COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO (நவம்பர் 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, டிசம்பர் 5-9, in Salt Lake City, உட்டா.

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.

மொத்தம் 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,” கூறினார் 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 மார்க் காஸ்ட்ரோ (ஃப்ரெஸ்நோ, காலிஃப்.), light welterweight Delante “புலி” ஜான்சன் (கிளீவ்லன்ட், OH), வீரர் ராம்சிங் Quinton Randall (Katy, டெக்சாஸ்), bantamweight டியூக் ராகன் (சின்சினாட்டி, OH), பிரபலங்களான Cam F. Awesome (Lenexa, கே.எஸ்) மற்றும் Jared Anderson(டோலிடோ, OH), மிடில்வெயிட் ட்ராய் Isley (அலெக்சாண்டிரியா, VA), light welterweight Freudis Rojas, ஜூனியர். (லாஸ் வேகாஸ், NV), super heavyweights) Nkosi Solomon (புரூக்ளின், நியூயார்க்) மற்றும் ரிச்சர்ட் Torrez (Tulare, போன்ற.

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