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Peraih Emas Dua Kali dan Superstar Profesional Claressa Shields dan Timnya Mengirimkan Selamat kepada Pemenang Medali Olimpiade Tinju AS

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Juara Olimpiade dua kali Claressa Shields, dari Flint, Michigan, bangga dengan peraih medali tinju Olimpiade Tim USA dan seluruh skuad Tinju AS, yang menampilkan lima peserta wanita untuk pertama kalinya. Satu-satunya petinju Amerika yang pernah memenangkan medali emas Olimpiade berturut-turut, Shields berdiri di atas podium medali di Olimpiade pertama yang menampilkan tinju wanita 2012, sebelum menduplikasi prestasi di 2016 Olimpiade di Rio de Janeiro. Juara bertahan kelas menengah Olimpiade senang dengan penampilan Amerika Serikat di Olimpiade Tokyo, yang menampilkan tiga medali perak dan satu perunggu dalam penampilan pertama kompetisi kelas welter wanita.

“Saya sangat bangga dengan AS. tim. Olimpiade adalah turnamen tersulit untuk mendapatkan medali dan kalian semua menunjukkan banyak grit, kerja keras, tekad dan keterampilan,” kata Perisai.

Perolehan medali di Tokyo adalah kelas welter wanita O'shae Jones dari Toledo nearby, Ohio, yang membawa pulang perunggu, serta sepasang petinju profesional di Duke Ragan (kelas bulu) dan Keyshawn Davis (ringan), dan Richard Torrez Jr . dari California, (kelas berat super) yang masing-masing meraih medali perak. Empat medali mewakili total tertinggi untuk Tim USA sejak Ricardo Juarez, Ricardo Williams, Clarence Vinson dan Jermain Taylor mengambil perangkat keras (dua perak dan dua perunggu) pada 2000 Olimpiade.

Itu 2020 Olimpiade menampilkan penambahan dua divisi berat wanita, bantam (119 lbs) dan kelas welter (152 lbs), yang menunjukkan pertumbuhan berkelanjutan dari olahraga tinju wanita di seluruh dunia.

Shields, yang selain dua medali emas Olimpiade telah memenangkan sepuluh gelar dunia dalam tiga divisi berat dan menjadi juara tak terbantahkan dalam dua kelas berat hanya dalam sebelas pertarungan sebagai seorang profesional dan baru-baru ini meluncurkan karir dua olahraga dengan debut MMA profesionalnya untuk PFL, mengatakan bahwa memiliki Jones sebagai petinju profesional wanita Amerika lainnya yang meraih medali Olimpiade akan bagus untuk olahraga ini. Jones sebelumnya telah menyatakan keinginannya untuk masuk ke jajaran pro.

“Suntikan bakat tingkat atas baru selalu positif,Kata Shields (11-0-0, 2 Biaya), yang selain membuat debut pertarungan MMA yang sukses di bulan Juni, membuat sejarah Maret lalu dengan mencopot Marie-Eve Dicaire dari Kanada dan menjadi petinju pertama di era sabuk empat yang menjadi juara tak terbantahkan di dua divisi. Dia juga mempertahankan gelar kelas menengah junior WBC dan WBO dengan kemenangan dan merebut sabuk IBF Dicaire, serta Kejuaraan WBA yang kosong. “Gagasan tentang generasi baru wanita yang menjadi profesional dan memperdalam kumpulan bakat dengan keterampilan tingkat Olimpiade akan baik untuk olahraga tinju wanita.”

Perisai pergi 77-1 sebagai seorang amatir dan menjadi profesional setelah kemenangan Olimpiade keduanya di 2016. Dia 2017 pertempuran dengan Szilvia "Sunset" Szabados adalah acara utama wanita pertama yang disiarkan di televisi premium Amerika. Selain saat ini menjadi WBC, WBO, Juara IBF dan WBA di 154 pon, Shields sebelumnya telah menyatukan keempat sabuk pengaman utama di kelas menengah (160 lbs.).

Perisai telah mendominasi, memecahkan rekor sejauh ini dalam karir profesionalnya, merobek wanita lain yang pernah dianggap yang terbaik di divisi mereka dengan relatif mudah. Dia dan Katie Taylor dari Inggris Raya, juga tak terkalahkan sebagai pro, telah mengangkat tinju wanita ke level baru dalam beberapa tahun terakhir, memimpin kumpulan bakat yang semakin dalam yang hanya akan semakin dalam dengan penambahan 2020 Olympians dari seluruh dunia.

Manajer Shields’, Mark Taffet dari Mark Taffet Media, setuju bahwa masuknya bakat baru yang akan datang ke tinju wanita akan menguntungkan olahraga secara keseluruhan.

“Saya senang untuk empat orang Amerika yang membawa pulang medali Olimpiade tahun ini, khususnya pemenang medali perunggu kelas welter Oshae Jones yang saya yakin akan menjadi salah satu yang harus ditonton dalam beberapa tahun ke depan,” kata Taffet. “Kumpulan bakat tinju wanita, dan yang terpenting AS. kolam, terus meningkat dan menjadi pertanda baik bagi masa depan tinju wanita dan pencapaian berkelanjutan menuju kesetaraan di seluruh bidang.”

Promotor Shields, Promosi Word of Word Dmitriy, mengatakan dia bersemangat untuk masa depan dan bangga dengan USA Boxing, yang menghasilkan empat peraih medali saat menjalani pandemi mematikan yang sangat menghambat kemampuan berlatih dengan baik

“Sebagai mantan petinju amatir dan profesional, Saya tahu pengorbanan yang diperlukan untuk bertarung di level elit dan saya mengucapkan selamat kepada Tim USA atas semua keberhasilannya tahun ini, bahkan melalui semua tantangan tambahan yang diciptakan Covid-19,Kata Salita.

Three Fighter Locker stable members competing in The Olympics

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BOSTON (Bulan Juni 6, 2021) – Ryan Roach’s Fighter Locker managerial company will have three representatives competing in Tokyo this summer in the Summer Olympic Games.

Colombian light flyweight Yuberjan “El Tremendo” Martinez, who captured a silver medal at the 2018 Olympics in Brazil, is currently rated fourth in the world by AIBA. His main opposition figures to be Artur Hovhannisyan (Armenia), Oscar Collazo (Puerto Rico) dan Nodirjon Mirzakhmedov (Uzbekistan).

Martinez lost in the 2018 Olympic championship final to Uzbekistan’sHasanboy Dusmatov, 3-0. A decorated amateur, Martinez won gold medals at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games and 2018 South American Games, silver at the 2019 Pan American Games and 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games, and bronze at the 2017 Kejuaraan Amatir Dunia.

Another 2-time Olympian is Dominican Republic lightweightLionel de los Santos, yang dinilai ada. 3 by AIBA behindLazaro Jorge Alvarez (Kuba) danTsendbaster Erdenebat (Mongolia). Santos, who was eliminated in the last Olympics in the preliminary round, is already 3-0 as a professional with three first-round knockouts.

Santos, 26, was a silver medalist at the prestigious Pan-American Games in 2019, where he lost to 3-time Pan-Am gold medalistLazaro Alvarez, the 3-time World amateur champion and 2-time Olympic bronze medalist.

The third Fighter Locker Olympian is Colombian middleweightJorge Vivas, a 33-year-old who won a silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games.

“Adding these fighters to the Fighter Locker family was a huge accomplishment,” managerRyan Roach said. “These guys are the best of the best in the world. You’re talking less than one-percent chance of making an Olympic team and two of three of my fighters are going back to the Olympics for the second time.

“After the Olympics, I will quickly transition these fighters into the professional ranks, as long as they are healthy and so forth. We have four fight dates set for them and representing their homelands proudly. I am very honored to represent these young men and guide their careers.”

Fighter Locker’s growing stable of gifted boxers include California super flyweightRocco “So Cal Kid” Santomauro (21-1, 6 Biaya), Troy, NY ABF American West super lightweightRay Jay “The Destroyer” Bermudez(12-0, 9 Biaya), Toronto, Canada welterweight West Haven, CT super welterweightJimmy “Quiet Storm” Williams (17-5-2, 6 Biaya), Super menengah“The Amazing” Shawn McCalman(7-0, 4 Biaya), DIRI KITA. Tentara kelas bantam superDaniel Bailey, Jr. (5-0, 4 Biaya), ringanLeonel de los Santos(2-0, 2 Biaya), sebuah 2-time Dominican Republic Olympian, Boston featherweightTroy Anderson, Jr. (1-0, 1 KO), pro-debuting Dominican Republic welterweightJuan Solano, and Salt Lake City, 2016 Brazilian Olympic silver medalistYuberjen Martinez, Brazilian OlympianJorge Vivas, Colorado super middleweight Marvin “Too Much” Cordova, Jr. (23-2-1, 12 Biaya), West Palm Beach, FL light heavyweight Robert Daniels, Jr. (4-0, 4 Biaya), Utah brothers, super ringanIgnacio Chairez (8-0-1, 5 Biaya) and lightweightGabriel Chairez (3-0-1, 2 Biaya).

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Tiket Six Team USA Boxers Punch ke Olimpiade Tokyo 2020

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Putaran. (Mei 12, 2021) — Gugus Tugas Tinju (BTF) diumumkan hari ini 49 tempat kuota, awalnya akan diberikan di Road to Tokyo Americas Qualifier, yang diberikan kepada petinju untuk bersaing di Olimpiade Tokyo 2020 musim panas ini. Tempat kuota termasuk enam petinju Tim USA, yang didasarkan pada Peringkat BTF.

“Keenam petinju ini telah menjadi andalan dalam program kami dan telah memantapkan diri mereka di antara yang terbaik di dunia dengan penampilan mereka selama quad terakhir.,” kata Direktur Kinerja Tinggi Tinju USAMatt Johnson. “Sekarang saatnya mereka tampil di panggung terbesar dunia di Tokyo.”

Mewakili Tim USA di Olimpiade Tokyo 2020, Olimpiade Amerika Serikat yang tertunda & Persetujuan Komite Paralimpik, akanRashida Ellis (Lynn, Mass.) Virginia Fuchs(Houston, Texas), Naomi Graham (Fayetteville, N.C.), Delante Johnson (Cleveland, Ohio), Oshae Jones (Toledo, Ohio) danRichard Torrez Jr. (Tulare, California.). Semua enam petinju akan bersaing di Olimpiade pertama mereka.

2019 Peraih medali perunggu Kejuaraan Dunia Elite Wanita Ellis akan bersaing di kelas ringan wanita (132 lbs./60 kg) divisi. Ellis memenangkan perunggu di 2019 Pan American Games untuk menambah peringkat BTF-nya untuk memperkuat posisinya di Tokyo sebagai petinju Amerika peringkat kedua tertinggi dan 12^th secara keseluruhan di kelas beratnya. Ellis akan mencari untuk memenangkan medali Olimpiade ringan wanita pertama Tim USA.

“Kualifikasi ke Olimpiade telah menjadi salah satu impian terdalam saya,” sebut Ellis. “Saya tidak pernah meragukan kemampuan saya. Saya telah berhenti takut pada apa yang bisa salah dan mulai bersemangat tentang apa yang bisa berjalan dengan benar. Jadi, Saya menerima kesalahan saya dan belajar darinya, karena kesalahan saya telah membantu saya meningkatkan dan mencapai Olimpiade. Saya tidak melakukannya dengan mudah; Saya membuat sesuatu terjadi. Kerja keras dan dedikasi dengan usaha dan tekad, Saya bisa berhasil.”

Fuchs akan mewakili Tim USA di divisi flyweight (112 pon/51 kg). Petinju berusia 33 tahun ini akan berusaha untuk mendapatkan medali kedua dari USA Boxing di divisi flyweight wanita sejak diperkenalkannya acara tersebut di London 2012. Fuchs membawa resume yang mengesankan ke atas ring, termasuk medali perunggu di 2018 Kejuaraan Dunia Wanita Elite dan medali perak dari 2019 Pan American Games, yang menempatkannya sebagai petinju kelas terbang Amerika tertinggi kedua dan 16^th secara keseluruhan dalam peringkat BTF.

“Saya telah menunggu momen ini untuk waktu yang sangat lama. Saya sangat senang saya akhirnya bisa menyebut diri saya seorang Olympian,” kata Fuchs. “Dengan semua yang telah dilalui dunia ini dan harus menunda Olimpiade sepanjang tahun, Saya bangga mengatakan bahwa saya adalah salah satu peserta dalam apa yang akan dikenal sebagai Olimpiade paling terkenal dalam sejarah. Saya siap mewakili negara saya dengan cara yang paling terhormat dan membawa pulang emas!"

2019 Pan American Games Graham adalah unggulan tertinggi kelas menengah wanita Amerika (165 lbs./75 kg) petinju di peringkat BTF, di mana dia saat ini duduk di urutan kedelapan secara keseluruhan. Graham mendapatkan poin dari gelar Pan American Games-nya, serta finis ketiga di 2018 Kejuaraan Dunia Wanita Elite dan finis lima besar di 2019 edisi. Graham, yang akan menjadi anggota militer wanita aktif pertama dari USA Boxing yang berkompetisi di Olimpiade, akan bersaing untuk merebut medali emas Olimpiade ketiga berturut-turut bagi Tim USA di divisi kelas menengah wanita.

“Rasanya tidak nyata bahwa saya akan pergi ke Olimpiade,” Graham menyatakan ketika berbicara tentang mendapatkan tempatnya di Tokyo. “Saya terus mengejutkan diri sendiri dengan menemukan batasan saya sendiri, dan kemudian memiliki keberanian untuk melewati mereka.”

Jones akan masuk ke ring di salah satu dari dua kelas berat wanita yang baru ditambahkan, welter yang (152 pon/69 kg) divisi. Jones, yang membuat sejarah di 2019 dengan penampilan medali emasnya di Pan American Games, akan terus membuat sejarah dengan menjadi peraih medali emas Olimpiade pertama di divisi beratnya. Pemain berusia 23 tahun itu menambahkan poin berharga ke peringkatnya dengan penempatan lima besar di 2019 Kejuaraan Dunia Wanita Elite untuk menyelesaikan sebagai petinju top Amerika dan ketujuh dalam peringkat BTF keseluruhan untuk divisi kelas welter untuk meninju tiketnya ke Olimpiade.

“Aku mungkin hanya mengambil satu tempat, tapi satu tempat saya mewakili begitu banyak,” berbagi Jones. “Saya sangat bersyukur atas kesempatan untuk mewakili wanita, Afrika Amerika, kota kecil saya Toledo, tetapi yang paling penting, negara saya."

Orang Ohio kedua yang mewakili Tim USA, Johnson, memperpanjang rekor petinju asli Cleveland menjadi empat, mengikuti jejak Charles Conwell (2016), Terrell Gausha (2012) dan Raynell Williams (2008). Kelas welter (152 pon/69 kg), yang pertama kali menarik perhatian dunia tinju dengan penampilan medali emasnya di 2016 Kejuaraan Dunia Pemuda, memperoleh poin peringkatnya melalui penyelesaian medali perunggu di 2019 Pan American Games dan teratas 16 penempatan di 2019 Kejuaraan Dunia Elit. Johnson adalah petinju Amerika unggulan ketiga dan 19^th secara keseluruhan.

“Perjuanganku adalah garis-garisku, dan saya memakainya di punggung saya, sehingga orang-orang di sekitar saya dapat melihatnya bahkan ketika Anda tinggal di hutan, kamu masih bisa mengejar mimpimu,” kata Johnson. “Saya tidak hanya melakukan ini untuk kota saya, tapi untuk dua pelatih saya, Dante Benyamin Sr. dan Clint Martin, yang saya hilangkan selama perjalanan saya ke Game ini.”

Torrezo, kelas berat super peringkat tertinggi (201+ lbs./91+ kg) petinju dari Amerika dan 11^th secara keseluruhan, mendapatkan tempatnya melalui penampilannya di tempat ketiga di 2019 Pan American Games dan posisi lima teratas di Kejuaraan Dunia Elite Pria tahun itu. Torrezo, mantan peraih medali perunggu Kejuaraan Dunia Pemuda, akan menjadi petinju Amerika pertama yang berkompetisi di kelas berat ini sejak 2012.

“Semua orang senang mereka pergi ke Olimpiade, itu impian semua orang, tapi aku harus ada,” kata Torrez. “Api yang ditanamkan dalam diriku bahkan sebelum aku bisa berjalan, yang mendorong saya untuk menjadi yang terbaik, api yang telah ada di keluarga saya selama beberapa generasi, telah meluap. Itu telah membakar semua pilihan kedua saya, dan itu telah membuat abu kemungkinan lain selain kesuksesan.”

Tim USA akan dipandu oleh Pelatih Kepala Nasional Tinju USA Billy Walsh selama Olimpiade ini.

“Ini adalah berita fantastis bagi enam petinju kami yang telah bekerja tanpa henti selama lima tahun terakhir untuk menjadi seorang Olympian,"Walsh berbagi. “Kami sekarang fokus pada tahap proses selanjutnya, menjadi Juara Olimpiade.”

Kompetisi tinju akan dimulai pada hari Sabtu, Bulan Juli 24^th (JST). Lanjutkan untuk memeriksausaboxing.org dan platform media sosial USA Boxing untuk tetap mendapatkan informasi lebih lanjut mengenai Olimpiade Tokyo 2020.

Semua nominasi tim tunduk pada persetujuan USOPC.

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TENTANG USA BOXING: Untuk mempromosikan dan mengembangkan tinju amatir gaya Olimpiade di Amerika Serikat dan untuk menginspirasi pengejaran emas Olimpiade tanpa lelah dan memungkinkan atlet dan pelatih untuk mencapai keunggulan kompetitif yang berkelanjutan. Selain itu, USA Boxing berusaha untuk mengajarkan semua peserta karakter participants, kepercayaan diri dan fokus yang mereka butuhkan untuk menjadi juara yang tangguh dan beragam, baik di dalam maupun di luar ring. Tinju AS adalah satu tim, satu bangsa, pergi untuk emas!

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The one and only 1956 olympic gold medalist pete rademacher

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Putaran. (Bulan Agustus 27, 2020) - 1956 Peraih medali emas OlimpiadePete Rademacheris the only boxer to fight for a world title in his pro debut.

Rademacher, who died this past June at the age of 91 in Sandusky, Ohio, was a native of Tieton, Washington. He had a 72-7 catatan amatir, highlighted by his gold medal performance at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia.

Rademacher started boxing during his rehabilitation for Rheumatic Fever, which he contracted while attending Castle Heights Military Academy. The gifted heavyweight captured top honors at numerous national tournaments, termasuk 1951 & 1953 National AAU Championships, 1954 All-Army Championship and Service Championships, and Olympic Trials.

In Australia, he knocked out the three opponents he faced, dalam urutan, Josef Nemec (Czechoslovakia) in the quarterfinals, Afrika SelatanDaan Bekker di semifinal, and the Soviet Union’sLev Mukhin in the opening round of the championship final for the gold medal.

Rademacher was so hot after the Olympics that he publicly proclaimed that he would be able to become world heavyweight champion in his pro debut. Soon after he became the only fighter to make his pro debut in a world title fight, when he challenged defending World heavyweight championFloyd Patterson (32-1) Agustus 22, 1957 in Seattle. Rademacher floored Patterson in the second round, akan tetapi, he was dropped six times before the fight, which was refereed by Hall of FamerTommy Loughran, was halted at 2:57 of that round.

Rademacher, who was an offensive lineman on Washington State University’s football team, didn’t take many easy fights during his 5-year pro career (15-7-1, 8 Biaya). His most notable pro victories were against World title challengerGeorge Chuvalo (17-3-1) and future Hall of Famer and World middleweight championBobo Olson(87-12), both by way of 10-round unanimous decisions, as well as technical knockouts overLaMar Clark (42-1) and NorwegianBuddy Thurman(32-5-1), masing-masing, dalam 10^th and ninth rounds.

Rademacher’s pro losses were to some of the best heavyweights in the world, such as Hall of FamerArchie Moore, along with world title challengersKarl Mildenberger (29-1), terkalahkanDoug Jones (17-0) danZorro Foley (40-2-2), who had been Rademacher’s arch-rival in the amateur ranks.

Asosiasi Alumni Tinju AS

Dibuat untuk menjadi juara seumur hidup, hubungan yang saling menguntungkan antara USA Boxing dan alumninya, –petinju, pejabat, pelatih dan penggemar tinju — Asosiasi Alumni menghubungkan generasi juara, menginspirasi dan memberikan kembali kepada juara tinju masa depan USA Boxing, keluar masuk ring.

Asosiasi Alumni Tinju AS terbuka untuk siapa saja yang menyukai tinju dan ingin tetap terhubung dengan tinju amatir. Anggota diberikan akses ke berbagai acara khusus yang diselenggarakan oleh Asosiasi Alumni, termasuk resepsi Hall of Fame Asosiasi Alumni Tinju AS tahunan.

Untuk bergabung dengan Asosiasi Alumni, cukup mendaftar dialumni@usaboxing.org untuk sebuah $40.00 biaya keanggotaan per tahun. Anggota baru akan menerima kaos, key-chain and e-wallet.

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Top USA amateur boxers adjusting to life without fights & waiting another year for Olympics show

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Arjan Iseni training during the pandemic

COLORADO SPRINGS, Putaran. (Bulan April 23, 2020) — Amateur boxing, as in the professional ranks, has been shut-down worldwide due to the Coronavirus pandemic. USA Boxing members are adjusting to these challenging and trying times all across the country.

Gyms and schools are closed, tournaments suspended, dan 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo have been postponed a year. Members of the Elite Qualification, Youth and Junior High Performance teams are home rather than in Colorado Springs training at the state-of-art United States Olympic and Paralympic Training Center.

How are some of the leading U.S. amateur boxers living during this period without fights?

**ELITE OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION TEAM**

***Joseph Hicks*** (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 26-year-old middleweight, USA Ranking #2
Gold medal performances: 2019 Golden Gloves nasional; 2017 & 2018 Eastern Elite Qualifier; 3-time Eastern Elite Qualifier (2017-2019)

Hicks was within one qualifier victory of officially becoming a member of the 2020 Team USA Olympic Boxing Team. He is taking advantage of the break, meskipun, spending quality time with his wife and young daughter.

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I personally feel that this has been a blessing in disguise, because I have more time to improve on the things the USA coaches have been telling me to work on. I live in an apartment in Lansing (MY), but I’ve been staying with my mom in Grand Rapids so I can comfortably train. It’s weird in a way, but I miss getting punched at. I’ve been trying to adapt to the new normal, but I can’t wait to be back at the training center (in Colorado Springs).

“I love that I can see my daughter every day to give her all my attention, but she misses the gym as much as me. My wife and mother have been very supportive. I believe waiting another year will only make me better by the time the Olympics are here.”

***Oshae Jones***, (Toledo, Ohio), 22-year-old welterweight, USA Ranking #1
Gold Medal Performances: 2020 Olympic Team Trials, 3-time Elite National Championships (2016-2019), 2017 Eastern Elite Qualifier, 2016 Youth Open, 2014 PAL Nasional. International: 2020 Strandja Tournament & 2019 Pan-American Games

Jones had been on a roll leading up to the since postponed Americas Qualifier to lock a roster spot on the 2020 Team USA Olympic Boxing Team. She has been training at her family’s gym in Toledo, as well as getting more involved in community services and functions.

“I have not adapted to life without boxing, because boxing will never leave my life. Keluarga saya / coaches have a gym connected to our house we live in. Boxing is not a sport, it’s a lifestyle .

“My heart dropped when I first heard that the Olympics were postponed. Everything that I have been working toward for basically my whole life is on pause until next July. I do not know how I feel or how to express how I feel. The only thing I can do is try to stay motivated.”

**YOUTH HIGH PERFORMANCE TEAM**

***Arjan Iseni*** (Staten Island, New York), 17-year-old light heavyweight, USA Ranking #1
Gold Medal Performances: 2019 Youth National Championships, Terbuka Regional Timur & Youth Open

Iseni lives in the Coronavirus epicenter, Staten Island, NY. He and his father built a small ring in their backyard (lihat gambar dibawah) because he couldn’t train in any gyms.

“It’s very hard to know that I won’t be able to represent Team USA this year in any international tournaments. This is my last year as a youth boxer, but I have been training very hard during quarantine, and I will be ready for whatever is next for me.

“It is hard knowing that I will not be fighting soon, but this gives me more time to perfect the little flaws in my game, and I’ll comeback stronger when this all ends. Mudah-mudahan, everything goes back to normal soon, so I can get back to fighting actively and hopefully make Team USA as an Elite boxer.”

***Shera Mae Patricio*** (Waianae, Hawai), 17-year-old flyweight, USA Ranking #1
Gold Medal Performances: 2019 Youth National Championships & Terbuka Regional Barat; 2018 Youth National Championships & Western Regionals Open; 2017 National Junior Olympics & Golden Gloves nasional

Patricio lives the furthest away from training camp and her teammates, but her family owns a boxing gym, and training/sparring isn’t as a problem for her because she has eight siblings.

“We are in quarantine and I have adapted to life without fights by continuing to train at our personal gym with my siblings. Training hasn’t been a problem for us because we have our own personal gym. We sanitize all the equipment and the gym before and after training. Since there are no fights coming soon, we have been sharpening up our skills and building more knowledge We’ve been gaining strength and keeping up our endurance. On weekends, my dad rides a bike while we run laps to get some sunlight, and sometimes we do sprint drills outside.

“Our family is a boxing family that started with my dad as he was a boxer. He started training me, only for defense, but it started to get serious in 2015 when I won my first tournament in Kansas. All of my other siblings are also boxers and they’re also multiple-time champions. My siblings and I have been getting a ton of family time staying home together. This quarantine has made us even closer. Our bond makes us stronger individually and as one. I’m far away from training in Colorado Springs, but my teammates are only a phone call away. I’m able to stay in touch and that’s very warming. Some of the coaches check on me to see how I’ve been doing. I looked forward to all the tournaments I planned to fight in and I’m disappointed they’ve been postponed, but I have more time to be even better prepared for my next fight.”

**JUNIOR HIGH PERFORMANCE TEAM**

***Steven Navarro*** (Los Angeles, California) 16-year-old flyweight, USA Ranking #1
Gold Medal Performances: 2019 Junior National Championships & PAL Nasional; 2018 Junior National Championships; 2017 Prep Open & Terbuka Regional Barat

Navarro was training in Colorado Springs to prepare for international competition in Bulgaria, but the trip was cancelled two days before Navarro and his teammates were scheduled to depart.

“As a member of the USA Boxing Junior Team, I look forward to every fight / turnamen, because it could be my last. So it was very heartbreaking when I was notified that our fights in Bulgaria and future international fights were cancelled due to this pandemic. I continue working as hard as I do on a regular basis: waking up at 5 di pagi hari, berjalan 5-6 miles in nearby hills, of course wearing my mask. I come home to take my online classes from 9 a.m.-2 p.m., which gives me a 2-hour nap before heading to my private gym. I am the only person who trains at my gym every day at 4:30 p.m. Once I get to the gym, I begin stretching for 3 putaran (3-minute rounds), shadow box for 5-7 putaran, then I hit five varieties of punching bags (3 putaran masing-masing). Afterwards, I work mitts (5-8 putaran) where I focus on different movements and situations that could possibly happen in a fight. I often hit the double-end bag and speed bag for 3 putaran. I finish my boxing training with 15 min. of jump rope.

“I train on a daily basis for 2 hours with my father/coach Refugio Navarro. This pandemic is a bit of a gamble due to not having access to sparring. I do tend to ‘move’ with my father once every week, but the experience is different. Once finished, I head to my grandparents’ house (only one block away from my home) to do my strength and conditioning. I do wear a mask and gloves when working out there. My grandfather is a bodybuilder and has his gym setup in his garage. I work-out with my grandfather for a good hour, constantly disinfecting all equipment, to wrap-up my day. I work with what I have, which is a blessing. Boxing isn’t a season sport, you must stay ready all year for anything, and that’s what I continue to do as I strive for greatness.”

***Fernanda Chavez*** (Dallas, Texas), 14-year-old bantamweight, USA Ranking #2
Gold Medal Performances: 2019 Junior Open; 2018 Prep Open & Eastern Regional

Chavez is a first-year member of the Junior High Performance Team and her inaugural training camp in Colorado Springs was pushed back.

“Adapting to this new lifestyle hasn’t been the easiest. I’m thankful I have my family, as we’ve been going on daily runs and workouts at parks. My family understands the importance of my athleticism and staying fit, which is why we continue to motivate each other during this tough time. I’m not sure when our lives will return to normal, which is why I’m still prepared at all times.

“The things I’m looking forward to most at camp in Colorado Springs is meeting other junior females on the team, as well as learning the different styles they bring. I also look forward to creating bonds between my new teammates and coaches from across the nation.”

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A remarkable boxing journey like no other 1972 Peraih medali emas Olimpiade “Gula Pasir” Ray Seales

Bulan April 15, 2020 FNU47 Tinggalkan komentar

(Ray Seales is in the front row, second in from the left)

COLORADO SPRINGS, Putaran. (Bulan April 9, 2020) — Imagine being the lone boxer from your country to capture an Olympic gold medal, only days after the infamous Munich massacre. Now imagine also having won a remarkable 338 dari 350 pertandingan amatir, having fought a trilogy as a professional with **“Menakjubkan” Marvin Hagler**, being declared legally blind in both eyes (having entertainer **Sammy Davis, Jr.** pickup a six-figure medical bill), regaining sight in one eye, then working as a teacher of autistic students for 17 tahun.

**“Gula Pasir” Ray Seales** has truly lived a surreal life, to say the least, and he’s still involved in boxing at the age of 67, as a successful coach of amateur boxers in Indianapolis.

Born in Saint Croix, DIRI KITA. Virgin Island as one of eight children in a family whose father was a boxer there as a member of the U.S. Army team, Seales started boxing at the age of nine. “I have three brothers and we always beat the crap out of each other,” he spoke about his start in boxing. “Learning how to box, untukku, was all about fighting to be the first to eat. I had gotten hit in my left eye playing dodgeball and my uncle, who was stationed at Ft. Lewis (di Tacoma, WA), told my mother there was a special doctor there who could help with my eye. My father was stationed all over and in 1964, when I was 12, my mother moved us to Tacoma, Washington.

“I had boxing in my system. I went with my brothers to the Downtown Tacoma Boys Club, which was only one block from our home, and my mother could watch me walk from our house to the gym and back. I was the first from there to win a Golden Gloves title. I wanted to be a winner and finished with 14 (juara) jackets. I couldn’t speak English. I knew Spanish and spoke Spanish and English together. The first word I said in English was box. We used to fight three or four times a day and we built the Tacoma Boxing Club. I went on to have a 338-12 amateur record and I’ve been in boxing ever since.”

Seales developed into a champion, taking top honors at the 1971 National AAU and 1972 National Golden Gloves championships. Pada usia 19, Seales enlisted in the U.S. Angkatan Udara, but his mother made some calls so Ray would be able to compete in the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Jerman.

She succeeded and the rest, seperti yang mereka katakan, is history. And when he came home from the Olympics, he was told that there was no need for him to report to the U.S. Angkatan Udara, because he had done enough in terms of service as the only American boxer to win a gold medal.

Itu 1972 Olimpiade, akan tetapi, was overshadowed by the killing of 11 Israeli athletes and coaches, as well as a West German police officer at the Olympic Village by terrorists on Black September.

“I had just turned 20,” Seales remembered. “Boxing was heavy when we went there. Some of my family, my coach from Tacoma, and Tacoma teammate (and 2-time U.S. Olimpiade)**Davey Armstrong** were in Germany. I didn’t know anything at first. I had to get the attention of my parents to let them know not to go there, because there were terrorists with sub-machine guns in the Olympic Village. I was the only American boxer left to fight.”

Seales defeated Bulgarian **Angjei Anghhelov**, 5-0, in the light welterweight championship to capture an Olympic gold medal, the only member of the U.S. team to do so. His teammates included Armstrong, **Duane Bobick**, and Olympic bronze medalists **Jesse Valdez**, **Marvin Johnson** dan **Ricardo Carreras**.

Sugar Ray Seales’s dedication to USA Boxing is second to none,” tersebut Chris Cugliari, USA Boxing Alumni Director. “His pride, patriotism, and devotion to helping our next generation of champions is what makes him such an inspiring figure.”

**Asosiasi Alumni Tinju AS**

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Asosiasi Alumni Tinju AS terbuka untuk siapa saja yang menyukai tinju dan ingin tetap terhubung dengan tinju amatir. Anggota diberikan akses ke berbagai acara khusus yang diselenggarakan oleh Asosiasi Alumni, termasuk penerimaan tahunan Hall of Fame Asosiasi Alumni Tinju USA.

Untuk bergabung dengan Asosiasi Alumni, cukup mendaftar di alumni@usaboxing.org untuk sebuah $40.00 biaya keanggotaan per tahun. Anggota baru akan menerima kaos, gantungan kunci dan e-wallet.

Seales turned pro in 1973, winning an 8-round unanimous decision over **Gonzalo Rodriguez** di Tacoma. “Sugarman” memenangkannya yang pertama 21 perkelahian pro, until he lost a 10-round decision to 14-0 middleweight prospect and future Hall of Famer Marvin Hagler. Dua perkelahian kemudian, Seales fought Hagler in Tacoma to a 10-round draw (99-99, 99-99, 98-96).

“Everybody wanted a shot at the Olympic gold medalist,” Seales explained.” I went to Boston and we fought in a TV studio (WNAC). It was freezing in there. I was shivering when I went into the ring, Marvin came out dripping sweat. I knew I was losing after seeing that, but I hung with him and went the distance (10 putaran). I was having management problems and three months later I fought Hagler again, only this time at home in Tacoma. I beat him but it ended in a 10-round draw. He knows I beat him!”

Seales completed his trilogy with Hagler, but it was five years later, when Hagler was 42-2-1 and avoided by most of the world’s top middleweights. “I was the USBA (United States Boxing Association) and North American Boxing Federation (NABF) middleweight champion and Hagler needed to win a title to get a world title shot,” Seales noted. “I lost our third fight in the first round, but that’s the only thing shown on television in our three fights. We were two left-handers, but he switched to right-handed, and he caught me with a hook. I got paid and they bought him a world title fight.”

Seales has coached two different amateur teams in Indianapolis during the past 11 tahun, kemenangan 10 Golden Gloves team championships, and he’s still in charge in Indy of Team IBG.

After he retired in 1984 after suffering detached retinas in both eyes, Seales was introduced in Las Vegas to Sammy Davis, Jr. (digambarkan di bawah), who paid Seales’ $100,000 medical bill for his damaged eyes. Davis had lost his left eye in a 1952 car accident

“I’m a teacher,” Seales concluded. “I see the way that so many boxers want to fight likeFloyd Mayweather. Their head is tilted, they can’t throw a jab. I teach them to have the right foot behind the left (for a right-handed boxer), and to walk in straight, not tilted or peaking. Heel toe, heel toe every time you pivot is your stance.

“My advice for the boxers who hope to compete in the 2020 Olympics is to focus on what you’re doing and listen to how to get it done. What I really want to do is to coach the USA Olympic Boxing Team 2024.”

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Houston heavyweight boxer Darius Fulghum puts nursing career on hold to pursue Olympic dream

Februari 28, 2020 FNU47 Tinggalkan komentar

COLORADO SPRINGS, Putaran. (Februari 26, 2020) – Amateur boxers often take different routes on their personal journeys and Houston heavyweightDarius Fulghum has put his career outside the ring on hold to pursue his boxing dreams.

Fulghum was a wrestler in high school back in Killeen, Texas. He started boxing in 2015 and quickly developed a passion for the “Sweet Science,” largely because of it being a one-person sport. He didn’t need to rely on teammates, preferring to win or lose on his own accord. Although he was talented enough to be a collegiate wrestler, it would have been too much of a financial strain on his family.

“I had that competitive itch and was pretty good when I first started boxing,” Dariuis said. “I knew that I could do anything I put my mind to. I want to redefine boxing. I’m not a typical boxer who grew up on the streets. I don’t even like fighting; I’m passive and have never had a street fight.”

The 23-year-old Fulghum currently has his sights firmly set on representing his country in Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Pro boxing will follow but, untuk saat ini, he’s training hard to qualify to compete in the Olympics by placing among the top three finishers at the America’s Qualification Tournament, March 26-April 3, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. There will also be another “Last Chance” opportunity, jika diperlukan, at the World Qualifier, Mei 13-14, di Paris, where the top three there will also qualify for the Olympics.

“It’s so hard to not think about the Olympics all the time,” he admits. “I try to not think about it too much, but it is on my mind because I’ve dreamed of being an Olympian and I’m so close right now. I’ve made the sacrifices to be an Olympian and then I’ll be an Olympian the rest of my life.

“I listen to my coaches. In the heat of the moment, when things are most stressful, I feel like the underdog and I perform up to the absolute moment. It was do-or-die at Olympic Trials. I just refuse to lose.”

Fulgham certainly responded to the pressure of the trials in a positive fashion, upsetting pre-trials favoriteAdrian Tillman di babak pertama, and then rolling through opponents until he secured the title.

“People didn’t know me,” Fulgham explained. “I was the underdog because I didn’t compete in many tournaments because I was in (nursing) school. My finals were always in December (same time as USA Nationals). I did have a break in my schedule in 2018, when I won a gold medal at the National Golden Gloves Tournament. It’s just the way my schedule worked out. So, I hadn’t fought in many tournaments, but I was able to sneak in when it mattered most.”

Fulghum recently competed in his first international tournament at the prestigious Strandja Tournament in Bulgaria, winning one of two matches. The experience, meskipun, was priceless, possibly career changing in terms of preparing for the Olympics.

“Not only was it my first international tournament,” he noted, “it was the first time I had boxed without headgear (as will be the case in the Olympics), and I fought guys from foreign countries with different styles. It was a great experience because now I won’t be going blind into the Olympic Qualifier.”

Members of the USA Boxing Olympic Qualification Team, like Fulghum, are on break before returning for training with his teammates at the United States Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.

“I reported there for the first time this past January 2nd and I love it,” Fulghum noted. “Every athlete dreams of training with top athletes where there are no distractions and top coaches. I wake up, makan, sleep, train and do that all over again the next day. That’s my schedule.”

Fulghum earned his nursing degree last May, but right now and for the immediate future he’s fully concentrating on boxing.

“I put education first and got my degree,” Fulgham concluded. “I’ll always have nursing after boxing. But I dreamed of going to the Olympics all through school. I put boxing on hold and now I’ve put nursing to the side so I can put my all into boxing. I didn’t want to juggle nursing and boxing. I couldn’t be the best at either that way.

“I do plan to turn pro because I love boxing so much. I need to box when I’m young. I’ll go as far as I can go in boxing and I’ll always having nursing.”

Darius Fulgham has taken a circuitous route in life from nursing to boxing. It’ll be worth it, meskipun, if he makes it to Tokyo as part of Team USA for the 2020 Olimpiade.

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Atif Oberlton representing City of Brotherly Love all the way to the World Championships

Bulan Agustus 28, 2019 FNU47 Tinggalkan komentar

COLORADO SPRINGS, Putaran. (Bulan Agustus 22, 2019) – There’s a new rising force on the international boxing scene and his name is Atif Oberlton, a light heavyweight from Philadelphia, who is on a mission to make a name for himself in boxing.

Oberlton will be competing at the Elite Men’s World Championships, Bulan September 7-21, in Yekaterinburg, Rusia.

Lacking confidence is not an issue for the 21-year-old boxer who claims, “It’s very important for me to do well and win at the Worlds, because I know for a fact that, in my heart, I’m the best fighter in the world. Also, I’m new on the international scene, so it’s time for me to give a piece of what they’ve been missing.”

Oberlton started boxing at the age of nine, although he didn’t start competing until he was 14, because he was the only boy in his family, and his father wanted him to learn how to defend himself. Like so many of his teammates, he fell in love with boxing.

In the last five years, Oberlton has captured gold medals at the 2018 dan 2016 Golden Gloves nasional Turnamen, 2018 Eastern Elite Qualifier and 2014 National Junior Olympics. He also was a victor in the USA vs. Netherlands Dual.

“My greatest accomplishment so far is making Team USA and being where I’m at, because for years and years I was denied, and here I am today in the top spot where I belong. I’m a top-spot fighter, so I deserve it, and I put down top-notch work, too”

Overlton has taken advantage of training in Colorado Springs at the U.S. Olympic Training Center, where he has shown improvement from day one, honing his skills to become a complete boxer.

“Conditioning plays a big part in my improvement; also seeing different styles, and getting top work has elevated me,” he spoke about training as a Team USA member. “I always break new barriers on the road to greatness and this (The Worlds) is another one I’m looking to smash through.”

In addition to representing his country, Oberlton is a proud Philly fighter continuing the long, rich boxing tradition in the City of Brotherly Love, which has produced the likes ofBernard Hopkins, Mathew Saad Muhammad, Bennie Briscoe, Joey Giardello, Mike Rossman,James Shuler, Eugene Hart and so many more great fighters over the years.

“My city is known for its great boxing history and I wear ‘The City of Philadelphia’ on my back,” Oberlton added. “In a few more years down the line, I see myself leading the next wave of Philly boxers. In fact, I feel like I am the wave, sekarang juga, as we speak. Everyone’s watching me. I will do them all proud, from both the old and young generations.

“I haven’t been to Russia and I’m looking forward to going there. It’s always good to see the world. I always like to go back where I’m from and try to convince others to see the world, because it’s much bigger than our neighborhood.”

Oberlton is like a chameleon in the ring, constantly changing and adjusting to his opponent. “I consider my style like water,” he concluded. “It’s wavy because I adjust to win, and I can beat any style. I can outsmart anybody, fighting mind over matter. Boxing is 80-percent mental, 20-percent physical, and I have it all.

“My short-term goal is to win gold at The Worlds and everything else leading to the Olympics. And winning no less than gold at the Olympics. My long-term goal is to be the greatest fighter to ever walk the universe.”

Confidence is definitely not a problem for Atif Oberlton.

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