key to success, في رأيي, is head coach Billy Walsh. He is very experienced. His reputation and resume are top shelf. Coach Walsh is well known and respected on the international level. He has the ability to reach out to other countries and make positive things happen for our athletes. He has adjusted the culture in our boxing program, identifying our strengths, and making adjustment where weak. Coach Walsh brings leadership and credibility. Bottom line, we have the right coach for the job in place.”

Weichers’ association with the NCBA led to his relationship with USA Boxing at various levels and capacities. He has always felt gratified to give back to boxing, as well as an obligation to grow the sport at every level.

“I was lucky/blessed to work in a place I refer to as Camelot,” Weichers concluded. “It’s an athletic paradise; core values, honor code, and a mission that anyone can connect with and admire. I can say that I am a better person for my experience at the Air Force Academy.

“I love the sport of boxing, because of what it did for me, in terms of molding my life. The gratification that comes with seeing how young men and women grow and mature, as a result of their experience with boxing was very positive.

And countless Cadets are better people because they were coached by Ed Weichers.

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حول الولايات المتحدة الملاكمة: تتمثل مهمة الملاكمة الأمريكية في تمكين الرياضيين والمدربين في الولايات المتحدة من تحقيق التميز التنافسي المستدام, تطوير الشخصية, دعم رياضة الملاكمة, وتعزيز الملاكمة على غرار الألعاب الأولمبية في الولايات المتحدة. مسؤولية الملاكمة الأمريكية ليست فقط إنتاج الذهب الأولمبي, ولكن أيضًا يشرف على ويحكم كل جانب من جوانب الملاكمة للهواة في الولايات المتحدة.

الملاكمة, الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية للملاكمة, الملاكمة النسائية

Oshae Jones Makes History at 2019 بطولة الألعاب الأمريكية

أغسطس 3, 2019 FNU47 ترك تعليق

ليما, بيرو (أغسطس 2, 2019) — أوشي جونز (توليدو, أوهايو) made history on the first night of finals at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru by becoming the first ever women’s welterweight Pan American Games gold medalists. This marked the first time in Pan American Games history the women would have five weight classes, compared to the two previous Games having three weight classes.

Jones defeated Myriam DaSilva of Canada by unanimous decision, winning all three rounds, 10-9, from two judges, and two of the three rounds, 10-9, from one judge.

This marked the second time Jones and DaSilva went head-to-head, with Jones defeating her 5-0 at the Pan American Games Qualifier earlier this year.

Jones’ previously defeated Atheyna Bylon of Panama in the quarterfinals and M. Moronta Herand of the Dominican Republic in the semifinals to make the finals of these championships.

Team USA will look to close out their most successful Pan American Games since 1983, tomorrow night with four boxers going for gold, كيشون ديفيس (نورفولك, فا.), فرجينيا فوكس (هيوستن, تكساس), نعومي جراهام (كولورادو سبرينغز, كولو.) و ديوك راجان (سينسيناتي, أوهايو). Their four medals will be added to Jones’ gold medal and the five bronze medals won earlier this week by رشيدة اليس (لين, كتلة.), تروي يسلي (الإسكندرية, فا.), Delante جونسون (كليفلاند, أوهايو), Yarisel Ramirez (لاس فيغاس, نيفادا.) و ريتشارد توريز جونيور. (تولير, كاليفورنيا.).