2018 Team New England ( missing Angel Gonzalez) (pictures courtesy of Edward Boches / Boches Photography)
LOWELL, Massa. (Febbraio 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, di partenza Maggio 14, 2018 a Omaha, Nebraska.
N.E centrale. 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. E. Direttore esecutivo Bobby Russo suddetto. “We closed the season in grand style with great matches and a loud, packed house that’s been the Lowell tradition for 72 anni. 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. featherweight champion Felix Parilla (WNE), di 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.
Rocky Marciano Memorial Award winner Edmond Worley
The unofficial Fight of the Night was a toss up between lightweights Jonathan DePina e Elia Peixoto (DePina won 3-2) e middleweights Michael Fontanez e Victor Reynoso (Fontanez won 3-2).
In the most anticipated match of the evening, Mansfield, MA welterweight James Perella (END) defeated USA No. 5-rated and defending N.E. campione Josniel Castro(QUATTRO), 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 (END), di Boston.
In a N.E. super heavyweight rematch, Danbury, CT’s Fernely Felix, Jr. (WNE) repeated by the same score las last year, 3-2, against Providence’s Tim Hatfield(END), for his third straight N.E. titolo.
In women’s competition, Portland, ME lightweight Liz Leddy (QUATTRO) captured her seventh N.E. women’s title, taking a unanimous 5-0 decision over Willow Crawford(CNE), di Manchester, NH, unanimous 5-0 decisione, while USA No 10- nominale Ashleigh Moore (CNE), representing Buzzards Bay, MA, won a unanimous 5-0 decision against Gorham, ME’s Lindsay Kyanjohnian (QUATTRO), who was runner-up for the second year in a row after she took top honors in 2016.
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RISULTATI UFFICIALI
(Feb.22, 2018)
NEW ENGLAND TORNEO DEI CAMPIONI
OPEN DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIPS
Bantamweights (114 lbs.)
Angel Gonzalez, Hartford, CT / WNE
WDEC3 (5-0)
Shin Murinda, Haverhill, MA / CNE
Pesi piuma (123 lbs.)
Felix Parilla, North Haven, CT / WNE
WRSC1 (2:31)
Danny Pang, Portland, ME / QUATTRO
WOMEN’S LIGHTWEIGHTS (132 lbs.)
Liz Leddy, Portland, ME / QUATTRO
WDEC3 (5-0)
Willow Crawford, Manchester, NH / CNE
Pesi leggeri (132 lbs.)
Joseph DePina, Dorchester, MA / CNE
WDEC3 (3-2)
Elia Peixoto, Provvidenza, RI / END
PESI WELTER JUNIOR (141 lbs.)
Sharad Collier, Hartford, CT / WNE
WDEC3 (5-0)
Brandon Higgins, North Chelmsford, MA / CNE
WOMEN’S JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHTS (141 lbs.)
Ashleigh Moore, Buzzards Bay, MA / CNE
WDEC5 (5-0)
Lindsay Kyajohnian, Gorham, ME / QUATTRO
Welterweights (152 LBS.)
James Perella, Mansfield, MA / END
WDEC3 (5-0)
Josniel Castro, Portland, ME / QUATTRO
Pesi (165 lbd.)
pesi massimi SUPER (201+ lbs.)
Fernely Feliz, Jr., Danbury, CT / WNE
WDEC (3-2)
Tim Hatfield, Provvidenza, RI / END
TEAM STANDINGS
CNE – Central New England – 5
WNE – Western New England – 4
QUATTRO – Northern New England – 1
END – Southern New England – 1
INFORMAZIONI:
New England Golden Gloves direttore esecutivo: Bobby Russo
Direttore di concorrenti: Art Ramalho
Capo di funzionari: Laurie Purcell
ring announcer: Giovanni Vena
Cinguettio: @LowellGloves
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