COLORADO SPRINGS, كولو (تشرين الثاني 28, 2017) – Following a year of highly-competitive national events, US amateur boxers are set to compete in the 2017 USA Boxing Elite National Championship, ديسمبر 5-9, في سولت ليك سيتي, يوتا.

With up to six spots in each division already secured, based on the results of the 2016 بطولات النخبة الوطنية, 2017 Elite Western Qualifier and 2017 Elite Eastern Qualifier, the remaining spots have been filled based on the wild-card application process to complete the field of elite boxers.

ما مجموعه 88 boxers applied for a wild card qualification with 35 allocations awarded to finalize the Elite National Championships brackets.

“With this being the first year of the new elite athlete selection process, we are excited to see the top talent in the country compete to represent Team USA in 2018,” قال Matt Johnson, USA Boxing High Performance Director. “We are looking forward to a high level of competition during these championships, and are confident that the increased competitiveness at the national stage will translate to further improvement of USA’s performance internationally on the road to Tokyo in 2020.”

Leading contenders include bantamweight مارك كاسترو (فريسنو, كاليفورنيا.), وزن الوسط الخفيف Delante “نمر” جونسون (كليفلاند, OH), وزن الوسط Quinton Randall (Katy, TX), الديك ديوك راجان (سينسيناتي, OH), الوزن الثقيل Cam F. رائع (Lenexa, KS) و Jared Anderson(توليدو, OH), المتوسط تروي يسلي (الإسكندرية, VA), وزن الوسط الخفيف Freudis Rojas, الابن. (لاس فيغاس, NV), super heavyweights) Nkosi Solomon (بروكلين, NY) و ريتشارد توريز (تولير, مثل.

Below is the final list of elite boxers, in order of ranking, who will contend for the title of national champion: