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Колорадо Спрингс, Скут. (Април 5, 2018 — USA Boxing has announced that Duke Раган (Синсинати, OH) и Virginia Fuchs (Kemah, TX) have been named 2017 Under Armour Elite Boxers of the Year. They are leading contenders to represent Team USA at the 2020 Олимпиадата в Япония.
 Миналата година, the 20-year-old Ragan used his stiff jab and ring intelligence to make a major statement in the ring for the first time in International competition. The slick bantamweight (123 паунда.) captured gold at his initial International tournament, the Chemistry Cup in Halle, Германия, before he clinched a ticket to his first World Championships, by way of his bronze-medal winning performance at the 2017 Continental Championships in Honduras.
Ragan’s third International medal of 2017 came at the 2017 Elite Men’s World Championships, where he won a silver medal, marking the highest placing for an American bantamweight at that prestigious tournament since 1999.
 Fuchs, 30, had a perfect 18-0 запис в 2017, включително и 15 unanimous decision victories and one by RSC (referee stopped contest). Highlighted by winning top honors in the flyweight division (112 паунда.) в 2017 USA Elite National Championships at Salt Lake City, Юта, Virginia also won at the Balkan Tournament, Continental Championships, Feliks Stamm Tournament, and Strandja Tournament. She won gold at all four International tournaments she entered.
A winner at the 2016 Олимпийските Trials, Fuchs graduated from Louisiana State University in 2011 with a degree in Kinesiology.
Below is a complete list of USA Boxing’s 2017 Under Armour Boxer of the Year award winners:
2017 Under Armour Boxer of the Year Awards
Elite Male – Duke Раган (Синсинати, OH)
Elite Female – Вирджиния Fuchs (Kemah, TX)
Youth Male – Ангел Мартинес (Rockford, IL)
Youth Female – Citlalli Ortiz (Coachella, КАТО)
Junior Male – Dante Benjamin (Shaker Heights, OH)
Junior Female — Gabriela Fundora (Coachella, КАТО)
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Citlalli Ortiz Wins Welterweight Youth World Championship Title
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GUWAHATI, Индия (Ноември 26, 2017) — Coachella, Роден в Калифорния Citlalli Ortiz closed out her impressive 2017 Women’s Youth World Championships campaign with a split decision victory over Russia’s Nataliya Sychugova to take her first major international title in Guwahati, Индия.
“Today feels like one of the best days of my life,” stated Ortiz following her win. “След борбата, I doubted myself, but I am extremely happy I pulled out the win and it feels amazing being a world champion.”
Ortiz gold medal closes out a strong showing from the young American delegation. Team USA’s other medal, a bronze, was won yesterday by Isamary Aquino of Universal City, Texas.
“I am extremely proud of my performance at my first international tournament,” said Aquino following her medal ceremony. “It was an honor to be able to represent Team USA and bring home a world championship medal.”
The remaining members of the team included: Aidyl Cardenas (Calexico, Калифорния.),Diana Estrada (Hillsboro, Орегон), Heaven Garcia (El Monte, Калифорния.), Roma Martinez (Смирен, Texas), Sharahaya Moreu (Албакърки, N.M.) и Amy Salinas(Кръстовете, N.M).
This year’s Youth World Championships brought 160 of the world’s top youth female boxers from 36 different countries all vying for one of the 10 world titles up for grabs. Старши треньор Били Уолш (Колорадо Спрингс, Colo.) and assistant coaches Koroma (Колорадо Спрингс, Colo.) и Jeff Mays (San Antonio, Texas) guided Team USA throughout these championships. The boxers and staff of USA Boxing will begin their journey back home to the United States утре.
Team USA Results:
69 кг: Citlalli Ortiz, Coachella, Calif./USA, декември. over Nataliy Sychugova/RUS, 3-2
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Citlalli Ortiz Grabs First Win of Women’s Youth World Championships
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