2018 Team New England (missing Angel Gonzalez)

(pictures courtesy of Edward Boches / Boches Photography)

LOWELL, Маса. (Февруари 23, 2018) – Eleven New England champions were crowned last night during the New England Tournament of Champions at historic Lowell Memorial Auditorium. Central New England snapped the Western New England’s four-year reign in team scoring to capture the covered Bill Hoar Memorial Award as Most Outstanding Team.

The New England Tournament of Champions, also known as the All-New England’s, is part of the 72nd annual New England Golden Gloves Championships.

Each individual N.E. champion qualified for Team New England, which will compete at the National Golden Gloves Championship, стартиране Май 14, 2018 в Омаха, Nebraska.

Централна N.E. had five individual winners, edging Western NE with four, North N.E. and Southern N.E. had champion one apiece.

“There were some great fights, hotly contested because there was so much on the line,” N. И. Изпълнителен директор Боби Русо каза. “We closed the season in grand style with great matches and a loud, packed house that’s been the Lowell tradition for 72 години. There were some disputed decisions and the crowd let everybody know how they felt after a few of the fights.

“We have a lot of talent on this year’s Team New England. It’s a strong team with some fighters who now have national experience like Angel Gonzalez, Felix Parilla, Liz Leddy, Miguel Teo and Fernely Felix, Jr. The other fighters look like they could do very well at the National Golden Gloves.”

N.E. шампион в перо Felix Parilla (WNE), на North Haven, CT, was selected as the Thomas Costello Memorial Award winner as Most Outstanding Boxer.

Most Outstanding Boxer Felix Parilla

The Rocky Marciano Memorial Award as the Most Outstanding Heavyweight Boxer was presented to Lowell, MA’s Edmond Worley, who edged Randolph, MA’s Edit McApman, 4-1, to clinch the team title for Central New England in the second to last bout of the night.

The unofficial Fight of the Night was a toss up between lightweights Джонатан DePina и Илия Пейшото (DePina won 3-2) и middleweights Майкъл Фонтанес и Victor Reynoso (Fontanez won 3-2).

In the most anticipated match of the evening, Mansfield, MA полусредна категория James Perella (SNE) defeated USA No. 5-rated and defending N.E. шампион Джосниел Кастро(NNE), by way of a controversial 5-0 unanimous yet very closely contested decision that drew the wrath of the disapproving crown.

USA No. 7 rated light heavyweight Miguel Teo (CNE), of Marlboro, MA, took a unanimous 5-0 decision versus Rashane Doyle (SNE), Бостън.

In a N.E. super heavyweight rematch, Данбъри, CT’s Фернели Феликс, Jr. (WNE) repeated by the same score las last year, 3-2, against Providence’s Tim Hatfield(SNE), for his third straight N.E. заглавие.

In women’s competition, Портланд, ME lightweight Liz Leddy (NNE) captured her seventh N.E. women’s title, taking a unanimous 5-0 решение върху Willow Crawford(CNE), на Манчестър, NH, единодушно 5-0 решение, while USA No 10- Оценени Ашли Мур (CNE), representing Buzzards Bay, MA, won a unanimous 5-0 decision against Gorham, ME’s Lindsay Kyanjohnian (NNE), who was runner-up for the second year in a row after she took top honors in 2016.

Постъпления от Лоуел Sun Благотворителни Златни ръкавици първенство отиват за изпращане Ръкавици шампиони Нова Англия Златни към Националната Златни ръкавици първенство (стартиране Май 14, 2018 в Омаха, Nebraska), в допълнение към подкрепата на местните спортисти и площ зали, момчетата & Girls Club, кухни за бедните, приюти за бездомни, рак на средства, стипендии и много други големи благотворителни каузи.

Ню Ингланд Златни ръкавици изпълнителен директор: Боби Русо

Директор на Състезателите: Арт Рамальо

Началник на длъжностните лица: Laurie Purcell

Пръстен Говорител: Джон Вена

Място на провеждане: Lowell Мемориал Аудиториум, 50 Merrimack St., Lowell, MA

Уебсайт: www.lowellgoldengloves.com, www.lowellauditorium.com

Кикотене: @LowellGloves