USA Boxing Metro Announces Opening Night for “The New York Metro Qualifiers: The Road to the Garden” at Yonkers PAL

NEW YORK, NY – March 1, 2018 – USA Boxing, Metro (“Metro”) opens the 2018 New York Metro Qualifiers on March 1^st at Yonkers PAL, located at 127 North Broadway in Yonkers. Doors will open at 6 PM. Boxing fans will not only experience some of the best amateur boxing in the world, they will also have the opportunity to mix and mingle with boxing stars and boxing world notables. Proceeds will help send Qualifiers champions to the National Golden Gloves in Omaha, Nebraska in May.

“We are excited to start our tournament at one of Metro’s member gyms that produced boxers such as Golden Gloves champ Sean Daughtry and Golden Gloves and professional champion Douglas Gray,” said USA Boxing, Metro’s Interim President, and world champion boxer, Sonya Lamonakis. “The site of many exciting boxing shows, fans feel like they’re in the ring with the boxers, competing for the coveted championships of each weight class. It’s an experience any sports fan should not miss.”

Tickets can be bought at the door.

USA BOXING, METROPOLITAN ASSOCIATION, INC. is the Local Boxing Committee (LBC) comprising New York City, Long Island, and up to and including Duchess, Sullivan, and Ulster Counties. Many world champion boxers have come up through the ranks of New York amateur boxing including Sugar Ray Robinson, Emile Griffith, and Vito Antuofermo. New York has also produced several Olympians including Floyd Patterson, Mark Breland, and Riddick Bowe.

THE NEW YORK METRO QUALIFIERS 2018 tournament is open to boxers aged 8 years and older from the New York City Metropolitan area, up to and including Duchess, Orange, and Ulster Counties. Open Class competitors aged 19 to 40 will qualify for the May, 2018 National Golden Gloves Tournament in Omaha, Nebraska. Boxers aged 8 to 18 will advance to the 2018 National Junior Olympics in Charleston, WV. A schedule of approximately 25 qualifying shows, including preliminaries, quarterfinals, semifinals and finals, will soon be available at www.usaboxingmetro.com and via social media sites: https://m.facebook.com/usaboxingmetro/ and https://www.instagram.com/usaboxingmetro/.

USA Boxing, Metropolitan Association, Inc., Yonkers PAL, and the “New York Metro Qualifiers” are not affiliated with and/or endorsed by Daily News Charities.

NEW YORK METRO QUALIFIERS

The Road to the Garden

March

Thursday, March 1

7:30pm

(914) 375-1080

Yonkers PAL

127 N Broadway
Yonkers, NY 10701

Friday, March 2

7:30pm

(212) 571-1333

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