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

Нью-Ёрк, Нью-Ёрк – Сакавіка 1, 2018 – ЗША бокса, Метро (“Метро”) opens the 2018 New York Metro Qualifiers on March 1^вуліца at Yonkers PAL, размешчаны ў 127 North Broadway in Yonkers. Дзверы будуць адчыненыя ў 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.

ЗША БОКС, METROPOLITAN ASSOCIATION, INC. is the Local Boxing Committee (LBC) comprising New York City, Лонг-Айлэнд, 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, Эміль Грыфіт, and Vito Antuofermo. New York has also produced several Olympians including Floyd Patterson, Адзначыць 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 для 40 will qualify for the May, 2018 National Golden Gloves Tournament in Omaha, Небраска. Boxers aged 8 для 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/ і HTTPS://www.instagram.com/usaboxingmetro/.

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