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Graham thiab Torrez Jr. Yeej Kub; Coe Noj Nyiaj Hauv Finals 2019 Ncig saib Strandja

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Pab Tebchaws USA Tawm Sofia, Bulgaria nrog yim tus nqi zog

COLORADO SPRINGS, Ncej puab (Lub ob hlis ntuj. 19, 2019) — Kev sib tw 70 ntawm Strandja Kev Sib Tw tau los txog ze hnub no nrog Pab Pawg USA tau yeej ob lub kub thiab ib qho nyiaj los ntxiv rau tsib lub tooj npib uas lawv yeej hauv kev sib tw thaum nag hmo hauv Sofia, Bulgaria.

2018 Cov neeg ntse cov poj niam lub ntiaj teb kev sib tw bronze bronze Na-aumi graham (Colorado Springs, Colo.) ntxiv lwm qhov khoom plig rau nws qhov kev paub zoo thoob ntiaj teb tom qab kov yeej Sweden Txoj Kev Hlub Holgersson los ntawm kev txiav txim siab sib cais. Qhov no qhia txog theem nrab nruab nrab plaub ntawm cov khoom plig thoob ntiaj teb txij li pib 2018.

Super hnyav hnyav Cai Richard Torrez Jr. (Tulare, California.) kaw qhov kev sib tw hauv kev zam kev zoo nkauj los txais lwm qhov khoom plig kub thoob ntiaj teb. Torrez coj tagnrho tsib tus kws txiav txim plaub ntug’ phaib dhau ntawm lub teb chaws tus tswv Petar Belberov kom khwv tau nws tus neeg tseem ceeb sib tw thib ob hauv ntiaj teb. Thaum xaus ntawm kev sib tw, Torrez muaj npe nyob rau hauv Boxers ntawm Kev Sib Tw.

2018 breakout lub hnub qub Khalil Coe (Jersey City, N.J.) khaws cov puav pheej nyiaj tom qab kev sib tw yeej ib txwm los ntawm Russia tus Imam Khataev.

Troy Isley (Alexandria, Va.), Delante Johnson (Cleveland, Ohio) Oshae Jones (Toledo, Ohio), Morelle McCane (Cleveland, Ohio) thiab Yarisel Ramirez (Las Vegas, Nev.) khwv tau nyiaj rau Team USA hauv nag hmo sib tw.

Pab neeg USA tau pib qhov kev sib tw nrog 25 boxers nrog Head Coach Billy Walsh (Colorado Springs, Colo.) coj Asmeskas cov neeg sawv cev thoob plaws hauv kev sib tw, nrog rau USA Boxing National Assistant Coach Kay Koroma (Colorado Springs, Colo.). Rasheen Ali (Cleveland, Ohio), Sij Hawm Rov Qab (Cincinnati, Ohio), Kevin Benford (Cincinnati, Ohio), Joe Guzman (Tug ciav, California.) thiab Christine Lopez (Rowlett, Texas) tau ua haujlwm rau kev qhia rau cov neeg ua haujlwm thaum sib tw. Kev sib tw xyoo no tau pom dua 300 boxers los ntawm tshaj 30 cov teb chaws sib txawv kauj ruam mus rau hauv lub nplhaib.

Tus sawv cev yuav rov qab mus Tebchaws Asmeskas tag kis.

Koj tuaj yeem saib rov qab rau Tebchaws Meskas qhov kev ua yeeb yam thoob plaws hauv qhov kev sib tw los ntawm txhaj ntawm no.

Cov Lus Kawg Kev Sib Tw

75 kg: Na-aumi graham, Colorado Springs, Colo./USA, txim. dhau Kev Hlub Holgersson / SWE, 3-2
81 kg: Imam Khataev / RUS yeej los ntawm walkover hla Khalil Coe, Jersey City, N.J./USA, QHOV TWG
91+ kg: Richard Torrez Jr., Tulare, Calif./USA, txim. dhau Petar Belberov / BUL, 5-0

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Claressa Shields Staded rau hauv USA Boxing Alumni Koom Haum Ua Haujlwm ntawm Lub Koob Tsheej

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Paving txoj kev rau poj niam boxers…..
Claressa Shields
“USA Boxing yog tsev neeg!”
Tebchaws USA Boxing Alumni Koom Tes, Class of 2018 Tus hauv inductee

COLORADO SPRINGS, Ncej puab. (Kaum Ob Hlis Ntuj 3, 2018) – Ob-lub sij hawm Olympic Kub Medalist Claressa Shields Tsis yog tsuas yog tawm ntawm nthwv dej tshiab hauv cov poj niam lub thawv, nws tau tsim mus ua tus qauv tseeb rau cov hluas suav tsis txheeb.

 

 

 

Cov thaiv yuav raug ntsia mus rau Tebchaws Asmeskas Boxing Alumni Association Hall ntawm lub koob meej no hmo Friday no hauv Salt Lake City, nrog rau chav kawm ntawm 2018 neeg Roy Jones Jr. thiab, Lwm Ward, raws li lub sijhawm lig Emanuel Stewartthiab Tom Cleiny.

 

 

 

Qhov thib ob USA USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall ntawm Fame Txais Tos, tuav hauv kev sib txuas nrog cov 2018 USA Boxing Elite thiab Cov Hluas Kev Sib Tw Tsoom Fwv thiab Junior thiab Prep qhib, Kaum Ob Hlis Ntuj 2-8, yuav tau ua lub Kaum Ob Hlis 7, ntawm Radisson Hotel (215 S. Tuam tsev kawm ntawv) in Salt Lake City, Utah.

 

 

 

“Kuv xav tias muaj kev zoo siab,” Daim duab qhia tau hais txog kev ua raws li Tebchaws Asmeskas Boxing Alumni Association Hall ntawm lub koob meej,” Kuv tsuas yog 23 xyoo thiab kom ua rau hauv teb chaws USA Boxing Hall ntawm lub koob meej yog qhov kev hwm loj, tab sis kuj poob siab rau kuv. Kuv ntseeg tias kuv tsim nyog tau txais txiaj ntsig, Tab sis kuv paub tej yam siv sijhawm, Thiab kuv ib txwm xav tias kuv yuav muab tso rau hauv txoj kev muaj koob meej thaum muaj hnub nyoog 40 los yog 50. Qhov no yog qhov loj rau kuv thiab kuv xav tias yog li gemed. Tsuas yog kom muaj kuv lub npe tau hais nrog cov npe ntawm cov neeg zoo li Andre Wety thiab Roy Jones nyuam qhuav ua rau kuv mob siab. Kuv xav tias muaj cai!”

 

 

 

Txoj kev khav theeb ntawm flint, Michigan, Cov ntaub thaiv tam sim no twb tau ntse parlayed nws amateur txoj kev vam meej rau cov kev tshaj lij, Nyob rau hauv uas nws yog 7-0 (2), thiab tus thawj coj rov qab ua (IBF, WBA & Qhov) lub ntiaj teb no middleweight zus.

 

 

 

Cov duab thaiv tau ua tiav nws txoj haujlwm kev ua haujlwm ua haujlwm nrog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg 77-1 (18 Kos) cov ntaub ntawv, highlighted los ntawm nws Olympic kub-piv txwv-ua yeeb yam hauv 2012 thiab 2016. Nws tsis tau poob rau hauv lub nplhaib txij li 2012, thaum Savannah Marshall (Hais) yeej ntawm cov ntsiab lus, 14-8, Ntawm kev sib tw ntiaj teb hauv Suav teb.

 

 

 

“Tebchaws Asmeskas Boxing tuaj rau hauv kuv lub neej raws li ob-lub sij hawm junior Olympic Champion,” Claressa piav qhia nws lub tebchaws USA. “Kev pab los ntawm Asmeskas Boxing yog ib qho tseem ceeb: tsuas yog ceeb toom kuv ua ib tus tub hluas ncaws pob hluas thiab paub tias kuv yuav yog tus poj niam hluas kom sawv cev rau USA yav tom ntej; lub rooj sib tham Julie Goldsticker, Leej twg yog ib txoj koob hmoov rau kuv thaum nws pab kuv nrog ntau npaum li tus tub hluas, thiab tsuas yog muaj kev cob qhia Abdullah, tsheb loj thauj neeg Al Mitchell, and coach Gloria Peek Qhia kuv cov qauv sib txawv thiab yuav siv tag nrho kuv cov cwj pwm. Tebchaws Asmeskas Boxing foom koob hmoov rau kuv nrog kev paub ntau thiab kev ua phooj ywg ntev nrog tag nrho kuv cov pab pawg Olympic thiab Olympic. Tus kws qhia kuv nyiam, Koroma, cia tau nrog kuv tag nrho txoj kev los ntawm 2015-2016, Pab kuv sab nraum lub nplhaib nrog tswv yim thiab sab hauv lub nplhaib.”

 

 

 

Daim thaiv yog ib qho ntawm cov tub rog tsav tsheb hauv cov poj niam lub thawv niaj hnub no, nqa lub teeb lub teeb tawm los ntawm Asmeskas poj niam boxing pioneers xws li Christy Martin, Laila Ali thiab ob peb lwm tus.

 

 

 

“Muaj kev hloov pauv loj mus tam sim no — kuv, Mikaela Mayer, FANCHON cov neeg ua haujlwm, Katie Taylor, Amanda Serrano thiab ob peb lwm tus poj niam tab tom nqa lub teeb rau cov poj niam lub thawv tam sim no,” Cov Ntawv Qhia Txog Piav Qhia. “Kev nce qib tau nrawm, Txhua lub network tau muaj poj niam kev sib ntaus hauv TV xyoo no, Tshwj xeeb tshaj yog showtime, uas kuv tau thawv lub ntsiab kev tshwm sim plaub zaug. Cov poj niam lub thawv tuaj yeem mus deb. Kuv ntseeg tias hnub yuav los thaum peb tuaj yeem them nyiaj lab ib yam li cov txiv neej.”

 

 

 

Los ntawm qhib qhov rooj thiab rhuav tshem cov nyom, Claressa tau dhau los ua tus qauv tseeb rau cov tub ntxhais hluas thoob plaws, Hauv thiab tawm ntawm Boxing.

 

 

 

“Nws pom zoo ua tus qauv ua qauv rau lawv (poj niam), thiab tseem muaj ntau tus txiv neej boxers,” Cov Ntawv Qhia Txog Cov Ntawv Ceeb Toom. “Kev ntaus pob yog nyob rau hauv ib lub era sib txawv thiab kuv tsuas yog xav ua kom yooj yim rau cov ntxhais tuaj, yog li thaum lawv tig Pro, Kev ntaus pob yuav ze dua rau kev sib luag.”

 

 

 

“Saressa muaj ib qho ntawm cov dab neeg zoo tshaj plaws hauv keeb kwm ntawm kev lom zem Boxing,” hais tias Chris cugliari, Tebchaws Asmeskas Boxing Cov Koom Haum Laus Alumni Cov Thawj Coj. “Nws tsav, kev tso siab, lub peev xwm, thiab tus cwj pwm ua rau nws lub teb chaws USA thiab Olympic Champions, tawm ib txoj cai qub uas yuav kav ntev ntev. Nws yog tus trustblazer rau cov poj niam lub thawv thiab tau tsim nws qhov chaw ua ib qho tseem ceeb tshaj plaws USA Boxing Alumn cov tswvcuab txhua lub sijhawm. Lub Koom Haum Asmeskas Boxing xav ua tsaug rau nws tus kheej kev lom zem Boxing zej zog thiab ua haujlwm ua qauv zoo rau lwm tus neeg Champions.”

 

Tebchaws USA Boxing Alumni Koom Tes

 

 

 

Tsim los rau tus yeej ib lub neej, Kev muaj kev sib raug zoo ntawm kev sib raug zoo ntawm Asmeskas Boxing thiab nws cov alumni, –boxers, cov nom, Cov qhia thiab Boxing kiv cua — Lub Koom Haum Alumni txuas ntau tiam kev sib tw, Kev tshoov siab thiab muab rov qab rau USA Boxing lub neej tom ntej champions, nyob rau hauv thiab tawm ntawm lub nplhaib.

 

 

 

Tebchaws Asmeskas Boxing Kev Koom Tes Qhib tau rau txhua tus neeg uas muaj kev hlub rau kev ntaus pob thiab xav kom nyob nrog kev ua si lom zem. Cov tswv cuab tau txais kev nkag mus rau ntau yam tshwj xeeb cov xwm txheej tus tswv tsev ntawm Alumni Association, suav nrog Tebchaws Asmeskas Boxing Alumni Association Hall ntawm Fame Txais Tos.

 

 

 

Txhawm rau koom nrog lub koom haum Alumni, Tsuas sau npe ntawm alumni@usaboxing.org rau a $40.00 Ib Xyoos Tus Nqi. Cov tswvcuab tshiab yuav tau txais lub tsho t-shirt, Keychain thiab e-hnab nyiaj.

 

 

 

 

Txawm tias tag nrho cov honors thiab accolades, Nws tau txais nyiaj ntau heev, Cov ntaub thaiv uas tsis tau hnov ​​qab qhov twg nws txhua tus pib, thiab nws tseem nquag koom tes nrog USA Boxing.

 

 

 

“Kuv khaws tau nrog ntau tus poj niam ncaws pob thiab muab lus qhia rau lawv yog tias lawv nug kuv,” Elaressa ntxiv. “Kuv kuj tau mus rau Colorado rau tsib hnub los ua ib tus neeg txhawb nqa thiab cov ntsiab lus hais txog Olympic tom ntej. Tom qab kuv txoj haujlwm dhau mus 15 xyoo, Kuv xav ua tus kws qhia Boxing thiab coj tus poj niam pab pawg ua ntau cov khoom siv kub Olympic, Yog muab lub sijhawm. Kuv tseem xav ua xibfwb qhia ntawv thiab tus kws pab tswv cuab rau cov hluas.”

 

 

 

Shields, hmoov tsis, tsis tuaj yeem koom rau hnub Friday hmo ntuj no tau txais kev pab vim tias nws tau kawm tob rau nws lub npe tiv thaiv hnub Saturday no rau yav tsaus ntuj no, Nyob ntawm Stubhub Center hauv Carson, California, tiv thaiv Fenmke Helmans (9-1).

 

 

 

“Tu siab,” Cov thaiv hniav xaus, “Kuv tsis tau muaj tab sis, Yog tias kuv nyob ntawd, Kuv xav hais: Ua tsaug rau Asmeskas Boxing rau kev ntseeg hauv kuv thaum muaj hnub nyoog 16. Nws yog kev hwm los sawv cev rau America, Tsis yog ib zaug xwb tab sis ob zaug hauv kev sib tw Olympics! Kuv ua tsaug qhia Billy (Ntses hma) Rau ua kuv khawb av tob, Los ntawm kev muaj nrog nws txoj kev Irish thiab kev tso dag, Tsis tas li rau kev hloov cov kab lis kev cai ntawm USA Boxing. Ib qho tshwj xeeb ua tsaug rau koj tus kws qhia kay, kuj, Kuv tsis tuaj yeem suav kuv txhais tes li cas muaj ntau hnub uas peb tau kawm ntawm 1 a.m., Muaj pes tsawg lub sij hawm kuv tau khob ntawm nws chav tsev thiab khiav, pes tsawg lub sij hawm nws tau nqa kuv lub xov tooj ntawm kuv vim kuv tau quaj lossis muaj teeb meem tsev neeg. Nws yog tus qhia kuv yuav qhia txhua yam rau, Thiab nws kuj foom koob hmoov rau kuv nrog nws txoj kev paub txog kev ntaus nrig thiab ua rau kuv ib txwm muaj kev nyab xeeb thaum nws tseem nyob ntawm ces kaum. USA Boxing tsis yog cov neeg ua haujlwm xwb – USA Boxing yog tsev neeg! Txawm hais tias kuv muaj ob peb lo lus nrog Matthew Jrewon thiab lwm cov neeg ua haujlwm, Kuv ua tsaug rau lawv ua nyuaj rau kuv thiab paub tseeb tias kuv daws kuv lub luag haujlwm. Hlub rau Txhua Tus Neeg Ua Haujlwm Boxing, Kuv ua tsaug tiag tiag.”

 

 

 

Claressa cov ntaub thaiv cov ntaub thaiv yog ntau tshaj li ntiaj teb thiab Olympian tus yeej, nws yog ib chav kawm ua ib yam nkaus, raws nraim li cas thiaj li xav tau kev xav tau niaj hnub no.

 

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USA Boxing National Championships return to Salt Lake City Next Week

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Ntau tshaj 700 of the top amateur boxers in the United States will box for National Titles
COLORADO SPRINGS, Ncej puab. (Kaum Ib Hlis Ntuj. 27, 2018) — USA Boxing’s Elite and Youth National Championships & Junior and Prep Open returns to the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City, Utah for the second consecutive year, Dec. 1-8.

 

 

 

Ntau tshaj 700 of the nation’s best boxers, aged 8 rau 40, will step into the ring beginning Dec. 4 looking for their chance to win a national title. This year’s tournament will also serve as the first qualifier to the 2020 Olympic Trials for Boxing for those boxers in the elite division (19-40).

 

 

 

Winners in the junior (15-16), youth (17-18) and elite division will earn spots on USA Boxing’s High Performance Squad, which will give them the opportunity to attend training camps at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., as well as represent Team USA in international competition in 2019. Boxers in the prep divisions (8-14) will earn valuable ranking points for the next year.

 

 

 

“We are looking forward to returning to Salt Lake City for another year of amazing boxing,” stated USA Boxing Executive Director Mike McAtee. “These championships are an important step towards qualifying to Team USA and their chance to try and qualify to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, as well as earn a place on our high-performance squad for our younger boxers.”

 

 

 

USA Boxing will kick off the week-long tournament with a press conference on Monday, Dec. 3 in Room 155 at the Salt Palace Convention Center. Local Utah boxers, World Championship medalists, as well as alumni of USA Boxing are expected to speak. A list of speakers will be announced closer to the day of the press conference.

 

 

 

Boxing will begin on Tuesday, Dec. 4 with two sessions, noon and 6:00 p.m., and will be free to the public until finals. Two sessions will continue through Thursday, Dec. 6, with Friday, Dec. 7 having just one noon session. The championships will conclude with the junior and youth finals beginning at 3:00 p.m., followed by the elite championship bouts starting at 6:00 p.m. Tickets will be available for purchase throughout the week at the venue or at the door prior to the start of the finals.

 

 

 

USA Boxing and the USA Boxing Alumni Association will also host its second annual Alumni Association Hall of Fame Reception at the Radisson Hotel (215 S. Tuam tsev kawm ntawv) on Friday, Kaum Ob Hlis Ntuj 7. Mus ntsib teamusa.org/usa-boxing/alumni yog xav paub ntxiv.

 

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World Class referee….. Tom Cleary USA Boxing Alumni Association, Class of 2018 Tus hauv inductee

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Ncej puab. (Kaum Ib Hlis Ntuj 12, 2018) – Lig Tom Cleiny was one of the most respected referees in the world during his illustrious career. He joins a select group in the Class of 2018 Tau txais inducted mus rau Tebchaws Asmeskas Boxing Alumni Association Hall ntawm lub koob meej.

 

 

 

Qhov thib ob USA USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall ntawm Fame Txais Tos, tuav hauv kev sib txuas nrog cov 2018 USA Boxing Elite thiab Cov Hluas Kev Sib Tw Tsoom Fwv thiab Junior thiab Prep qhib, Kaum Ob Hlis Ntuj 2-8, yuav tau ua lub Kaum Ob Hlis 7, ntawm Radisson Hotel (215 S. Tuam tsev kawm ntawv) Hauv Salk Lake City, Utah.

 

 

 

In addition to Cleary, lub chav kawm ntawv ntawm 2018 also includes U.S. Pab pawg neeg Olympic Medalists thiab Ntiaj Teb (kev) champions Roy Jones, Jr., Lwm Ward thiab Claressa Shields, as well as a past USA Boxing National Director of Coaching, lub lig Emanuel Steward.

 

 

 

Lub Tsev Kawm Ntawv Charter Charter Txoj Haujlwm Tseem Ceeb Muhammad Ali thiab Evander Holyfield, as well as veteran coaches Roosevelt Sanders thiab Tom coulter.

 

 

 

A longtime resident of Westchester, Ohio, Cleary was a USA Boxing member since 1982, and he served as Chief of Officials for the National Collegiate Boxing Association from 2002 until his passing May 21, 2017.

 

 

 

He refereed in 12 different countries, on four continents, as an International Official assigned by AIBA. Tom earned a three-star rating and he was selected to work the World Series of Boxing.

 

 

 

“Tom’s dedication to amateur boxing and respect he garnered from boxers, coaches and fellow officials are second to none,” hais tias Chris cugliari, Tebchaws Asmeskas Boxing Cov Koom Haum Laus Alumni Cov Thawj Coj. “The Alumni Association emphatically endorsed his case for the Hall of Fame, and his induction was received both by those close to him, as well as the entire amateur boxing community. Tom’s commitment to serving USA Boxing provides a great example for all of us and we couldn’t be prouder to call him a member of this year’s Hall of Fame class.”

 

 

 

Tom never forgot where he came from, dedicating countless hours to the youth of Cincinnati, in addition to helping boxing clubs run efficiently throughout his community for more than a quarter-century.

 

 

 

Lub 2017 NCBA Official of the Year, Tom worked local, regional, national, International, world and Olympic levels of boxing. Highlights included working numerous U.S. Teb chaws Championships, four U.S. Olympic raug kev txom nyem (2000, 2004, 2008 & 2012) thiab cov 2007 World Championships in Chicago.

 

 

 

“When I was a young coach at the Air Force Academy,” USA Boxing coach Ed Weichers commented, “we needed to replace an AIBA top notch referee who was retiring. We were looking for a highly qualified person and Tom Cleary was recommended. He came out the next 25 years straight. Tom was one of the best referees. He cared so much about the safety of the boxers and Tom was also a valuable mentor.

 

 

 

“Tom was a wonderful man who everybody loved. He administered referee clinics in the United States and always helped those in need, youngsters and adults. Tom’s work in the Cincinnati area influenced so many boxers and coaches for more than 25 xyoo. We dearly miss him.”

 

 

 

Tebchaws USA Boxing Alumni Koom Tes

 

Tsim los rau tus yeej ib lub neej, Kev muaj kev sib raug zoo ntawm kev sib raug zoo ntawm Asmeskas Boxing thiab nws cov alumni, –boxers, cov nom, Cov qhia thiab Boxing kiv cua — Lub Koom Haum Alumni txuas ntau tiam kev sib tw, Kev tshoov siab thiab muab rov qab rau USA Boxing lub neej tom ntej champions, nyob rau hauv thiab tawm ntawm lub nplhaib.

 

 

 

Tebchaws Asmeskas Boxing Kev Koom Tes Qhib tau rau txhua tus neeg uas muaj kev hlub rau kev ntaus pob thiab xav kom nyob nrog kev ua si lom zem. Cov tswv cuab tau txais kev nkag mus rau ntau yam tshwj xeeb cov xwm txheej tus tswv tsev ntawm Alumni Association, suav nrog Tebchaws Asmeskas Boxing Alumni Association Hall ntawm Fame Txais Tos.

 

 

 

Txhawm rau koom nrog lub koom haum Alumni, Tsuas sau npe ntawm alumni@usaboxing.org rau a $40.00 Ib Xyoos Tus Nqi. Cov tswvcuab tshiab yuav tau txais lub tsho t-shirt, Keychain thiab e-hnab nyiaj.

 

 

 

 

Tom is survived by his wife, Diane, their two children and eight grandchildren.

 

 

 

Tom Cleary’s leadership and mentor-ship inspired all those who were fortunate enough to meet him. He cared passionately about the boxers he shared the ring with, offering words of advice before, during and after bouts.

 

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Large turnout for recent 1st USA Boxing Alumni Association gathering on West Coast

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A good time was had by all who attended the inaugural USA Boxing Alumni Association on the West Coast

 

 

COLORADO SPRINGS, Ncej puab. (Lub kaum hli ntuj 9, 2018) – A large group of past and present amateur boxers, as well as others involved in the sport, recently turned out in force for the first USA Boxing Alumni Association gathering on the West Coast.

 

The inaugural West Coast gathering of the USA Boxing Alumni Association, held at Fortune Gym in Hollywood (Los Angeles), resulted in memorable storytelling, welcome reunions, even between past foes, in addition to a substantial increase in membership ranks.

 

In addition to longtime amateur boxing supporter, actor/singer Frank Stallone, along with the Godmother of amateur boxing, Melanie Ley, attending past and present boxers and trainers included Mickey Bey, Alex Ramos, Maureen Shea, Ronnie Essett, Paul Banke, Jorge Hawley, Les Fabri, Frank Vassar, Don Deverges, Michael and Anna Keopuhiwa, Zachary Padilla, Lenny Gargaliano, Tony Lesbeur, Felix Nance, Derrickthiab Vince Hudson, Rudy Garza, Justine Fortune, Alan Santana, Willie Tubbs, Randy Crippen, Alan Santana, Jacquie Richardson, Steven Stokes, Manny Salcido, Jason and Jeremy Williams, Mike Simms, Jeff Bumpus, current Team USA heavyweight Cai Richard Torres (Tulare, XWS LI), thiab 2018 Youth World Champion and Los Angeles local Iyana Verduzco. 1984 Olympic kub medalist Henry Tilman was also in attendance and registered as a new Alumni Association member.

 

 

 

USA Boxing board advisor and fighter liaison, “Iceman” John Scully, was responsible for recruiting most of the attendees.

 

 

 

“The USA Boxing Alumni Association gathering in Hollywood fully demonstrated our mission: Connecting Generations of Champions,” said attendee Chris cugliari, Tebchaws Asmeskas Boxing Cov Koom Haum Laus Alumni Cov Thawj Coj. “While former opponents reunited after exiting the ring decades ago, two of today’s champions and Team USA members, Richard Torres and Roxy Verduzco, were proudly recognized for their recent success. The Alumni Association wants to thank Fortune Gym for hosting this gathering, and we look forward to connecting with our West Coast members at future events.”

 

 

 

Tsim los rau tus yeej ib lub neej, Kev muaj kev sib raug zoo ntawm kev sib raug zoo ntawm Asmeskas Boxing thiab nws cov alumni, –boxers, cov nom, Cov qhia thiab Boxing kiv cua — the Alumni Association connects generations of champions, Kev tshoov siab thiab muab rov qab rau USA Boxing lub neej tom ntej champions, nyob rau hauv thiab tawm ntawm lub nplhaib.

 

 

 

Tebchaws Asmeskas Boxing Kev Koom Tes Qhib tau rau txhua tus neeg uas muaj kev hlub rau kev ntaus pob thiab xav kom nyob nrog kev ua si lom zem. Cov tswv cuab tau txais kev nkag mus rau ntau yam tshwj xeeb cov xwm txheej tus tswv tsev ntawm Alumni Association, including Friday evening’s USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame reception.

 

 

 

To join the USA Boxing Alumni Association, Tsuas sau npe ntawm alumni@usaboxing.org rau a $40.00 Ib Xyoos Tus Nqi. Cov tswvcuab tshiab yuav tau txais lub tsho t-shirt, Keychain thiab e-hnab nyiaj.

 

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Houston featherweight Roma Martinez represents next wave of USA female boxers

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Rau Tam Sim Tso
Out to make statement at Summer Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018

Oct. 6-18 nyob rau hauv Argentina

 

COLORADO SPRINGS, Ncej puab. (Lub kaum hli ntuj 8, 2018) — Houston featherweight Roma Martinez, who represents the next wave of USA female boxers, is currently In Argentina to make a statement at the ongoing Summer Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018.

 

 

The Summer Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018 continues through Oct. 18 at Parque Polidesportivo Roca in Argentina.

 

 

 

The 18-year-old Martinez started boxing six years ago, when her step-father came into her life, taking her to a local boxing gym to help keep her out of potential trouble, as well to defend herself.

 

 

 

She is an online student at the University of Saint Thomas in Houston, planning to major in business, and Roma has been able to balance her busy schedule for a simple reason. “I don’t have much of a social life,” she admitted, “so it’s easy for me to train and study.”
 

 

Argentina is the second foreign country she’s traveled to having competed last November in India. Although she has a relatively limited amateur career, Martinez has managed to capture top honors at six national events: 2016 USA Boxing Nationals, 2014 & 2015 Batte lf the Universe, 20-15 Women’s Golden Glove, 2-15 Junior Olympics Nationals, thiab 2014 Brown Gloves.

 

 

 

Like many of her Team USA teammates, in addition to opponents from all over the world, Roma hopes she can parlay an impressive performance in Buenos Aires to improve her chances to eventually qualify for the 2020 Olympics in Japan.

 

 

 

“The Youth Olympics is the biggest thing in my career because I hope to compete in the 2020 Olympics,” Martinez said. “The Youth Olympics is almost as big as the Olympics, only younger athletes compete. I take things one day at a time, but I do have goals to make the Olympics, win a gold medal, and then turn pro and win a world title.

 

 

“This is my last youth competition. This December I will move up to Elite Division. There will be a difference in age (of her opponents) and more international competition, but I need that experience to reach my goals.”

 

 

 

Roma, she says, is a technical boxer who occasionally brings pressure. Her favorite boxer is the great “Qab Zib” Ray Leonard and she looks up to Nicola Adams (2012 & 2016 Olympic gold medalist from Great Britain) thiab Mikaela Mayer (2016 USA Olympian). Roma has taken advantage of sparring sessions with Adams and Mayer, feem, in Houston and Colorado Springs.

 

 

 

Martinez believes female boxing is on the upswing and she looks forward to its future. “The more top female boxers will mean bigger things for us,” Martinez added, “We’ll get more TV time and make more money.”

 

 

 

Roma credits USA Boxing for her learning how to be disciplined and she’s grateful for the outstanding coaching she’s received. Martinez plans to travel a lot in the future and when she earns her business degree, Roma is determined to use it to her advantage, owning a restaurant and, possibly, a gym so that she can remain in boxing after she hangs up her gloves way down the road.

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2018 Eastern Elite Qualifier & Regional Open Championships has Largest Turnout in USA Boxing History

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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (Oct. 8, 2018) — Lub 2018 Eastern Elite Qualifier & Regional Open Championships in Chattanooga, Tenn. will begin tonight with the largest turnout in USA Boxing national tournament history.

 

 

 

After check-in and general weigh-in, a total of 834 boxers and 550 boxers will take part in the weeklong national tournament at the Chattanooga Convention Center.

 

 

 

“We have seen our national tournaments continually grow each event,” stated USA Boxing Executive Director Mike McAtee. “Txij li thaum 2017, USA Boxing has been providing extra opportunities with our regional qualifying tournaments for all boxers, aged 8-40, to step onto the national stage and box the best in the nation.”

 

 

 

This marks the second year the Eastern Elite Qualifier & Regional Open has been held in Chattanooga, which saw a total of 645 boxers and 307 coaches participate last year. The first regional qualifying tournament, lub 2017 Western Elite Qualifier & Regional Open in Albuquerque, N.M., had 302 boxers and 102 coaches and the 2018 edition had 719 boxers and 482 coaches attend.

 

 

 

With the large turnout in Chattanooga, the opening days of the event will include the addition of a fifth ring to hold the increased number of bouts.

 

 

 

USA Boxing will be providing a free live stream throughout the tournament, which can be found no.

 

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Otha Jones III kev sib tw ntawm Lub Caij Ntuj Sov Cov Hluas Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018

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Ncaj outta Toledo….
Oct. 6-18 nyob rau hauv Argentina

COLORADO SPRINGS, Ncej puab. (Lub kaum hli ntuj 4, 2018) – Kev sib tw tau ob zaug nyob Tebchaws Meskas Otha Jones III mus rau Argentina tag kis los ua nqe lus ntawm Lub Caij Ntuj Sov Cov Hluas Olympic Games Buenos Aires, Lub kaum hli ntuj 6-18 hauv Roca Sports Park.

 

 

 

Jones yog los ntawm lub tsev tshiab ntawm kev twv txiaj ntawm kev sib tw ncaws pob, Toledo, Ohio, qhov twg 18-xyoo-laus Jones tseem tabtom ua qhov sib txawv hauv nws lub zej zog, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog tom qab nws tus tij laug raug tua thiab tua tau ob peb lub lis piam dhau los thaum nws tab tom caij tsheb kauj vab.

 

 

 

Otha tau pib nyiam txoj kev ntaus nrig tom qab saib qhov kev ua yeeb yaj kiab hauv YouTube. “Kuv xav tias qhov ntawd yog qhov txias,” lub teeb welterweight Jones piav qhia, “yog li kuv tau thov kuv txiv coj kuv mus hauv kev ntaus kis las. Tsis ntev kuv kawm paub tias kuv yog neeg zoo rau nws, ua haujlwm hnyav, thiab tam sim no kuv mus rau Kev Ncaws Pob Tawb Cov Hluas.

 

 

 

“Tus neeg sib ntaus ntawm txhua lub gyms hauv Toledo sib pab. (2017 Tebchaws Asmeskas Cov Tebchaws hnyav tshaj hnyav) Jared Anderson yog kuv tus phooj ywg zoo tshaj plaws. Thawj xyoo peb tau kawm hauv tib qho chaw ua si, tab sis kuv yeej tsis tau nrog nws (luag), vim nws loj heev rau kuv. Tam sim no peb nyob ntawm lub cev sib txawv ntawm lub sijhawm. Rau Toledo boxers, tsib ntawm kuv khub, yog nyob rau USA kev pab cuam Boxing, suav nrog kuv leej muam, (Welterweight) Oshae Jones, uas yog nyob rau ntawm tus poj niam pab pawg Elite sib tw tam sim no nyob Spain. Peb txhua tus thawb txhua tus mus rau qhov tsis pub tshaj.”

 

 

 

Ntxiv nrog rau kev ntes kub ntawm ob qhov kawg hauv Tebchaws Asmeskas kev sib tw, nws kuj yeej tseem yog honors saum 2018 Cov Hluas Kev Sib Nrauj Kev Sib Tw, ntxiv rau ib lub kib nyiaj ntawm qhov 2018 Emil Jechev Kev Sib Tw Ncaws Pob.

 

 

 

Tus kheej-piav qhia raws li tus neeg tsis paub zoo lub thawv-puncher, Jones hais tias nws, “Pov xuas nrig ntaus los ntawm txhua lub ces kaum. Kuv tuaj yeem thawv zoo lossis zaum thiab sib ntaus yog tias kuv yuav tsum.”

 

 

 

Jones, leej twg muaj a 267-11 pib xyaum ua cov ntaub ntawv, twb tau mus ncig thiab sib tw hauv Bulgaria, Hungary thiab Russia. Nws tab tom nrhiav rau pem hauv ntej kom muaj kev paub txog Argentina, qhov chaw nws yuav nyob thiab qhia rau ob lub lis piam hauv ib puag ncig hauv Olympic zos.

 

 

 

“Ua nws nyob deb rau Cov Hluas Olympic, kom deb li deb, yog qhov tseem ceeb ntawm kuv txoj haujlwm,” nws hais tias. “Kuv nyiam taug kev mus rau ntau lub tebchaws dhau los ua thiab paub txog kev coj noj coj ua tshiab. Kuv lub hom phiaj yog mus tua cov ntawm 2020 Kev sib tw ua yeeb yam hauv Nyij Pooj thiab yeej ib lub qe kub. Kuv yuav tsum txhim kho kuv cov kev txawj ntse; punch nyuab dua thiab muab kuv cov punches zoo dua.

 

 

 

“Tom qab Kev Sib Tw, Kuv npaj yuav muab cov pro. Kuv xav rhais kuv tsev neeg tawm ntawm ghetto thiab tau txais khaub ncaws thiab khoom noj zoo dua rau txhua tus.

 

 

 

“I own the Soul City Gym with my brother and dad. Muaj ntau ntawm cov menyuam hauv Toledo tsis muaj dab tsi los ua. Peb mus tshaj tawm kev sib raug zoo los qhia cov menyuam yaus no los ntawm qhov chaw dhia ua si kom tau txais lub luag haujlwm. Peb yog ib feem ntawm txoj haujlwm pabcuam pub cov menyuam yaus no. Peb xav li ntawd, lub sijhawm tsawg dua ntawm txoj kev, peb tuaj yeem pab nres qhov kev ua phem, zoo li kuv tus tij laug raug tua. Peb tab tom sim ua kom cov me nyuam tawm ntawm txoj kev thiab hauv chav ua si.”

 

 

Otha Jones III (xiav)

 

 

 

 

Jones kuj tau sau tseg tias nws yeej nyiam txoj kev kawm hauv Colorado Springs, tsis yog tsuas yog vim muaj cov chaw zoo thiab kev cob qhia, tab sis rau nws txoj kev thaj yeeb ntawm lub siab.

 

 

 

“Kuv xav tias kuv tau nyob hauv kev ua haujlwm siab tshaj hauv Toledo,” Jones ntxiv, “tab sis koj tuaj ntawm no, thiab huab cua sib txawv. Tom qab kev cob qhia tom hiav txwv theem, koj tau nkees kawm ntawm no. I love it here. Muaj ntau cov tsev zoo nkauj thiab chaw nyob, nws zoo li lub nroog me, tsuas yog tsis muaj tub sab tub nyiag. Kuv tuaj yeem yog kuv tus kheej ntawm no.”

 

 

 

Otha Jones, III ua rau muaj kev cuam tshuam rau hauv thiab sab hauv lub nplhaib, seb nws puas nyob hauv tsev hauv Toledo, kev cob qhia hauv Colorado Springs, lossis sib tw thoob ntiaj teb.

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Los Angeles flyweight Heaven Garcia Fighting for another gold medal at Summer Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018

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Heaven can’t wait….
Oct. 6-18 nyob rau hauv Argentina
COLORADO SPRINGS, Ncej puab. (Lub kaum hli ntuj 2, 2018) — Los Angeles flyweight Heaven Garcia is on a mission to become only the third American boxer, second female, to capture gold medals at the Youth World Championships and upcoming Youth Olympics during the same year, joining Shakur stevenson thiab Jajairia Gonzales, who both accomplished this rare feat in 2014.
 

 

The Summer Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018 will be held Oct. 6-18 at Parque Polidesportivo Roca in Argentina.

 

 

Garcia explained that her unusual first name is the result of her father being told he could never have children and upon her birth, he felt it was a miracle, aptly naming her, Saum ntuj ceeb tsheej.

 

 

 

 

Heaven started boxing when she was eight. “After a week,” Garcia said, “I fell in love with boxing. I never played any other sports.

 

 

 

“My short-range goal in boxing is to win my second gold medal at the Youth Olympics. Long-range is to qualify and win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympics, and then turn pro and become world champion.”

 

 

 

The 18-year-old Garcia, uas yog ib tug 2015 Junior World Champion, avenged her quarterfinal loss to Kazakhstan’s Zhansaya Abdraimova at last year’s Youth World Championships, winning the rematch with a 3-2 decision in the semifinals of the 2018 Youth World Championships final. Garcia picked up her second World title with her 4-1 split decision victory over India’s Anamika

 

 

 

Garcia doesn’t consider herself a pure boxer or devastating puncher, at least at this stage of her relatively young boxing career. “I’m a fighter who goes forward,” she noted. “I pressure my opponent, go to the body a lot, and hit her when the right spot is there.”

 

 

 

Garcia will be ending her youth career at this month’s Youth Olympics, after which she will move up to become an Elite boxer. “I feel I’m ready for the Elites,” Heaven remarked. “Every step I take is to progress.

 

 

 

“I’ve had a good year,” she admitted. (she also won a gold medal at this year’s Youth Continental Championships) “I’ve also traveled to Taiwan, Hungary and now Argentina.”

 

 

 

Heaven can’t wait to capture her third gold medal at a 2018 International tournament.

 

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USA Boxing Alumni Association Profile: 1972 Olympic Bronze Medalist JESSE VALDEZ

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(L-R) – Austin trout, Jesse Valdez, Raphael Marquez and B.J. Paj

COLORADO SPRINGS, Ncej puab. (Lub kaum hli ntuj 5, 2018) — 1972 Olympic Bronze Medalist Jesse Valdez, who was an outstanding amateur boxer, never turned pro because he chose security for his family rather than take a risk and parlay his amateur pedigree into a prize fighting career.

 

 

 

Valdez first went to the local Boys’ Club when he was 11. The youngest of seven children in a low-income family, headed by his single mother, in which the kids all slept in one bedroom, girls in a bed, boys on the floor, sharing space with cockroaches.

 

 

 

“I started going to the club and I guess I did well because I started beating older and bigger guys,” Valdez remembered. One day a coach asked me if I was interested in learning how to box. Ntawm 11, USA Boxing people were interested in me, not me the boxer, and they always gave me guidance. Because of my background, I knew I wouldn’t be going to college, and these people helped me and gave me guidance.

 

 

 

Nyob rau hauv 1964, 16-year-old Valdez upset Olympic bronze medalist Quincey Daniels at the National AAU Championship in the welterweight division, and later that year he qualitied for the U.S. Olympic Team as an alternate. Valdez captured a gold medal at the1967 National Golden Gloves in the light middleweight weight class and he added a bronze medal from the prestigious Pan-American Games.

 

 

 

“I wanted to be a better boxer and that (defeating Daniels) also helped me become a better person. I had never traveled outside of Texas before then. I went to the Regionals and Nationals and then I was asked if I wanted to go to East Africa. All I knew about Africa was Tarzan, Jane and Cheetah. In high school, I was offered college scholarships, but my grades were bad because I spent more time out than in school. I didn’t have a father figure.”

 

 

 

While he served in the U.S. Cua Dag Zog Yuam, Valdez won a gold medal at the 1970 National AAU Championship as a light middleweight and two years later, he became the 1972 National Golden Gloves welterweight champion. A USA Olympic Team alternate for the second time in 1968, the third time was the charm for Valdez, who qualified for the 1972 U.S. Olympic Boxing Team by defeating future world champion Eddie Mustafa Muhammad.

 

 

 

“My dream came true in 1964,” Valdez noted. “I was a USA Olympic Team alternate in 1964 and again in 1968. But in 1972, I wanted to win a gold medal, even though I ended up with bronze.”

 

 

 

Valdez became a household name in America because his Olympic fights in Munich, Lub teb chaws yelemees, aired live on ABC Wide World of Sports, the award-winning Saturday afternoon show during the seventies, when legendary announcer Howard Cosell took a shine to Valdez. Tu siab, Jessie was eliminated in the semifinals by the eventual gold medalist, Emilio Correa, by way of a controversial decision, and Jesse settled for a bronze medal.

 

 

 

Lub 1972 Olympics, Txawm li cas los, is sadly remembered for the deaths of 11 Israeli athletes and coaches taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group, Black September.

 

 

 

“The Olympic village was built in a circle,” Valdez explained. “There were athletes everywhere from all around the world. My roommate and I had a routine after eating. We walked to digest our food and that night we started to walk, when guards with guns and rifles wouldn’t let anybody go past them. We didn’t know why and didn’t speak German. We then asked our coaches what had happened, and they said people were shot that afternoon. Tom qab ntawd, we saw what happened on television.

 

 

 

“I was team captain and all the captains from every sport were asked what the athletes wanted to do, continue (competing) or go home. We decided to go on because, if we had stopped, that’s what they (terrorists) wanted. The Olympics were halted one day for a memorial recognizing those who had died.”

 

 

TEAM USA vs. TEAM GERMANY, Oct. 6 & 12 in CHATTANOOGA

 

 

 

Team USA and Team Germany, two of the world’s top amateur boxing programs, will meet in Chattanooga, Tennessee, for two separate duels taking place Saturday, Lub kaum hli ntuj 6 and Friday, Oct. 12, at the Chattanooga Convention Center.

 

 

 

The duels will feature some of the top male and female elite boxers as they prepare for the lead up to the Olympics in 2020. The two events will take place alongside this year’s Eastern Elite Qualifier & Regional Open Championships, which is expected to have more than 650 boxers, aged 8-40, compete from Oct. 8-13.

 

 

 

 

After the 1972 Olympics, promoters lined-up to offer Valdez a pro contract, but he quickly turned down all offers having other options as well. He could have remained in the Air Force and been a coach. Es tsis txhob, he accepted an offer from a Houston television station that wanted to benefit from hiring the Olympic bronze medalist returning home. Valdez became a reporter and the station’s ratings immediately went up, but other reporters became jealous and that became a problem for Jesse. Thaum xub thawj, he contemplated a return to the Air Force, but Valdez liked working in television and he became a photo journalist until he retired in 2005.

 

 

 

Why not take advantage of his fame as an Olympic bronze medalist and turn pro?

 

 

 

“Thaum kuv yog 14 los yog 15 there were pros training at the gym I went to after school,” Valdez explained, “There was one professional boxer there I really liked and looked up to. He was a world champion, who will remain nameless, and I watched him work out. I’ll never forget, he asked me if he could borrow $1.00. I didn’t even have a nickel and that really opened my eyes. Here was a world champion asking me for money. It stuck in my mind. I took a job as a reporter because I really needed (medical) benefits.

 

 

 

“I try to go to clubs and help amateurs, but I don’t watch pro fights.”

 

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Tebchaws Asmeskas Boxing Kev Koom Tes Qhib tau rau txhua tus neeg uas muaj kev hlub rau kev ntaus pob thiab xav kom nyob nrog kev ua si lom zem. Members are granted access to a wide variety of special events hosted by the Alumni Association, including its annual USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame reception.

 

 

 

Txhawm rau koom nrog lub koom haum Alumni, Tsuas sau npe ntawm alumni@usaboxing.org rau a $40.00 Ib Xyoos Tus Nqi. Cov tswvcuab tshiab yuav tau txais lub tsho t-shirt, Keychain thiab e-hnab nyiaj.

 

 

 

 

Tam sim no 70, the Mexican-American from Houston has never regretted the decision he made nearly a half-century ago, los yog, ntawm chav kawm, his experience at the 1972 Olympics. Jesse Valdez has become a valued speaker for the USA Boxing Alumni Association.

 

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