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კრივი, ოლიმპიადა, USA Boxing

Atif Oberlton representing City of Brotherly Love all the way to the World Championships

დატოვე კომენტარი

COLORADO SPRINGS, Lap. (აგვისტო 22, 2019) – There’s a new rising force on the international boxing scene and his name is Atif Oberlton, a light heavyweight from Philadelphia, who is on a mission to make a name for himself in boxing.

Oberlton will be competing at the Elite Men’s World Championships, სექტემბერი 7-21, in Yekaterinburg, რუსეთი.

Lacking confidence is not an issue for the 21-year-old boxer who claims, “It’s very important for me to do well and win at the Worlds, because I know for a fact that, in my heart, I’m the best fighter in the world. Also, I’m new on the international scene, so it’s time for me to give a piece of what they’ve been missing.”

Oberlton started boxing at the age of nine, although he didn’t start competing until he was 14, because he was the only boy in his family, and his father wanted him to learn how to defend himself. Like so many of his teammates, he fell in love with boxing.

In the last five years, Oberlton has captured gold medals at the 2018 და 2016 ეროვნული ოქროს ხელთათმანი ტურნირი, 2018 Eastern Elite Qualifier and 2014 National Junior Olympics. He also was a victor in the USA vs. Netherlands Dual.

“My greatest accomplishment so far is making Team USA and being where I’m at, because for years and years I was denied, and here I am today in the top spot where I belong. I’m a top-spot fighter, so I deserve it, and I put down top-notch work, too”

Overlton has taken advantage of training in Colorado Springs at the U.S. ოლიმპიური სასწავლო ცენტრი, where he has shown improvement from day one, honing his skills to become a complete boxer.

“Conditioning plays a big part in my improvement; also seeing different styles, and getting top work has elevated me,” he spoke about training as a Team USA member. “I always break new barriers on the road to greatness and this (The Worlds) is another one I’m looking to smash through.”

In addition to representing his country, Oberlton is a proud Philly fighter continuing the long, rich boxing tradition in the City of Brotherly Love, which has produced the likes ofბერნარ ჰოპკინსი, მათე საად მუჰამედი, Bennie Briscoe, Joey Giardello, Mike Rossman,James Shuler, Eugene Hart and so many more great fighters over the years.

“My city is known for its great boxing history and I wear ‘The City of Philadelphia’ on my back,” Oberlton added. “In a few more years down the line, I see myself leading the next wave of Philly boxers. In fact, I feel like I am the wave, ახლა, as we speak. Everyone’s watching me. I will do them all proud, from both the old and young generations.

“I haven’t been to Russia and I’m looking forward to going there. It’s always good to see the world. I always like to go back where I’m from and try to convince others to see the world, because it’s much bigger than our neighborhood.”

Oberlton is like a chameleon in the ring, constantly changing and adjusting to his opponent. “I consider my style like water,” he concluded. “It’s wavy because I adjust to win, and I can beat any style. I can outsmart anybody, fighting mind over matter. Boxing is 80-percent mental, 20-percent physical, and I have it all.

“My short-term goal is to win gold at The Worlds and everything else leading to the Olympics. And winning no less than gold at the Olympics. My long-term goal is to be the greatest fighter to ever walk the universe.”

Confidence is definitely not a problem for Atif Oberlton.

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კრივი, ოლიმპიადა, USA Boxing

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

დატოვე კომენტარი
COLORADO SPRINGS, Lap. (აგვისტო 19, 2019) – Milwaukee isn’t known as one of the leading producers of world-class boxers, თუმცა, Team USA middleweight
Javier Martinez may be the rare exception.


“Milwaukee isn’t really a great place for boxing,” Martinez agreed, “მაგრამ (მწვრთნელი) Izzy Acosta always had a great program that produced a lot of national champions. იმედია, 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, მათ შორის Myron “Pinky” Mitchell, who became the first junior welterweight champion of the world in 1922, Robert “Caveman” Moha (1910-15), former national champion Tyrone “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, სექტემბერი 7-21, in Yekaterinburg, რუსეთი.

“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, რომელიც თურმე 24 აგვისტოს 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.”

Martinez, who is the No. 2 ranked middleweight in the U.S., captured a gold medal at the 2018 Elite National Championships and silver at the 2016 & 2017 ელიტური ეროვნული ჩემპიონატი. 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, Martinez’ 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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კრივი, USA Boxing

Boxing brought Lamont Ingram back from deepest depths of despair to giving back to at-risk youths

დატოვე კომენტარი
COLORADO SPRINGS, Lap. (ივლისი 8, 2019) – Former boxing prospect Lamont Ingram has survived hell on earth, which included him losing virtually everything in his life, and now he’s giving back to at-risk youths in Jackson, Tennessee.


გასულ თვეში, Ingram was selected Most Outstanding Referee of USA Boxing’s 2019 ახალგაზრდული ეროვნული ოლიმპიადა.

Ingram’s recovery is nothing short of incredible, especially considering he went from being an outstanding amateur boxer, who competed successfully in national amateur tournaments, to homelessness, blindness in both eyes, two failed suicide attempts and, სამწუხაროდ,, much more despair.

“I am no longer ashamed of what I went through because it made me the man I am today,” the 38-year-old Ingram said. “My life had been so hard that I was ashamed to talk about it for so long. I now understand that my struggles are my testimony for the next person to see that he or she can make it if they keep trying.

“Boxing is all I knew, but I couldn’t see out of one eye (cornea injury) that developed at the age of 19. I got mad at God and wanted to retire. I got depressed and didn’t understand why this had happened. In 2008, I became homeless the first time with nowhere to go. I lost everything, including my family, and then went (legally) blind in the other eye. მაშინ, God told me to work with children, and I also opened the non-profit halfway house.

“Boxing taught me how to never give up no matter how hard it gets. In 2013, I lost everything for the second time: my business, ჩემი ოჯახი, ყველაფერი…..and I went homeless again. But I never gave up! The following year, when everyone said it was over for me, God gave me everything back times two. I lost the building I was in, but eventually I found another building. I had no money and I lost that building in 2013. God gave it back to me in 2016, when the man who bought it, gave it back to me. ახლა, I have the only two Federal and State halfway houses in Tennessee for special and general populations with more than 50 beds. I’m mostly at capacity all the time with men who have done 50 years calendar down to those who have done five years.”

Ingram operates the Second Chance “New Beginning” Halfway House and Homeless Shelter, as well as the Team Ingram Boxing & Mentoring Program.

Lamont started boxing when he was 14, because he used to be severely bullied to the point of having his head smashed into a brick wall, thrown into a garbage can, and jumped on repeatedly by others. Ingram’s mother sent him to a boxing coach, Rayford Collins, which turned out to be arguably the most life-changing moments of his life.

“I liked boxing,” Lamont remembered. “I wasn’t the best boxer, but I did beat some good boxers. I was a very determined young man, მიუხედავად იმისა, რომ. მე ვიყავი 58-10 ერთად 35 knockouts as an amateur boxer. I got my special education high school diploma and later I graduated from Kaplan University with a 3.7 GPA in Business and Chemical Dependency.

“Most kids (in the boxing program) can’t afford the fee to our summer camp or boxing program going on right now. We give them a free breakfast and lunch. I really enjoy this, but I would have never thought that I’d be doing what I’m doing.”


აშშ კრივში კურსდამთავრებულთა ასოციაცია

შეიქმნა ჩემპიონი მთელი ცხოვრების განმავლობაში, ურთიერთსასარგებლო ურთიერთობები USA Boxing- სა და მის კურსდამთავრებულებს შორის, -მოკრივე, ოფიციალური პირები, მწვრთნელები და კრივის მოყვარულები — კურსდამთავრებულთა ასოციაცია აკავშირებს ჩემპიონთა თაობებს, შთააგონებს და უბრუნებს USA Boxing– ის კრივის მომავალ ჩემპიონებს, და გარეთ ბეჭედი.

აშშ – ს კრივში კურსდამთავრებულთა ასოციაცია ღიაა ყველასთვის, ვისაც უყვარს კრივი და სურს დარჩეს სამოყვარულო კრივთან. წევრებს ეძლევათ საშუალება მიიღონ მრავალფეროვანი სპეციალური ღონისძიებები კურსდამთავრებულთა ასოციაციის მიერ, მათ შორის აშშ – ს კრივში კურსდამთავრებულთა ასოციაციის დიდების დარბაზის ყოველწლიურ მიღებას.

კურსდამთავრებულთა ასოციაციაში გაწევრიანება, უბრალოდ დარეგისტრირდით alumni@usaboxing.org თვის $40.00 წელიწადში საწევრო გადასახადი. ახალი წევრები მიიღებენ მაისურს, გასაღებები და ელექტრონული საფულე.


Team Ingram Boxing Club & Mentoring Program was founded in 2017, after Ingram’s long battle associated with him not wanting anything to do with boxing, because he believed God had done him wrong for taking away from what he loved to do and was good at, კრივი. When his amateur coach, Collins, died in 2016, Lamont decided to take a larger role at the gym, to the point he was there every day.

“For some reason I wanted to be part of it and help like my coach had helped save my life,” Ingram explained. “Boxing helped me. My coach was very firm, strict and very disciplined, but he loved us and wanted only the best for us. We have so many success stories that range from those that nobody could handle, to those who had F’s in school, plus those who had no hope at all. These youths are my world; I see myself and I know that change is possible, because I changed.

“The ultimate goal of my program is to instill life skills that will go with each young person throughout their individual lives like it has for me. I understand that not everyone will be an Olympic champion, or make the USA Olympic Team, become national or world champion. They can be a piece that sows the seed that never departs the one they sowed it to.”

Ingram has been a registered USA Boxing coach and official for three years. After becoming a level 2 official, he was chosen to referee the final day of the 2018 Eastern Qualifier, a rare feat for a relatively inexperienced official, to say the least. In 2019, he judged at the Western Qualifier and ranked No. 9 გარეთ 100, which is an unheard-of accomplishment for a level 2 official.

“Boxing saved my life and it changed my life,” Ingram claimed. “I had a bad anger problem. I wouldn’t listen and I was disrespectful to my parents and authority figures. I stayed in trouble, on intensive probation, or locked up in juvenile detentions centers.

“I am a respectful, humble and dedicated official who loves boxing and watching people achieve their goals. People always told me what I couldn’t do; boxing showed me what I could do.”

And countless young men and women in Tennessee and the mid-South, not just Lamont, are the beneficiaries today of Lamont Ingram’s truly remarkable metamorphosis.

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სამოყვარულო კრივი, კრივი, USA Boxing

Jamel “SEMPER FI” Herring Patriot, ოლიმპიური & now World Champ

დატოვე კომენტარი
USA Boxing Alumni: (L) Jamel Herring and his stablemate, Terence “Bud” Crawford
(picture courtesy of Mikey Williams / Top Rank)

COLORADO SPRINGS, Lap. (ივნისი 13, 2019) – Newly crowned World Boxing Organization (WBO) super featherweight champion Jamel “SEMPER FI” Herring has been a fighter practically all his life as a U.S. Marine and elite boxer.

The 33-year-old Herring (20-2, 10 Kos), fighting out of Cincinnati, has come full circle since he started boxing at the age of 15. “I started because I was doing poorly in school, cut from the basketball team,” he explained on why he chose the Sweet Science. “I didn’t want to be in the streets. It was not my character, so I had to find something else to do. A friend introduced me to boxing and I stuck with it. I eventually got my grades back up and made high honor roll.”


Herring also developed into an Olympic boxer, mostly while he was serving nine years in the U.S. Marines, and even when he was deployed twice in Iraq. He compiled an 81-15 amateur ჩანაწერი, including top honors at the 2011 & 2012 Armed Forces Championships, 2011 ვაშინგტონის ფორუმსაც. Olympic Trials and 2012 US Nationals gold medalist, along with a silver medal at the 2010 World Military Games. He was the first active duty U.S. Marine to qualify for the US Boxing Team since 1992, as well as the first U.S. Marine to compete in the 2012 ოლიმპიადა.

“I boxed a little during my second deployment during free time,” he noted. “I came back from my second deployment toward the end of 2007 and began boxing for the Marine Corps in 2008. Most of my amateur career came under the Marine Corps. I learned a lot traveling with the Marine Corps. I got to see more styles and competed in national tournaments as a Marine. They also had the funding to send me.”

The highlight of his amateur career was representing his country at the 2012 Olympics in London as captain of Team USA. Although he lost (19-9) in the opening round to two-time Kazakh boxer Daniyar Yeleussinov, who won gold at the 2013 World Championships and later at the 2016 ოლიმპიადა, the opening Olympic ceremonies was the most memorable moment of his entire amateur boxing career for a special reason.

“That was the anniversary of my daughter’s passing,” Herring said. “It let me know that no matter what, you can still accomplish anything, even through ups and downs.”

Other members of the 2012 USA Olympic Team Herring captained included present day world champions in the pro ranks such as Errol Spence, Jr., Claressa Shields და Marcus Browne, ყოფილი მსოფლიო ჩემპიონი Rau’Shee Warren, and world title challengers Terrell Gausha, Michael Hunter და Dominic BREAZEALE.


Herring remains close to USA Boxing, განაცხადა,: “USA Boxing helped me because of the relationships I created, many of which still remain today. I met other fighters from around the world that I kept good relationships with. It also helped me become more of the people-person I am today. Being team captain taught me patience, because I had to deal with a lot of personalities, I still use those traits today. And I’m still close to my Olympic teammates today.”


აშშ კრივში კურსდამთავრებულთა ასოციაცია

შეიქმნა მთელი ცხოვრების განმავლობაში ჩემპიონობისთვის, ურთიერთსასარგებლო ურთიერთობები USA Boxing- სა და მის კურსდამთავრებულებს შორის, –მოკრივე, ოფიციალური პირები, მწვრთნელები და კრივის მოყვარულები — კურსდამთავრებულთა ასოციაცია აკავშირებს ჩემპიონთა თაობებს, შთააგონებს და უბრუნებს USA Boxing– ის კრივის მომავალ ჩემპიონებს, და გარეთ ბეჭედი.

აშშ – ს კრივში კურსდამთავრებულთა ასოციაცია ღიაა ყველასთვის, ვისაც უყვარს კრივი და სურს დარჩეს სამოყვარულო კრივთან. წევრებს ეძლევათ საშუალება მიიღონ მრავალფეროვანი სპეციალური ღონისძიებები კურსდამთავრებულთა ასოციაციის მიერ, მათ შორის აშშ – ს კრივში კურსდამთავრებულთა ასოციაციის დიდების დარბაზის ყოველწლიურ მიღებას.

კურსდამთავრებულთა ასოციაციაში გაწევრიანება, უბრალოდ დარეგისტრირდით alumni@usaboxing.org თვის $40.00 წელიწადში საწევრო გადასახადი. ახალი წევრები მიიღებენ მაისურს, გასაღებები და ელექტრონული საფულე.



“Jamel is the perfect example of resiliency and persistence,” mentioned კრის კულიარი, USA Boxing Alumni Association Director. “His hard work, მსხვერპლს, and inability to quit no matter what obstacles he encounters will continue to inspire the next generation of champions for many years. The USA Boxing Alumni Association wants to thank him for all that he has given to others, both in and out of the ring.”

Nothing has ever come easy for Jamel Herring, especially his remarkable turnaround after the tragic loss of his infant daughter, Ariyanah, which happened three years to the day prior to the opening ceremonies of the Olympics.

“My road wasn’t easy,” Herring added, “I had my ups and downs. I’m an Olympian, but nothing was ever handed to me. I had to fight for everything I’ve gotten. ეს არის ჩემი დრო!”

It certainly is, particularly after he defeated defending WBO super featherweight champion Masayuki Ito, გასულ მაისი 25, გახდეს მსოფლიო ჩემპიონი. Proof that good things do indeed happen to good people.


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კრივი, USA Boxing

აშშ -ს კრივი გამოჩენილი ბანტამეტა წონაში ჰერცოგი რაგანი იბრძვის თავისი ქალიშვილის მომავლისთვის

დატოვე კომენტარი
COLORADO SPRINGS, Lap. (მაისი 29, 2019) – მოკრივეები იბრძვიან სხვადასხვა მიზეზის გამო. გუნდი აშშ -ში bantamweight ჰერცოგი რაგანი დარბაზში და რინგში მართავს მისი ორი წლის ქალიშვილი, კენედი რეგანი.


21 წლის რაგანი ვარჯიშობს თავის ელიტარულ გუნდთან ერთად კოლორადო სპრინგსში, კოლორადოს, რომელიც შორს არის მისი სახლიდან და ქალიშვილიდან ცინცინატში.

“ძნელია მისგან შორს ყოფნა,” რაგანმა აღიარა, “მაგრამ ის მაძლევს მოტივაციას. მე ვიკრიბები ჩვენი მომავლისთვის.”

რაგანის მომავალი კრივში კაშკაშაა. იგი არის არარის. 1 bantamweight შეერთებულ შტატებში, ვინც გეგმავს განაღდებას შემდეგ 2020 ოლიმპიადა იაპონიაში.

მიუხედავად იმისა, რომ მას პირველი სამოყვარულო მატჩი ჰქონდა შვიდი წლის ასაკში, რაგანი პრაქტიკულად დაიბადა კრივში, აშკარაა მისი სურათები, როდესაც ჩვილი ატარებდა ბავშვის კრივის ხელთათმანებს. მისი მამა და მწვრთნელი, Derek “ჰერცოგი” რაგიan, რომელმაც შვილს საკუთარი მეტსახელი დაარქვა, ჰყავდა ბევრი მეგობარი, რომლებიც მოკრივეები იყვნენ. როდესაც ჰერცოგის უფროსი ძმა ექვსი წლის განმავლობაში, ლუის უოკერი, გაწვრთნილია ბიძასთან შონ სინგლტონისპორტული დარბაზი, ახალგაზრდა ჰერცოგი სახლში ასწავლიდა მამამისს.

“ახალგაზრდობაში სხვა სპორტს ვთამაშობდი, მაგრამ მე არ ვსწავლობდი საშუალო სკოლაში,” თქვა რაგანმა. “მამაჩემმა დაიწყო სწავლება, როდესაც ექვსი წლის ვიყავი და ერთი წლის შემდეგ, მე ვიყავი სავარჯიშო დარბაზში და ვვარჯიშობდი. კრივის გარდა არ მინდოდა რაიმე სხვა სპორტის თამაში.”

რაგანს აქვს 151-19 amateur ჩანაწერი, აღინიშნა მისი ვერცხლის მედლის შესრულებით 2017 მსოფლიო ჩემპიონატი. მან ოქრო აიღო 2016 & 2018 ელიტური ეროვნული ჩემპიონატი, მისი კვალიფიკაცია 2020 ოლიმპიური ცდები კრივისთვის, ისევე როგორც 2016 ეროვნული ოქროს ხელთათმანების ჩემპიონატი.


ვერცხლის მედლის მოპოვების გარდა 2017 მსოფლიო ჩემპიონატი, რაგანი წარმატებული იყო სხვა საერთაშორისო კონკურსებში, აღების უმაღლესი წოდება 2017 ქიმიის თასი, მეორე ადგილზე გასული 2018 პრეზიდენტების თასი, და მესამე ადგილი სრულდება 2017 კონტინენტური ჩემპიონატები და 2019 პან ამერიკული შესარჩევი ნიკარაგუაში. ამ უკანასკნელ ტურნირზე, რაგანი ნახევარფინალში ეკვადორელთან დამარცხდა ჟან კაისედო, 3-2, პანამერიკული თამაშებისთვის კვალიფიკაციის ასამაღლებლად, ივლისი 27 ლიმაში, პერუს.

რაგანი მოუთმენლად ელის შურისძიებას პან-ამერიკულ თამაშებზე კაისედოსთან მისი საკამათო წაგებისათვის. “მე ვიყავი არა. 1 თესლი პან ამერიკულ შესარჩევში, და მე ვფიქრობ, რომ მე ვიქნები არა. 1 თესლი პან ამერიკულ თამაშებზე,” რაგანმა კომენტარი გააკეთა. “ვფიქრობ, ნახევარფინალში ცუდი გადაწყვეტილება მივიღე. პან ამერიკულ თამაშებზე იქნება კარგი შეჯიბრი, მაგრამ ჩემთვის არავის აწუხებს.”

თავისთავად აღწერილია, როგორც სუფთა მოკრივე, რომელსაც უყვარს ბეჭდის ირგვლივ მოძრაობა და ჯაბების დაჭერა, რაგანს ასევე აქვს საკმარისი ძალა ოპონენტების დასაძინებლად. მას სურს გახდეს ცინცინატის მდიდარი კრივის ისტორიის ნაწილი, რომელმაც წარმოშვა ყველა დროის დიდებულები, როგორიცაა Aaron Pryor,ეზარდ ჩარლზი, Adrian Broner, Rau'shee Warren და ტიმ ოსტინი, მათ შორის.

“პრიორი და ჩარლზი იკრიბებოდნენ იმავე საზოგადოებაში, სადაც მე გავიზარდე,” აღნიშნა რაგანმა. “მართლა ჯერ არაფერი გამიკეთებია, მაგრამ მაგარი იქნებოდა იყო მათნაირი მსოფლიო ჩემპიონი.”

აშშ კრივმა უდიდესი როლი ითამაშა რაგანის ახალგაზრდა ცხოვრებაში და, თუ ის მიიღებს თავის სურვილს, ეს გაგრძელდება მინიმუმ კიდევ ერთი წლის განმავლობაში. “ჩემი მთავარი ყურადღება გამახვილებულია 2020, მე ვიდარდებ მას შემდეგ, რაც პროფესიონალი გახდება,” მან შენიშნა. “სამოყვარულო კრივმა დიდი გზა მომიტანა. მე უფრო მოწესრიგებული ვარ, უკეთესი ორიენტირებული, და ბევრად ჭკვიანი მოკრივე. კრივის IQ უფრო მაღალი მაქვს. მე ასევე უნდა ვისწავლო მსხვერპლის გაღება, იმიტომ, რომ მე უნდა გავხდე მამაკაცი, რათა დრო დავუთმო ჩემს ახალგაზრდა ქალიშვილს. ეს ყველაფერი მე მზადებს ვიყო პროფესიონალი.

რაგანმა იმოგზაურა მთელს მსოფლიოში, როგორც აშშ -ს ნაკრების მოკრივე გერმანიასა და ყაზახეთში (ორჯერ თითო), პოლონეთი, ბულგარეთი და ნიკარაგუა. საბოლოო ჯამში,, ჰერცოგ რაგანს სურს გააგრძელოს თავისი ქვეყნის წარმომადგენლობა და იმოგზაუროს მთელს მსოფლიოში, იმედია, დაჯავშნა მოგზაურობა ტოკიოში მომავალ წელს.

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Troy Isley coming off biggest win, Preparing for 2020 ოლიმპიადა

დატოვე კომენტარი

COLORADO SPRINGS, Lap. (მაისი 6, 2019) – USA Boxing middleweight Troy Isley is coming off the most significant victory of his young career, when he defeated the 2016 ოლიმპიური ოქროს მედალოსანი, Cuba’s Arlen Lopez, at the recent Pan American Games Qualifier in Managua, Nicaragua.


Lopez served as a positive barometer for Isley in terms of his potential 2020 Olympic run. “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.”

In 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, აღების უმაღლესი წოდება 2012 & 2013 National PAL Championships, 2014 ახალგაზრდული ეროვნული ოლიმპიადა, 2016 & 2017 ელიტური ეროვნული ჩემპიონატი. 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 National Team assistant coach Kay Koromba remembered,” they needed help with a young kid, Troy Isley. I had a simple conversation with him. He said he’d come back to the gym if I was there coaching. I didn’t go back for a little while and he didn’t return. I eventually took over the gym when the coach left, and Troy returned.

“Troy is friends with Keyshawn Davარის (USA Boxing’s No. 1-rated lightweight). They both live in Virginia (Troy in Alexandria, Keyshawn in Newport) and train with me at the Alexandria Boxing Club, when we aren’t living and training in Colorado Springs. They fought as kids and became good friends. All of the other boxers here look up to them.”

“მე მხოლოდ 8 and at first I really didn’t like boxing,” the now 20-year-old Isley spoke about his introduction to amateur boxing. “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, who has a definitive plan that involves making the 2020 აშშ-ის ოლიმპიური კრივის გუნდი, medal in Japan, and then turn professional.

“The Olympics is only a year away,” Isley noted. “I’m close with Keyshawn and Shakur(Stevenson, 2016 Olympic silver-medalist and an 11-0 pro prospect). Training with them makes things easier for all of us. We drive each other and train against different styles. I’m always picking up new stuff. We help each other training, სპარინგი, and just talking. We’re always together, either in Alexandria or Colorado Springs. Shakur still goes there for good sparring.

“Shakur tells us a lot about his experiences in the Olympics and now as a pro. Me and Keyshawn have always talked about being together on the USA Boxing Olympic Team. We keep working hard and staying focused. It’s been our dream.”

Dreams do come true but, პირველი, Isley is preparing for the Pan-Am Games and, possibly, his rubber match with the defending Olympic gold-medalist, Lopez.

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World Class referee….. Tom Cleary USA Boxing Alumni Association, კლასი 2018 Inductee

დატოვე კომენტარი

COLORADO SPRINGS, Lap. (ნოემბერი 12, 2018) – The late ტომ კლერი was one of the most respected referees in the world during his illustrious career. He joins a select group in the Class of 2018 getting inducted into the USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame.

 

 

 

The second annual USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame reception, held in conjunction with the 2018 USA Boxing Elite and Youth National Championships and Junior and Prep Open, დეკემბერი 2-8, will be held December 7, at the Radisson Hotel (215 S. Temple St.) in Salk Lake City, უტა.

 

 

 

In addition to Cleary, კლასი 2018 also includes U.S. ოლიმპიური გუნდის მედალოსნები და მსოფლიო (პროფესიული) ჩემპიონები როი ჯონსი, Jr., Andre Ward და Claressa Shields, as well as a past USA Boxing National Director of Coaching, გვიან Emanuel Steward.

 

 

 

The charter class inducted last year included მუჰამედ ალი და Evander ჰოლიფილდი, as well as veteran coaches რუზველტ სანდერსი და ტომ კოლტერი.

 

 

 

A longtime resident of Westchester, Ohio, Cleary was a USA Boxing member since 1982, and he served as Chief of Officials for the National Collegiate Boxing Association from 2002 until his passing May 21, 2017.

 

 

 

He refereed in 12 different countries, on four continents, as an International Official assigned by AIBA. Tom earned a three-star rating and he was selected to work the World Series of Boxing.

 

 

 

“Tom’s dedication to amateur boxing and respect he garnered from boxers, coaches and fellow officials are second to none,” განაცხადა კრის კულიარი, აშშ კრივში კურსდამთავრებულთა ასოციაციის აღმასრულებელი დირექტორი. “The Alumni Association emphatically endorsed his case for the Hall of Fame, and his induction was received both by those close to him, as well as the entire amateur boxing community. Tom’s commitment to serving USA Boxing provides a great example for all of us and we couldn’t be prouder to call him a member of this year’s Hall of Fame class.”

 

 

 

Tom never forgot where he came from, dedicating countless hours to the youth of Cincinnati, in addition to helping boxing clubs run efficiently throughout his community for more than a quarter-century.

 

 

 

The 2017 NCBA Official of the Year, Tom worked local, regional, national, International, world and Olympic levels of boxing. Highlights included working numerous U.S. ეროვნული ჩემპიონატი, four U.S. ოლიმპიური სასამართლო (2000, 2004, 2008 & 2012) და 2007 World Championships in Chicago.

 

 

 

“When I was a young coach at the Air Force Academy,” USA Boxing coach Ed Weichers კომენტარი, “we needed to replace an AIBA top notch referee who was retiring. We were looking for a highly qualified person and Tom Cleary was recommended. He came out the next 25 years straight. Tom was one of the best referees. He cared so much about the safety of the boxers and Tom was also a valuable mentor.

 

 

 

“Tom was a wonderful man who everybody loved. He administered referee clinics in the United States and always helped those in need, youngsters and adults. Tom’s work in the Cincinnati area influenced so many boxers and coaches for more than 25 წელი. We dearly miss him.”

 

 

 

აშშ კრივში კურსდამთავრებულთა ასოციაცია

 

შეიქმნა მთელი ცხოვრების განმავლობაში ჩემპიონობისთვის, ურთიერთსასარგებლო ურთიერთობები USA Boxing- სა და მის კურსდამთავრებულებს შორის, –მოკრივე, ოფიციალური პირები, მწვრთნელები და კრივის მოყვარულები — კურსდამთავრებულთა ასოციაცია აკავშირებს ჩემპიონთა თაობებს, შთააგონებს და უბრუნებს USA Boxing– ის კრივის მომავალ ჩემპიონებს, და გარეთ ბეჭედი.

 

 

 

აშშ – ს კრივში კურსდამთავრებულთა ასოციაცია ღიაა ყველასთვის, ვისაც უყვარს კრივი და სურს დარჩეს სამოყვარულო კრივთან. კურსდამთავრებულთა ასოციაციის წევრებს საშუალება ეძლევათ მიიღონ მრავალფეროვანი სპეციალური ღონისძიებები, მათ შორის ამერიკის კრივში კურსდამთავრებულთა ასოციაციის დიდების დარბაზის მიღება.

 

 

 

კურსდამთავრებულთა ასოციაციაში გაწევრიანება, უბრალოდ დარეგისტრირდით alumni@usaboxing.org თვის $40.00 წელიწადში საწევრო გადასახადი. ახალი წევრები მიიღებენ მაისურს, გასაღებები და ელექტრონული საფულე.

 

 

 

 

Tom is survived by his wife, Diane, their two children and eight grandchildren.

 

 

 

Tom Cleary’s leadership and mentor-ship inspired all those who were fortunate enough to meet him. He cared passionately about the boxers he shared the ring with, offering words of advice before, during and after bouts.

 

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

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

COLORADO SPRINGS, Lap. (ოქტომბერი 5, 2018) — 1972 ოლიმპიური ბრინჯაოს მედალოსანი 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 Boys’ Club 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. ზე 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.

 

 

 

In 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. Air Force, 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 ვაშინგტონის ფორუმსაც. 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, გერმანია, aired live on ABC Wide World of Sports, the award-winning Saturday afternoon show during the seventies, when legendary announcer ჰოვარდ კოსელი took a shine to Valdez. სამწუხაროდ,, 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 ოლიმპიადა, თუმცა, 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. მოგვიანებით, 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, OCT. 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, ოქტომბერი 6 and Friday, Oct. 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 მოკრივე, aged 8-40, compete from Oct. 8-13.

 

 

 

 

After the 1972 ოლიმპიადა, 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. ნაცვლად, 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. თავდაპირველად, 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?

 

 

 

“როდესაც მე ვიყავი 14 ან 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.”

 

აშშ კრივში კურსდამთავრებულთა ასოციაცია

 

 

 

შეიქმნა მთელი ცხოვრების განმავლობაში ჩემპიონობისთვის, ურთიერთსასარგებლო ურთიერთობები USA Boxing- სა და მის კურსდამთავრებულებს შორის, –მოკრივე, ოფიციალური პირები, მწვრთნელები და კრივის მოყვარულები — კურსდამთავრებულთა ასოციაცია აკავშირებს ჩემპიონთა თაობებს, შთააგონებს და უბრუნებს USA Boxing– ის კრივის მომავალ ჩემპიონებს, და გარეთ ბეჭედი.

 

 

 

აშშ – ს კრივში კურსდამთავრებულთა ასოციაცია ღიაა ყველასთვის, ვისაც უყვარს კრივი და სურს დარჩეს სამოყვარულო კრივთან. წევრებს ეძლევათ საშუალება მიიღონ მრავალფეროვანი სპეციალური ღონისძიებები კურსდამთავრებულთა ასოციაციის მიერ, მათ შორის აშშ – ს კრივში კურსდამთავრებულთა ასოციაციის დიდების დარბაზის ყოველწლიურ მიღებას.

 

 

 

კურსდამთავრებულთა ასოციაციაში გაწევრიანება, უბრალოდ დარეგისტრირდით alumni@usaboxing.org თვის $40.00 წელიწადში საწევრო გადასახადი. ახალი წევრები მიიღებენ მაისურს, გასაღებები და ელექტრონული საფულე.

 

 

 

 

ახლა 70, the Mexican-American from Houston has never regretted the decision he made nearly a half-century ago, ან, რა თქმა უნდა,, his experience at the 1972 ოლიმპიადა. Jesse Valdez has become a valued speaker for the USA Boxing Alumni Association.

 

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Hall of Fame referee Steve Smoger successfully transitioned from amateur to pro boxing

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Lap. (ივნისი 13, 2018) — Hall of Fame referee Steve “Double S” Smoger, arguably the most recognizable and respected official in boxing history, holds the unique distinction of officiating in more states and countries than any of his peers.

 

 

 

Smoger ranks among the top six all-time, ნუ. 2 ამერიკის, in terms of most pro boxing matches officiated (1015), including an incredible 220 world time matches. He has been a referee in some of the greatest boxing matches ever – Vernon Forrest-Shane Mosley, Bernard Forrest-Felix Trinidad, Kelly Pavlik-Jermain Taylor, როი ჯონსი, Jr.-Hopkins, Micky Ward-Emanuel Burton, Andre Ward-Carl Froch and Miguel Cotto-Antonio Margarito II among the most notable.

 

 

 

ასევე, Smoger has refereed matches featuring a Who’s Who of Boxing: Mike Tyson, Lennox Lewis, Larry Holmes, Evander ჰოლიფილდი. Roberto Duran, Hector Camacho Sr., ჯეიმს Toney, Mike McCallum, Vinny Paz, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Arturo გატი, Felix Trinidad, Diego Corrales, გენადი Golovkin, Lucia Rijker, Christy Martin and so many others..

 

 

 

In addition to the International Boxing Hall of Fame, Smoger has also been inducted into four other Hall of Fames in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia and Atlantic City.

 

 

 

As a youngster, Smoger got hooked on boxing, primarily because his father was an “awesome fan”, who religiously watched the popular Friday night boxing series, Gillette Cavalcade of Sports, with his son. Steve’s father told him that boxing was the last version of will and skill, one-on-one, to determine the better man that night.

 

 

 

Smoger said he was too small to play football, too short for basketball, so he became a cross-country runner in high school. A friend invited Smoger to the local YMCA in New Jersey to get checkout its boxing program. Only one day working with a pro boxer was enough for Steve to realize that being a boxer wasn’t for him. But he still loved boxing.

 

 

 

After he started refereeing amateur matches in southern New Jersey and Delaware, Smoger got the break of his life that dramatically changed his life. “Everything in life is timing,” Smoger explained. “The gentleman who gave George Foreman the small American that he proudly waved after winning a gold medal at the 1968 ოლიმპიადა, Pat Duffy, opened a gym in southern Jersey. I told him that I wanted to train as a referee. I trained under the great Frank Cappuccino and then had to honor to train with Zach Clayton. He trained to music so referees moved without being herky-jerky. In 1978, I started officiating then-AAU boxing and worked out of the Atlantic City PAL gym, which remains a vibrant amateur boxing club. I’m still there 40 years later, serving on its Board of Directors, and I’m also its legal counsel.

 

 

 

“მაშინ, the boxing gods shined on me. Casinos were coming to Atlantic City in 1978 and boxing was involved at all the casinos there. I was the district attorney in Atlantic City, so after work I went to the PAL gym to workout with the kids. ერთ დღეს, the phone rang in the gym. Nobody else was there, so I answered. It was the New Jersey Boxing Commissioner, ‘Jersey’ Joe Walcott, who asked me who was in charge. I said that, იმ დროს, I was in charge. He said there was a pro show that night and they were short of inspectors. He said that they need somebody to watch the hand wrapping. I told him I was well versed in hand wrapping and that was it, I was hired to work that show and they gave me the royal treatment.”

 

 

 

“Walcott’s chief second was Chief Roy Johnson, who Walcott brought into the state commission. He hired me in 1982 as a probationary referee. ორი წლის შემდეგ, I was a licensed referee and, როგორც ამბობენ,, the rest is history.”

 

 

 

დღეს, Smoger is still a very active referee, traveling around the world to officiate, as well as co-chairman of the International Boxing Association (IBA) ოფიციალური პირები, and a valued USA Boxing Alumni Association advisor. Steve has made several appearances at Alumni Association gatherings across the country.

 

 

 

“I am honored to be the ‘unofficial’ representative of all officials who’ve made the transition from amateur to pro boxing,” Smoger commented. “I’m the only active referee (Alumni Association advisor) who made the transition from the amateur to the pro level.

 

 

 

“The accent has always been No. 1, on boxers, და არა. 2, მწვრთნელები. USA Boxing is the best group I’ve ever been associated with and, for me personally, I’ve seen what amateur boxing does for kids in this country. They learn under difficult circumstances, through boxing, to successfully reach different levels in life. I enjoy watching the development of youths who go through the USA Boxing program and do very well.

 

 

 

“Boxing enables boxers. My accent is on youths, to watch them grow and develop, not turn pro, to better their lives.”

 

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სამოყვარულო კრივი, კრივი, USA Boxing

Keyshawn Davis is Pushing His Way to the Top Norfolk, უილ. native is 2020 Olympic hopeful for Team USA

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Lap. (ივნისი 8, 2018) Overcoming adversity is something many people deal with throughout their lives, and it makes that person who they are. For Keyshawn Davis, he has been overcoming adversity from the beginning, and he is now on his way to the top of the boxing world.

 

 

 

Davis began boxing when he was just nine-years-old, after his mother took him and two of his brothers to the gym. They were constantly fighting each other and fighting in school. After about an hour of watching two kids around his age spar his mother asked if they wanted to sign up. The next day Keyshawn and his two brothers were in the gym training.

 

 

 

მას შემდეგ, Davis has won numerous titles and is now on his first elite high-performance squad following his win at the 2017 ამერიკის შეერთებული შტატები კრივი ეროვნული ჩემპიონატი. Following that win, he has made Colorado Springs, Lap. a second home, as he spends a great deal of his time training at the United States Olympic Training Center.

 

 

 

Training for his first year at the elite level began with one of the largest multi-nation training camps USA Boxing has ever hosted. Davis got the opportunity to spar with not only his American teammates, but boxers from Great Britain, New Zealand and Poland. The preparation led to one of his proudest moments of his young career, his first elite international tournament and title at the Strandja Tournament in Bulgaria.

 

 

 

“It was a very different experience, being that it was my first time out of the country,” stated Davis. “I really had to get used to the different environment, especially the time difference, as it threw off my sleep schedule at first.”

 

 

 

თუმცა, he did not let anything distract him from reaching the top of the podium.

 

 

 

“The feeling was just so unreal,” said Davis about his gold medal performance in Bulgaria. “I told myself that this is just one gold and I need to be standing here after every tournament. It was just a great feeling.”

 

 

 

Shortly after his winning performance in Bulgaria, Davis was back in the ring representing Team USA on the USA vs. IRL Northeast Boxing Tour. Only fighting in one of the three stops of the tour, Davis made every minute of it count, as he pulled off another impressive victory in front of a large number of American fans.

 

 

 

თუმცა, before the success came struggles.

 

 

 

“I am a kid from Norfolk, უილ. that started with nothing; Just my mother and her five children,” stated Davis.

 

 

 

“As life went on, I kept getting better in the ring, but outside the ring was horrible, from anger problems to getting sent to a mental institution,” continued Davis. “I would’ve never thought I would be in the position I am today, so I thank God that he blessed me with all my supporters; from my sisters, Shanice and Shantel Davis, also my brothers, Keon and Kelvin Davis, and of course my mother, Wanda Davis. Without them I wouldn’t be here today. I am a walking miracle and I just want to show the world what Keyshawn Davis really can do.”

 

 

 

Helping Keyshawn get past his struggles has been his coach who has been there from the beginning, Kay Korma, ისევე, როგორც 2016 Olympic silver medalist Shakur Stevenson.

“Last year when I was put in the mental home, they were both right there pushing me to get back on track,” Davis stated. “They never gave up on me or doubted me. They always knew what I was capable of, even though I was in a bad place.”

 

 

 

Another source of motivation and help came from another teammate, Troy Isley, who has been there by his side getting to experience Keyshawn’s first year as an elite with him.

 

 

 

“Troy has been a huge help for me during my first year on the elite high-performance squad,” mentioned Davis. “He has been telling me what foods I might need on a trip to help me maintain weight.”

 

 

 

When Davis went to Bulgaria for his first international tournament, Troy was there representing Team USA with him. “He told me how he felt his first time fighting internationally, and I just took all his information and used it to my advantage.”

 

 

 

Now the goal is to continue training and being successful at the international level. He has hopes of becoming an Olympic Champion in 2020 and being able to give back to his family.

 

 

 

“My biggest motivation is just to give my family a better life.”

 

 

 

With one gold under his belt, Davis will look for his second international title at the 2018 Chemistry Cup later this month. You can continue to follow his journey to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics through social media via Instagram (@keyshawndavis1) or SnapChat (@key4999).

 

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