COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO (Ноември 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, Декември 5-9, in Salt Lake City, Utah.

With up to six spots in each division already secured, based on the results of the 2016 Elite National Championships, 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.

A total of 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,” рече 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 Марк Кастро (Њујорк, Калифорнија.), лесна полутешка категорија Delante “Тигар” Џонсон (Кливленд, OH), боксер од полусредна категорија Quinton Randall (Katy, Соединетите Американски Држави), bantamweight Duke Ragan (Cincinnati, OH), велесили Cam F. Awesome (Lenexa, KS) и Jared Anderson(Толедо, OH), среднотешка Троја Isley (Александрија, Соединетите Американски Држави), лесна полутешка категорија Freudis Rojas, Џуниор. (Лас Вегас, Н.В.), super heavyweights) Nkosi Solomon (Бруклин, Њујорк) и Ричард Torrez (Tulare, КАКО.

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