Lowell, Mass. (January 20, 2018) – The 72nd annual Lowell Sun Charities Golden Gloves Championships continued last night with Central New England (Lowell Greater) novice and open class action at historic Lowell Memorial Auditorium.

Novice quarterfinals and semifinals matches were held last night, as well as preliminary bouts in the open division. The female championship bout in the middleweight class was also held last night, in which Amesbury’s (MA) Jessica McFadden edged Brookline’s Samantha Surface, 3-2.

The Fight of the Night was an open-class welterweight showdown between Salem’s (MA) Charlie Espinal and Amesbury’s Kenny Lawson, which Espinal won by a score of 5-0.

“It was a good night,” New England Golden Gloves Executive Director Bobby Russo mea. “Good weather helped draw a big crowd, the largest of the season so far. There were a lot of good matches, some open division to go along with the novices. The Espinal-Larson match was the best of the night, a war from start to finish. It was the type fight you didn’t want either fighter to lose. Espinal had a little better boxing and experience that carried him to victory.”

The action switches to Rāpare ahiahi (Jan. 19) next week at Lowell Memorial Auditorium with more novice and open class matches. Tirohia te te oti 2018 hōtaka o ngā kaupapa i raro me te hua oti o whakamutunga po.

Season tickets for the remaining seven events are still available and reasonably priced at $75.00 (whakauru whānui). Hei hoko karanga te tari pouaka Lowell Memorial Auditorium i 1.866.722.8881 or order online at www.lowellauditorium.com. E wātea ana ki te hoko ano tīkiti kaupapa takitahi, tīmata i $13.00, anake $7.00 mō ngā ākonga (ID hiahiatia).

Puta i te Lowell Sun Atawhai Golden karapu Championship haere ki te tuku i te karapu toa New England Golden ki te karapu National Golden Championship (tīmata Kia 14, 2018 i roto i te Omaha, Nebraska), i roto i te tua ki te tautoko i maona rohe me te hī rohe, nga Boys & Girls Club, kohua hupa, wharau manene, moni mate pukupuku, karahipi me maha atu take nui atawhai.

Whiringa whaiti: – Rāpare, Jan. 25

Championship Finals – Rāpare, Feb. 1

Tauhou Class whiringa whaiti – Rāpare, Feb. 8

Tauhou Class Championship whiringa toa – Rāpare, Feb. 15

Open whiringa whaiti Class – Wednesday, Feb. 21

Open Class Championship whiringa toa – Rāpare, Feb. 22

Tournament Executive Director: Bobby Russo

Kaiwhakahaere o ngā kaiwhakataetae i: Art Ramalho

Tumuaki o āpiha: Lauri Purcell

auvaha Ring: John vena cava

Wāhi: Lowell Memorial Auditorium, 50 Merrimack St., Lowell, MA

Paetukutuku: www.lowellgoldengloves.com, www.lowellauditorium.com

Twitter: @LowellGloves