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Central New England (Lowell Greater) 70th annual Lowell Sun Charities Golden Gloves Championship Final round results from Lowell

Waiho he tākupu
Lowell, Mass. (February 5, 2016) – Peter Welch’s Gym in South Boston dominated last night’s Central New England (Lowell Greater) championship final round of the 70th annual Lowell Sun Charities Golden Gloves Championship, open and novice classes, at historic Lowell Memorial Auditorium.
Peter Welch’s Gym had seven winners last night: open – Hyde Park welterweight Jennifer Perella and Brookline light welterweight Abraham Nova; tauhou – Dorchester lightweightJonathen DePina me te whitu Brian Lawrence, East Boston lightweight Claire Duffy Welterweight marama, Boston light welterweight Katie Gregory and Franklin heavyweight Jared Gately.
Lowell West End Gym and Grealish Boston had the second-most winners last evening with two apiece.
Last night, 15 matches went the distance, including several upsets, along with one technical knockout and a two walkovers.
All CNE finals winners qualified to compete in the upcoming New England Tournament of Champions, also held at Lowell Memorial Auditorium, tīmata Rāpare muri night with the semifinals of the novice division.
See the remaining 2016 schedule below as well as last night’s results.
Four nights of Championship Boxing Ticket Package – Tickets for the four remaining events are available to purchase for $40.00 ticket in the balcony. This special ticket offer includes the semifinals and finals of the Novice and Open class New England Tournament of Champions. Hei hoko karanga te tari pouaka Lowell Memorial Auditorium i1.866.722.8881 or order online at www.LowellMemorialAuditorium.ki. Individual event tickets are also available to purchase for $17.00, $15.00 ranei $12.00. Student tickets are also available for only $7.00 (student ID required).
Proceeds from the Lowell Sun Charities Golden Gloves Championship go towards sending the New England Golden Gloves champions to the 2016 National Golden Gloves Championship (Salt Lake City, Utah), i roto i te tua ki te tautoko i maona rohe me te hī rohe, nga Boys & Girls Club, kohua hupa, wharau manene, moni mate pukupuku, karahipi me maha atu take nui atawhai.
CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND FINAL ROUND RESULTS
NOVICE CLASS
FEMALE BANTAMWEIGHTS (119 lbs.)
Jennifer Perella (Hyde Park, MA – A Pita Welch Faleva'inga)
WDEC3 (5-0)
Jessica Grohowski (Boston, MA – Boston mekemeke)
BANTAMWEIGHTS (123 lbs.)
Marquis Fowler (Lowell, MA – Lowell West End Gym)
WDEC3 (5-0)
Joseph Valdes (West Roxbury, MA – Nashua PAL)
FEMALE FEATHERWEIGHTS (125 lbs.)
Noelle Boran (Te Tai Rāwhiti Walpole, MA – Boston mekemeke)
WDEC3 (5-0)
Nicole Gagnon (Quincy, MA – A Pita Welch Faleva'inga)
LIGHTWEIGHTS (132 lbs.)
Jonathan DePina (Dorchester, MA – A Pita Welch Faleva'inga)
WDEC3 (5-0)
Troy Anderson (Dorchester, MA – Nonantum mekemeke)
FEMALE LIGHTWEIGHTS (132 lbs.)
Claire Duffy (East Boston, MA – A Pita Welch Faleva'inga)
WDEC3 (5-0)
Stephanie Khan (Brighton, MA – Ring Boxing)
LIGHT WELTERWEIGHTS (141 lbs.)
Nathan Rosa (Lowell, MA – Lowell West End Gym)
WDEC3 (5-0)
Edwin Rozon (Haverhill, MA – Haverhill Rō mekemeke)
FEMALE LIGHT WELTERWEIGHTS (141 lbs.)
Katie Gregory (Boston, MA – A Pita Welch Faleva'inga)
WDEC3 (5-0)
Katie Colton (Arlington, MA – Boston mekemeke)
WELTERWEIGHTS (152 lbs.)
Kenny Larson (Salem, MA – Somerville Youth Boxing)
WDEC3 (5-0)
Lipi Fernandez (Roxbury, MA – A Pita Welch Faleva'inga)
MIDDLEWEIGHTS (165 lbs.)
Brian Lawrence (Dorchester, MA – A Pita Welch Faleva'inga)
WDEC3 (4-1)
Yancarlos Sanchez (Dorchester, MA – Quietman Sports)
HEAVYWEIGHTS LIGHT (178 lbs.)
Joseph DaSilva (Gloucester, MA – Gloucester Boxing Club)
WDEC3 (5-0)
Justin DeFlumeri (Merrimack, NH – Nashua PAL)
HEAVYWEIGHTS (201 lbs.)
Jared Gately (Franklin, MA – A Pita Welch Faleva'inga)
WTKO2
Jose Cabrera (Marlboro, MA – Framingham PAL)
SUPER HEAVYWEIGHTS (201+ lbs.)
Ryan Brooks (Weymouth, MA – Grealish mekemeke)
Won by walkover
Kyle Davis (Haverhill, MA – Haverhill Rō mekemeke)
OPEN CLASS
LIGHTWEIGHTS (132 lbs.)
Matthew Fontanez (Nashua NH – Nashua PAL)
WDEC3 (3-2)
Brandon Higgins (Chelmsford, MA – West End Gym)
LIGHT WELTERWEIGHTS (141 lbs.)
Abraham Nova (Braintree, MA – A Pita Welch Faleva'inga
Won by walkover
Jeremiah Perez (Lowell, MA – West End)
WELTERWEIGHTS (152 lbs.)
Joe Meuse (Millis, MA – Nonantum mekemeke)
WDEC3 (3-2)
Xavier Vega (Lawrence, MA – Canal Street mekemeke)
Welterweights he wahine (152 lbs.)
Maureen O’Brien (Hull, MA – Grealish mekemeke)
WDEC3 (5-0)
Kimberly Wabik (Everett, MA – Quietman Gym)
HEAVYWEIGHTS LIGHT – (178 lbs.)
Tayler Mears (Boston, MA – Ko te Ring)
WDEC3 (5-0)
Ian Funk (Fairhaven, MA – Somerville Boxing)
HEAVYWEIGHTS (201 lbs.)
Jesus Flores (Methuen, MA – Canal Street mekemeke)
WDEC3 (5-0)
John Roche (Haverhill, MA – Haverhill Downtown)
70th annual Lowell Sun Charities Golden Gloves Championship Schedule
(Lowell Memorial Auditorium – 6:30 p.m. tatau tuwhera, 7:30 p.m. a'ee tuatahi)
New England Tournament o Champions
(all four regions competing)
Tauhou Class whiringa whaiti – Rāpare, Feb. 11
Tauhou Class Championship whiringa toa – Rāpare, Feb. 18
Open whiringa whaiti Class – Wednesday, Feb. 24
Open Class Championship whiringa toa – Rāpare, Feb. 25
(all open class winners advance to the 2016 National Golden Gloves Championships, Kia 16-21, in Salt Lake City, Utah)
KŌRERO:
Tournament Executive Director: Bobby Russo
Kaiwhakahaere o ngā kaiwhakataetae i: Art Ramalho
Tumuaki o āpiha: Laurie Purcell
auvaha Ring: John vena cava
Wāhi: Lowell Memorial Auditorium, 50 Merrimack St., Lowell, MA
Twitter: @LowellGloves
mekemeke amateur, mekemeke, Golden Karapu

Central New England (Lowell Greater) 70th annual Lowell Sun Charities Golden Gloves Championship Semifinals round results from Lowell

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Lowell, Mass. (January 29, 2016) – For the second week in a row all 13 matches went the three-round distance in last night’s Central New England (Lowell Greater) semifinals round of the 70th annual Lowell Sun Charities Golden Gloves Championship, featuring open and novice class action, at historic Lowell Memorial Auditorium.
Returning New England welterweight champion Xavier Vega, representing Canal Street Boxing in Lawrence (MA), Ko he 4-1 winner against Michael Fontenez, o Nashua, NH.
Peter Welch’s Gym in South Boston led the hit parade with three winners, all in the novice class: Kōmāmā Jonathan Depina, Welterweight Lipi Fernandes me te whitu Brian Lawrence. The Lowell West End Gym was the only other with more than one winner last night, both in the open class, Kōmāmā Brandon Higgins and light welterweight Jeremiah Perez.
The CNE championship finals, featuring open and novice class matches, will be held Rāpare muri po (Feb. 4) i Lowell Memorial Auditorium. See the remaining 2016 schedule below as well as last night’s results.
Special Championship Ticket Package – Five Championship Events available to purchase for $50.00 ticket (5 remaining events) in the balcony. This special ticket offer also includes the Novice and Open class New England Tournament of Champions. Hei hoko karanga te tari pouaka Lowell Memorial Auditorium i 1.866.722.8881 or order online atwww.LowellMemorialAuditorium.ki. Individual event tickets are also available to purchase for $17.00, $15.00 ranei $12.00. Student tickets are also available for only $7.00 (student ID required).
Puta i te Lowell Sun Atawhai Golden karapu Championship haere ki te tuku i te karapu toa New England Golden ki te karapu National Golden Championship (2016 in Salt Lake City, Utah), i roto i te tua ki te tautoko i maona rohe me te hī rohe, nga Boys & Girls Club, kohua hupa, wharau manene, moni mate pukupuku, karahipi me maha atu take nui atawhai.
CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND SEMIFINALS PAIRINGS
NOVICE CLASS
LIGHTWEIGHTS (132 lbs.)
Jonathan Depina (Dorchester, MA – Peter Welch’s)
WDEC3 (5-0)
Jacob Solomon (Brookline, MA – Ko te Ring)
LIGHT WELTERWEIGHTS (141 lbs.)
Edwin Rozon (Haverhill, MA – Haverhill Rō mekemeke)
WDEC3 (5-0)
Fresnel Pierre (Dorchester, MA – Redline Fight Sports)
WELTERWEIGHTS (152 lbs.)
Lipi Fernandez (Roxbury, MA – Peter Welch’s)
WDEC (4-1)
Daniel Isberg (Boston, MA – Boston mekemeke)
MIDDLEWEIGHTS (165 lbs.)
Yancarlos Sanchez (Dorchester, MA – Quietman Sports)
WDEC (4-1)
Pita Maher (Arlington, MA – Somerville Boxing)
Brian Lawrence (Dorchester, MA
WDEC (5-0)
Henry Gedney (Gloucester, MA – Gloucester Boxing)
HEAVYWEIGHTS LIGHT (178 lbs.)
Justin Deflumeri (Merrimack, NH – Nashua PAL)
WDEC3 (5-0)
Joshua Flood (Manchester, NH – Murphy’s Boxing)
SUPER HEAVYWEIGHTS (201+ lbs.)
Ryan Brooks (Weymouth, MA – Grealish mekemeke)
WDEC3 (4-1)
Christian Ortiz (Boston, MA – Ko te Ring)
OPEN CLASS
FEMALE FEATHERWEIGHTS (125 lbs.)
Roberta Pappas (Lawrence, MA – Intenze 978)
WDEC (3-2)
Michelle Egan (Boston, MA – Boston mekemeke)
LIGHTWEIGHTS (132 lbs.)
Brandon Higgins (Chelmsford, MA – West End)
WDEC3 (5-0)
Jose Tirado (Dorchester, MA – Grealish mekemeke)
LIGHT WELTERWEIGHTS (141 lbs.)
Jeremiah Perez (Lowell, MA – West End)
WDEC (4-1)
Adrian Sosa (Lawrence, MA – Haverhill Inner City)
WELTERWEIGHTS (152 lbs.)
Joe Meuse (Millis, MA – Nonantum mekemeke)
WDEC3 (3-2)
Josniel Castro (Lawrence, MA – Haverhill Inner City)
Xavier Vega (Lawrence, MA – Canal Street mekemeke)
WDEC (4-1)
Michael Fontanez (Nashua, NH – Nashua PAL)
MIDDLEWEIGHTS (165 lbs.)
Chris Davis-Fogg (Framingham, MA – Uppercuts)
WDEC3 (5-0)
Julien Baptiste (Lowell, MA – West End)
70th annual Lowell Sun Charities Golden Gloves Championship Schedule
(Lowell Memorial Auditorium – 6:30 p.m. tatau tuwhera, 7:30 p.m. a'ee tuatahi)
Central New England (Lowell Greater)
Open & Tauhou Class Championship whiringa toa – Rāpare, Feb. 4
New England Tournament o Champions
Tauhou Class whiringa whaiti – Rāpare, Feb. 11
Tauhou Class Championship whiringa toa – Feb. 18
Open whiringa whaiti Class – Wednesday, Feb. 24
Open Class Championship whiringa toa – Rāpare, Feb. 25
KŌRERO:
Tournament Executive Director: Bobby Russo
Kaiwhakahaere o ngā kaiwhakataetae i: Art Ramalho
Tumuaki o āpiha: Lauri Purcell
auvaha Ring: John vena cava
Wāhi: Lowell Memorial Auditorium, 50 Merrimack St., Lowell, MA
Twitter: @LowellGloves
mekemeke amateur, Golden Karapu

Returning New England Golden Gloves Champion Xavier Vega in action this Thursday night at Central N.E. semifinals in Lowell

Waiho he tākupu

No te Tonu Tuku
Lowell, Mass. (January 25, 2016) – Returning New England Golden Gloves welterweight champion Xavier Vega, o Lawrence (MA), leads a host of talented open and novice class amateur boxers into this Thursday night’s (Jan. 8) in the Central New England (Lowell Greater) semifinals of the 70th annual Lowell Sun Charities Golden Gloves Championship at historic Lowell Memorial Auditorium.
The 21-year-old Vega, representing Canal Street Boxing, faces Nashua (NH) kaiwero Michael Fontanez in one of eight open class matches. There are also eight novice class matches scheduled.
Vega, who has a 33-3 record amateur, didn’t start boxing until he was 17 because he has only one kidney. A construction worker by day, Vega hopes to become a professional boxer and, ki te kore, a Lawrence police officer in order to give back to his community.

A novice super heavyweight showdown between heavy hitters Ryan Brooks, of Weymouth (MA), and Boston’s Christian Ortiz. One of the most exciting boxers in action tenei Rāpare evening is novice light welterweight Edwin Rozon, of Haverhill (MA). Arlington’s novice middleweight Pita Maher, representing the Somerville Boxing Club, is a promising prospect.

See Thursday night’s pairings below, as well as a remaining 2016 schedule.
$70 for ’70 – A special offer to celebrate the 70th edition of the Lowell Sun Charities Golden Gloves Championship is available to purchase: $70.00 season ticket (6 remaining events) in the balcony. The season ticket also includes the Novice and Open class New England Tournament of Champions. Hei hoko karanga te tari pouaka Lowell Memorial Auditorium i1.866.722.8881 or order online at www.LowellMemorialAuditorium.ki. Individual event tickets are also available to purchase for $17.00, $15.00 ranei $12.00. Student tickets are also available for only $7.00 (student ID required).

Puta i te Lowell Sun Atawhai Golden karapu Championship haere ki te tuku i te karapu toa New England Golden ki te karapu National Golden Championship (2016 in Salt Lake City, Utah), i roto i te tua ki te tautoko i maona rohe me te hī rohe, nga Boys & Girls Club, kohua hupa, wharau manene, moni mate pukupuku, karahipi me maha atu take nui atawhai.

CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND SEMIFINALS PAIRINGS
NOVICE CLASS
LIGHTWEIGHTS (132 lbs.)
Jacob Solomon (Brookline, MA – Ko te Ring)
vs.
Jonathan Depina (Dorchester, MA – Peter Welch’s)
FEMALE LIGHT WELTERWEIGHTS (141 lbs.)
Katie Gregory (Boston, MA – Peter Welch’s)
vs.
Shaquanda Best (Lynn, MA – Somerville Boxing)
LIGHT WELTERWEIGHTS (141 lbs.)
Fresnel Pierre (Dorchester, MA – Redline Fight Sports)
vs.
Edwin Rozon (Haverhill, MA – Haverhill Rō mekemeke)
WELTERWEIGHTS (152 lbs.)
Daniel Isberg (Boston, MA – Boston mekemeke)
vs.
Lipi Fernandez (Roxbury, MA – Peter Welch’s)
MIDDLEWEIGHTS (165 lbs.)
Pita Maher (Arlington, MA – Somerville Boxing)
vs.
Yancarlos Sanchez (Dorchester, MA – Quietman Sports)
Brian Lawrence (Dorchester, MA
vs.
Henry Gedney (Gloucester, MA – Gloucester Boxing)
HEAVYWEIGHTS LIGHT (178 Lbs.)
Justin Deflumeri (Merrimack, NH – Nashua PAL)
vs.
Joshua Flood (Manchester, NH – Murphy’s Boxing)
SUPER HEAVYWEIGHTS (201+ lbs.)
Ryan Brooks (Weymouth, MA – Grealish mekemeke)
vs.
Christian Ortiz (Boston, MA – Ko te Ring)
OPEN CLASS
FEMALE FEATHERWEIGHTS (125 Lbs.)
Roberta Pappas (Lawrence, MA – Intenze 978)
vs.
Michelle Egan (Boston, MA – Boston mekemeke)
LIGHTWEIGHTS (132 lbs.)
Jose Tirado (Dorchester, MA – Grealish mekemeke)
vs.
Brandon Higgins (Chelmsford, MA – West End)
LIGHT WELTERWEIGHTS (141 lbs.)
Alex Mercado (Gardner, MA – Paladin Martial Arts)
vs.
Abraham Nova (Braintree, MA – Peter Welch’s)
Adrian Sosa (Lawrence, MA – Haverhill Inner City)
vs.
Jeremiah Perez (Lowell, MA – West End)
WELTERWEIGHTS (152 lbs.)
Joe Meuse (Millis, MA – Nonatum Boxing)
vs.
Josniel Castro (Lawrence, MA – Haverhill Inner City)
Xavier Vega (Lawrence, MA – Canal Street mekemeke)
vs.
Michael Fontanez (Nashua, NH – Nahusa PAL)
MIDDLEWEIGHTS (165 lbs.)
Julien Baptiste (Lowell, MA – West End)
vs.
Chris Davis-Fogg (Framingham, MA – Uppercuts)
Ryan Clark (Barrington, NH – Murphy’s Boxing)
vs.
Joe Penta (Newton, MA – Nonantum mekemeke)
70

th annual Lowell Sun Charities Golden Gloves Championship Schedule
(Lowell Memorial Auditorium – 6:30 p.m. tatau tuwhera, 7:30 p.m. a'ee tuatahi)
Central New England (Lowell Greater)
Open & Tauhou Class whiringa whaiti, C.N.E. – Rāpare, Jan. 28
Open & Tauhou Class Championship whiringa toa – Rāpare, Feb. 4
New England Tournament o Champions
Tauhou Class whiringa whaiti – Rāpare, Feb. 11
Tauhou Class Championship whiringa toa – Feb. 18
Open whiringa whaiti Class – Wednesday, Feb. 24
Open Class Championship whiringa toa – Rāpare, Feb. 25
Mōhiohio:
Tournament Executive Director: Bobby Russo
Kaiwhakahaere o ngā kaiwhakataetae i: Art Ramalho
Tumuaki o āpiha: Lauri Purcell
auvaha Ring: John vena cava
Wāhi: Lowell Memorial Auditorium, 50 Merrimack St., Lowell, MA
Twitter: @LowellGloves