2018 Team New England (missing Angel Gonzalez)

(pictures courtesy of Edward Boches / Boches Photography)

LOWELL, מסה. (פבואר 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, החל מאי 14, 2018 באומהה, נברסקה.

מרכז 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. ו. מפיק בפועל בובי רוסו אמר. “We closed the season in grand style with great matches and a loud, packed house that’s been the Lowell tradition for 72 שנים. 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, ג 'וניור. The other fighters look like they could do very well at the National Golden Gloves.”

N.E. אלופת משקל נוצה Felix Parilla (WNE), צפון-הייבן, 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 יונתן DePina ו אליהו Peixoto (DePina won 3-2) וmiddleweights Michael Fontanez ו Victor Reynoso (Fontanez won 3-2).

In the most anticipated match of the evening, מנספילד, משקל וולטר MA ג'יימס פרלה (SNE) defeated USA No. 5-rated and defending N.E. אלוף Josniel Castro(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, תואר שני, took a unanimous 5-0 decision versus Rashane Doyle (SNE), של בוסטון.

In a N.E. super heavyweight rematch, דנברי, CT’s פרנלי פליקס, ג 'וניור. (WNE) repeated by the same score las last year, 3-2, against Providence’s Tim Hatfield(SNE), for his third straight N.E. כותרת.

In women’s competition, פורטלנד, ME lightweight Liz Leddy (NNE) captured her seventh N.E. women’s title, taking a unanimous 5-0 החלטה על פני Willow Crawford(CNE), מנצ'סטר, NH, unanimous 5-0 החלטה, while USA No 10- מדורג אשלי מור (CNE), representing Buzzards Bay, תואר שני, 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.

ההכנסות מן כפפות הזהב צדקה שמש לואל אליפות ללכת לכיוון שליחת אלופי הזהב כפפות ניו אינגלנד על כפפות הזהב הלאומי אליפות (החל מאי 14, 2018 באומהה, נברסקה), בנוסף לתמיכת ספורטאים מקומיים וחדרי כושר באזור, הבנים & מועדון בנות, בתי תמחוי, במקלטים לחסרי בית, קרנות סרטן, מלגות למטרות צדקה גדולות רבות אחרות.

מנכ"ל ניו אינגלנד כפפות זהב: בובי רוסו

מנהל המתחרים: אמנות רמלהו

ראש הפקידים: Laurie Purcell

קריין רינג: ג'ון ונה

מקום: לואל זיכרון אודיטוריום, 50 סנט Merrimack, לואל, תואר שני

אתר: www.lowellgoldengloves.com, www.lowellauditorium.com

טוויטר: @LowellGloves