In a pivotal year for women’s boxing that saw the sport reach more people than ever before, two-time United States Olympic gold medal winner Claressa Shields continued to soar, as she successfully defended her two world middleweight titles, then added three super middleweight belts before the end of a campaign that earned her the 2018 Christy Martin Award, which is given to the Boxing Writers Association of America’s Female Fighter of the Year.
“I am thrilled and honored to receive the Fighter of the Year award from the Boxing Writers Association of America. It is a dream come true, and it furthers my goal to lift women’s boxing to new levels,” Scuta dixit.
“In 2019 my goals are to become undisputed champion, to be ranked in the top 10 pound-for-pound list regardless of gender, and to continue the march of women’s boxing toward equality with men.”
The 23-year-old from Flint, Michigan becomes the second winner of the award, which was established in 2017. She will be honored at the BWAA’s annual award dinner, which will take place in 2019 at a site and date to be determined.
“In such a big year for women’s boxing, it wasn’t a surprise that there were so many worthy nominees for this award, but in 2018, Claressa Shields took things to a new level by becoming a two-division world champion and successfully defending her titles at both 168 atque 160 pounds in Showtime and HBO-televised bouts,” said Thomas Gerbasi, chairman of the BWAA’s women’s boxing committee. “That’s impressive in its own right, but the fact that she’s done this all before her tenth pro fight and under the glare of the spotlight that comes with being the face of the sport in the United States made her a unanimous choice for this year’s Christy Martin Award.”
Joining Roy Jones Jr., Andre Ward and the late Emanuel Steward as members of the USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame’s Class of 2018, Shields began the year on a collision course with middleweight champion Christina Hammer, but first she finished up her business at 168 pounds by successfully defending her IBF and WBC titles with a shutout victory over Tori Nelson in January.
Next was Shields’ middleweight debut against Hanna Gabriels in June, and what followed was a Fight of the Year candidate that saw Shields rebound from the first knockdown of her career to win a clear-cut decision and the IBF and WBA belts. mox, the news came that Hammer had to withdraw from her November clash with Shields due to injury, autem “T-Rex” didn’t slow down, as she defeated Hannah Rankin and Femke Hermans to successfully defend her middleweight titles while adding the WBC crown to her trophy case.
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Pugilatu fans facis Manchester Downtown Hotel Mercurii nocte ut in spectaculi nocte delecti amateur caestu. Hic finis ultimus fuit in itinere trium urbis Boston et Springfield, Massachusetts et Manchester, New Hampshire. Pugnat Featured Team scheduled in USA amantes adversus optimos pugiles amateur ab Hibernia. Ad extremum bell, Hibernia curo ut perficiat octo boues vespere cum paritate score, optimum exitum pretium. Team USA primas duas duales Peregrinationis in Boston et Springfield vicit, respective;, per turpis 8-4 atque 7-3.
Mercurii pugnae non omnes circa conciliationem erant, tamen. Plerisque pugilum implicaverunt magnam facultatem ad artes suas bene modulandi et ad experientiam certaminis internationalem multum necessariam obtinendam.. Nonnulli noctis mercurii optimi effectores etiam verisimile erunt suas quisque regiones in exspectando repraesentare 2020 Olympia.
Principale eventus noctis Lorem 2016 Iuvenum Championships Aere Medalist Richard Torrez dominans 3-time Hibernica National Champion Dean Gardiner. Altitudo pugnatoris Hibernici alta et longa iactura simpliciter non potuit superare velocitatem et optimam defensivam positionem brevioris Americani..
Torrez primus circumegit exsequens technologiam et ferrum labentem dum scoring cum hamis quibusdam bombingis. Torrez mutavit gradus, usus lubricus caput motus, et numquam pedem e vapore disposuit, sicut Gardiner desederat cum inordinato et agresti accessu in primo ingressu.. Corporei emissarium corporis ictum Hibernicum in primo connexum, sed non multum aliud.
Torrez celerem operis ratem servavit in altera tabula, uncinis dextra laevaque et expositis puriter per multum rotundum. Corpus et caput facile notatos, quamquam multum rotundi videbat adversarium velamen et foramina opperiens. Una recta a Torrez misit adversarium vacillantis parumper, sed homo procerior convaluit et sinistro hamo phaenomeno terram ad caput torrez dum funes pugnando terram fecit.. Gardiner expositis plerumque rectis pugnis extrinsecus temptatis et in eius pugnis comminus versari non posse videbatur.
Tertia circuitu vidit utrumque pugnatorem segniorem, donec campanula ultima cum incertis commeatibus nocturnos commearet., sed parum erat et serum pro Gardinero. Ille iustus non potuit suum range dialed in. Torrez mox adversarium suum elusum iterum exposuit et paucas uppercuts lubricas ut cum tonante dextra laevaque hamis iret. Figito parce sed efficaciter usus est, multum de corpore finali corporis targeting Gardineri. Torrez unanimum Decisionem cum suis perficiendis vincere meruit et non plus quam paucos ictus durorum in processu accepit.
Kelly Harrington, Mundus Championship Silver Medalist ex Hibernia, verisimile habuisse turmam suam magisterii exercitii in cruore unanimo de victoria de Stacia Suttles in praedura apertione noctis. Suttles satagebat se servare ad specimen oppugnationis contra Harrington primo impetu inexorabilis., ibi multa tria minuta NUTAMEN et texentes ad vitare rigidas junctiones sui adversarii. Suttles fecit terram eius figito satis constanter, et incepit combos ponere aliquos tarde in rotundo, sed Harrington peritissimus est cum ad capitis motum. Et vidi quasi Mayweather, Jr. erat unus ex carrucis quod illa usus est manus humilis ars assiduis eminat, ferrum lapsus et gradu mutato. Et primus vidit illam exscensionem pulchram rectae sinistrae ad caput et phantasticam corporis et capitis pulsationis compositionem solide expositis.. Illa ferox hamis invehitur, quamvis pauci essent faeniculi silvestres. Infra imago Harrington inter paucas tantum momenta in pugna est ubi utraque manus ad faciem tuendam attulit.
Suttles captus Harrington cum quibusdam laevi et rubenti offa in secundo circum, sed visa est habere potestatem difficultatis questus post eam pugnis. Quaedam honestas manus cum adversario suo mercatura fecit, sed in fine gyrationis constabat quod modo non posset aliquem modulum in pugna propter astutiam adversarii invenire.. Harrington consumpsit idem per perficiendo range rigidas 1-2 combos et fera iura plumbea connectens. Harrington etiam laceravit uncos aliquot potentes cum imagine dextra ad perfectam rectam accessionem paucis post momentis.
Tertius gyro maior utriusque pugnae fuit. Suttles multum laboraverunt in corpore ad inuestigandum adversario, sed omni tempore exonerare, et pretium pro eo. Unum praecipue solidum hamo sinistro in rotundum late appulit, sed modo satis erat. Harrington multa consumpsit in ultimis tribus minutis quaerit coniungere dextra manus. Exposuit unum ex durissimis pugnis pugnae nuper in gyro et adversarium suum momentaneum sopitum ante campanam ad pugnam finiendam.. Harrington unanimem sententiam tulit et spectat unum ex fidelissimis pugilibus eius ponderis in cursu suo 2020 Olympia.
Sed aliud exemplum altitudinis quodam modo cum incommodum munus in altera pugna feminea in charta egit. Team USA est Leah Cooper (#2 US Feminam Middleweight) usus ducandi et fingendi ad vitandum longitudinis longitudinis Aoife Burke. Cooper pugnatum ex semi- oretur, ad terram de Burgo difficile faciendo cum aliqua virtute notabili in pluribus pugnis suis. In tempore National Hibernica Champion VIII-
paucas habuit maculas in pugna ubi recuperavit imperium, sed Cooper ius adaptationes ad minas minuendas fecit.
Cooper examinans impetum faciebat ut primum circumageret, eiaculatione globorum off * 1-2 combos et advocationem de Burgo usque. Manebat patiens et perseverans in corpore, humilis et moratur ictus potentiae de Burgo. Burke praeclara defensionis exhibita, sed tantum poterat proicere unum ferrum et terram ad tempus. Illa showcased rigidas figito per gyrum, sed modo non deterruit Cooper. Burgo optima momenta rotundi ad extremum campanulam habebat, miscentes ictus corporis et capitis, comprehendo in dextro hamo ad caput.
De Burgo exivit secundo per ignem, expugnare Cooper igne rapido 1-2 combos et falces. Illa etiam miscuit in autocineto lubrico qui mentum Cooper invenerunt. Tempestas Cooper tempestate, nisi incidit in captionem breviter. Recepit se tranquillitatem, quidam optimum contra pugnis terram, et vertit quid optimum esse posset de Burgo in Campo Hibernico pessimo. Cooper tranquillitas et frigus, non obstante sumendo durissimo offa adversarius terram in pugna. Quidam eximio terram illa 1-2 combos cum Burke impetum fizzled, tandem incisam prope Burke oculum sinistrum aperiens et nasum eius cruentans. Cooper corpus durum pulsare etiam Burke in carbasa misit breviter post hamum dextrum solidum.
Burgus tertiam partem circa nuper incepit post questus sedatus et ab annulo medico sedatus. Iterum illa coepit tumultu bombing pugnis. Illa iaculis corpus et caput, sed Cooper iterum se collegit et ad opus rediit. Illa bene gradus mutavit, et hamis furentibus iuncta coepit, primum corpus et retro ad caput. Illa etiam figmentum activum servabat et multiplex exposuit 1-2 combos. De Burgo alterum nuper tumultum in pugnae momentis occlusis administrare fecit, Sed Cooper adhuc discessit cum omnium consilio conciliare.
Team USA Lightweight James Browning venit in praeduram noctis Mercurii cum Francis Cleary Hibernia in duobus diebus USA Boxing Champion. Cleary, per novem tempus Hibernica National Champion, repraesentatur Browning's prima vox in competition internationale. Uterque pugnatores suos momenta, sed in fine trium delectationum esset Browning vincere, retro et egrediens circumeunt actionis.
Browning primum peregit circa meliorem ratem operis constituendam quam adversario suo et multis motus utens ad impetum Cleary vitare. Etiam exposuit jab constantem, miscentes corpus eius et caput ictibus exactis bene. Etiamsi per vicit, Statius multa pericula tulit et pretium pretium. Evidenter maculas suas sustulit et puris et potentioribus pugnis in terram emisit. Ille iustus satis non potuit coniungere, ac prope toties dimicans cominus deligatus labore.
Evidenter exposuit aliqua acutiora bombs in tabula secunda, questus ferocior incipiens indagare assidue movens adversarium. Thumping hamus sinister prope finem rotundi cum capite Browning connexum impressit domum fanorum refertam. Tamen, Statius occupatus manebat et bene fecit in commercio pigrae inter duos pugnatores. Saepe ferox erat, sed opus output custodiri patet a furto per gyrum.
Plane tertia renovata gyro processit feritate, habito in fera rixa cum Browning. Is est optimus circum pugna ad Cleary, et Browning non potuit tenere fallaciam quam in circuitu priori ostendit. Alterum laevum laevum sonans in hamo rotundo Exposuit pugnator Hibernicus, calculis perfecte featured intempestivo, et pulsandi usque ad campanulam. Statius certus visus fine pugnae frustrari et defessus. Tamen, duos ex tribus iudicibus certus meruit vincere, promerendae split consilium victoria.
Proxima urbicum octingenti temporis Hibernica National Champion Wayne Kelley contra 13-tempus US National Champion Adrian Benton in stricto proelio welterweight. Tum iuvenes pugnatores claras in certamine, sed Kelley consilium victoriae cum callido stridore scindere curavit, gutsy conatus.
Cicero melius habuit primum impetum ad examina. Et laboraverunt et ex range cum 1-2 combos et hamis parcens. Usus est omnibus angulis suis bene, pivoting de tribulatione et efficax rhoncus facile. Kelley ad terram calculis certabat usque ad ultima rotundi momenta cum escendisset suos tumultus 1-2 combos.
Kelley incepit alterum circum multo magis acrius ac vibrare. Et saepe et mane terram, manus sinistrae ala et rescissa in labio Benton'. Cicero de gravioribus pugnis defluxit, clausus ictibus exactis bene et terram aliquam rigidas, duris ictibus exactis sui. Optima eius commutatio erat laeva dextraque ad caput hamus circa medium rotundum expositis.
Kelley retardari paulum in ultima circum, invenire propositum rhoncus. Duris manibus dextras exposuit, bene positum corpus iaculat et expositae nuper tumultus. Benton occupaverat mane in rotundo et artificiose impingendo sub bombing dextro hamo de Kelley. Iudices magis videbantur impressi de compositione Kelley in duobus ultimis rotundis sicut Benton questus trahebatur ad iurgium imperito. Kelley ancipitem win by a 2-1 margin.
Lux welterweights est altera, producendo aliud stricta certamine. Hibernia's Caoimhin Ferguson pugnavit Team USA in Charlie Sheehy accedente leviter meliore imperatoria, promerendae aliud consilium victoria split pro suis MANIPLUS.
Sheehy cautiorem ac patientem accessum in primo circum sumpsit, expectans perfectum momentum iactare et terram. Optima eius rotundi pugnis duris corpori inclusa manu dextra , et figuli amulis. Ferguson plus operis in tabulis posuit, scoring on many hooks to the head and unleashing wild and crazy flurries aliquoties. Sinister uncus unus particularis in extremis rotundi momentis in capite Sheehy concrepuit.
Ferguson applicuit quidam ictus honestus in secundo circum, sed Sheehy multo magis composita erat. Circum circa silvestrem vibrans laboravit, durus impetum servans procul et scoring ab extra cum rigido iure ad mentum. Pugnantes hamos aliquot corpori permutaverunt et ante extremitatem rotundi in astringebant.
Sheehy simul in finalis undique ad chorda conflixit. Quamvis recta operando tincidunt ei, Ferguson defensionem suam penetrare potuit. Ferguson landed a thumping left hook early and went on to land a few more bombs before losing his mouthpiece in one exchange. Likely knowing he needed to finish strong to get the judges on his side, Ferguson rushed in with a final torrent of hooks in the final seconds. He earned a 2-1 decision win for his tenacity.
Welterweights Kieron Molloy (Hibernia) and Freudis Rojas, Jr. (USA) squared off in another bout. Both fighters are previous World Championship Bronze Medalists with Molloy also claiming nine Irish National titles and Rojas winning the US nationals 10 times so far. It was another close shave win for Team Ireland.
Rojas was clearly the more active fighter in the first round. He used a consistent jab and increased his work rate through the frame. He ket busy on offense right up until the bell. Molloy ictibus alis rotundis incepit et conatur ad instar eius range. Sero aliquantulum invehitur in permutationes ferociores, non potuit instar sicco quomodo ut accumsan eundo, et lento tempore iactata celeriore Rojas. Molloy aliqua optimum fecit terram lefts recta, quamquam.
Proximum rotundum multo melius pro Hibernica australi. Pergit cum uptick in his ferrum output, Etsi tamen molitus est ad terram combos. In uno puncto in rotundo, Molloy cum ingenti rectae, sequitur tincidunt potentia figito, tarditatem adversario suo. Rojas prodibant sed occasiones rotundi non potui obtinere. Multae tumultus pugnorum ex Rojas non satis erat ei circumagi furari.
Rojas appulit ictus aliquos optimos in ultima rotunditate, descensus corporis frequenter. Molloy etiam captus contra funes, pugnis rectis illum uredine. Molloy pugnavit mundior circum, quamquam, optima tempora legendo iactare et saepe capiens Rojas manibus deorsum. Eius optimum commutatio rotundi featured ingens 1-2 connectens capiti et fera laeva hamo capiti. Ultimum examen pugnorum ab Hibernice pugnante spectaculum clausit et meruit ei a 2-1 split consilium win.
Team USA scriptor Nikita Ababiy in negotio feram vincere difficilem pugnatum laceravit ante eventum principale cum Gerardo French Team Hiberniae. Primus circum vidit Ababiy bene pungentem. Americanus in pugnam venit cum substantia caestu admodum non tradita una manu humilis, sed statura eius efficax videbatur ut adversario suo in pulsando eminus pertraheret. Ababiy hamos quidam sonabant et delicatus left uppercut qui adiuti sunt Gallici. Interim, Gallico conuenerunt conatur ad terram calculis. Minorem ratem operis habebat, sed etiam poenam nimis non tulit.
Gallicum alterum circumegit cominus conatur commutare. Plures ictibus exactis postea in circuitu, calefacti sunt quidam hami in ultimis momentis. Ababiy iunctis cum quibusdam ictibus verberum in rotundo et showcased quaedam iucunda defensione tam. Miscuit ictus corpori et capiti, tionem et obtegentem opperiri proximum foramen. Ababiy exposuit a nice quod ad caput sinistrum hamum secutus est cum imagine perfecti ius uppercut in ultimo momento. bene rotundum finivit iter suum primo vinculo.
Ultima circum vidit Ababiy tardus paulum, sed adhuc efficax erat ad portandum artus. Gallico curo rigidas aeneae sinistrorsum ad caput, sed adversarius ad anulum perducere non poterat. American cruised ad omnium consilium win.
Nox etiam incohata est cum sola sistenda in charta per rixam silvestrem inter locorum 132 librarum Manchester, NH novitiorum Michael Correa et Abhisek Thapa. Correa per anulum audito tintinnabulo aperiens emisit et emisit alium tumultum silvestrem. Thapa non dimisit eum turbo deglutire, quamquam. Contexit et expectavit occasiones. Hoc solum duo minuta ad Correa defatigari incipere ab impetu crudeli. Thapa igitur uadit ad terram quidam gravissimorum ictus noctis, cogens referendarius desistere pugnam pro tribus stantibus octo comitibus ante finem tandem venit cum turbo potestatis pugnis a Thapa.
Apparitio etiam hospitis fuit facta a Mayweather pugile Floyd, Jr. tamen vocat suum fortissimum adversarium semper, Emanuel Augustus (3-34-6, 20 KOs). Augustus priore nocte ineundae participatus est “Irish” Micky Ward (38-13, 27 KOs), celebrans unus de optimis pugnat in historia ludi, quod factum est pridie Nonas Julii 13, 2001. Augustus ad pugnas adhaesit et etiam in anulum venit ut ostendat se adhuc eamdem virtutem pulsare, quae eum unum e celeberrimis suae aetatis pugnatoribus fecit..
“We learned from this tour that we’re right up there with the best teams in the world,” Team USA head coach Billy Walsh said. “Team Ireland is a very good, young team. We’re going to have a good team to send to Tokyo (2020 Olympia). I’m proud of my team. They all worked very hard. We didn’t have some of our best boxers because some were competing in an International tournament We do have a good crop of 18-19-20 year-olds who will make up our 2020 Olympic team.”
Team Ireland also brought their own production crew to film all the action for those who couldn’t be there:
MANCHESTER, N.H. (March 22, 2018) – Noctis tertius et ultimus finis in USA Boxing's 2018 USA vs. Hiberniae Septentrionalis Boxing Tour finivit in a 4-4 haurire Downtown Manchester Hotel Manchester, New Hampshire. Team USA vicit quadrigis pretium title, 2-0-1.
Team USA prima duo duo dual Peregrinationis in Boston et Springfield vicit, respective;, per turpis 8-4 atque 7-3.
“Ex hoc itinere cognovimus nos ibi esse cum optimis iunctionibus in mundo,” Team USA caput raeda Puer Walsh dixit. “Team Hibernia valde bona, young team. We’re going to have a good team to send to Tokyo (2020 Olympia). I’m proud of my team. They all worked very hard. We didn’t have some of our best boxers because some were competing in an International tournament We do have a good crop of 18-19-20 year-olds who will make up our 2020 Olympiae ipsum dolor.”
Quadrigis Hiberniae turmae proximae noctis duxit mollis tristique, 4-3, ingressus supremum par noctis, a super heavyweight rematch. The 2016 Iuventutis Mundus Championships aereum medalisticum Richard Torrez semel iterum victus est-vicis Hibernica National Champion Dean Gardiner,
Tertium tempus erat dulcedo Brooklyni middleweight Nikita Ababiy, who broke into the win column with a 3-0 unanimous decision overGerard French, keeping the Americans hope alive to deadlock the final score with one match to go.
In a battle between southpaw welterweights, nine-time Irish National Champion and World Championships bronze medalist, Kieron Molloytook a 2-1 split decision overFreudis Rojas, Jr., a 10-time national champion and World Championships bronze medalist.
Irish light welterweightCoemgenus Ferguson vicit 2-1 split decision victory over California light welterweightCharlie Sheeyto give Team Ireland a 3-2 advantage.
Eight-time Irish National champion and European Championships bronze medalistWayne Kelley vicit 2-1 split decision versus Cincinnati light welterweightAdrian Benton, the 13-time national champion making his International match debut.
In his International debut, two-time USA Boxing championJames Browningvicit 2-1 decision over Irish lightweightFrancis Cleary, a nine-time Irish National champion and European Championships silver medalist, in a very entertaining lightweight match.
Do Not. 2-rated American middleweightLeah Cooperdropped her opponent, eight-time National Irish National champion and European Championships bronze medalistAdolfe Burke, en route to a 3-0 unum congruerunt sententiae.
World Championship silver medalistKellie Harringtondefeated lightweightSuttles Stationfor the second time on the tour by the identical score, 3-0, giving Team Ireland its first lead of the tour, albeit temporary, in last night’s tour opener.
In a Special Manchester Lightweight novice class match, Michael Correa (Manchester PAL) victum Abhisek Thapa (Title Boxing) when the referee stopped the contest in the opening round.
New York, (December 2, 2016) -Split T Management is pleased to announce the signing of 2016 United States Olympian, Carolus Conwellto a managerial contract..
Conwell 19 years-old of Cleveland, Ohio competed as a middleweight in the Olympics but will compete in the welterweight division in the professional ranks.
“David McWater of Split T Management is known as a man who cares about his fighters, not only inside of the ring, but outside of it as well,” said Conwell.
“When I talked to a lot of people, they had a lot of nice things to say about him. When I met him and got to know him, he showed me that he cared about me not only as a boxer, but as a person, and that’s the one I want handling my career.”
“Charles is a wonderful person as well as a fighter,” said McWater. “He’s accomplished so much in his life already! How many kids win National Golden Gloves, US Nationals, Continental Elite Worlds and make honor roll in school all before they graduate high school? Close to none I would guess! He’s just an awesome young man and a tremendous talent, I’m very excited to be working for him.”
Conwell began boxing at the age of 10 when his father brought him to the gym and Charles fell in love with the sport.
Charles won a gold medal in the Americas Olympic qualifiers and took the top spot in countless United States Amateur tournaments, which included the National Junior Championships on two occasions, the National Golden Gloves Tournaments and the United Stated Olympic Trials.
“After winning my first national tournament (2012 National Junior Olympics), I felt that I could make boxing my career. I went on to become an 11-time national champion.”
For the past 2 annis, Conwell has been the top-ranked middleweight in the United States.
In 2015, Conwell was named the USA Boxing Junior Male Athlete of the Year.
In 2016 Olympia, Conwell was ousted by Krishan Vikas of India. Vikas was a 2-time Olympian, who defeated top welterweight contender Errol Spence, Jr. in 2012 ludos.
“My Olympic experience did not go was planned, but I made the most of it. By fighting internationally, I got to see a lot of different styles of fighters and took some of the good qualities and added it to my style, which will help me become even a better fighter. I am a very smart boxer with fast hands and power. When people see me, they will think of Aaron Pryor, Mike Tyson and Andre Ward all rolled up into one.”
I plan to become the undisputed world welterweight champion and leave a legacy in boxing. I will be known as one of the all-time greats to come out of Ohio.”
StartingFridayOver Two Dozen PBC Fighters and Past Olympians Congratulate 2016 Team on PBC website and Social Channels; Fighters Discuss Their Olympic Experiences in New Video & Editorial Content
Las Vegas, NV – August 2, 2016 – The Olympic Games hold a special meaning for the manyPremier Boxing Propugnatoresseries boxers who competed in past Olympiads. Representing the United States, Mexico, Haiti, Russia, Great Britain and more, it served as the highest achievement of their amateur careers before they embarked on professional championship aspirations. StartingFriday, an honored group of fighters that represented their homes as Olympians salute the members of the 2016 Olympic Teams on their achievements and wish them all the best in bringing home the gold. To view go to: www.premierboxingchampions.com atque www.facebook.com/premierboxingchampions.
In a series of special video vignettes and articles on the Premier Boxing Championswebsite, previous Olympians like heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder (Bronze medal winner in 2008 Beijing Games); Rau'shee Warren, the only U.S. boxer to participate in three Olympics (2004, 2008 atque 2012); and Errol Spence (2012 London Games) will offer encouragement to members of the 2016 U.S. Olympic boxing team. Warren and Spence will reminisce about their Olympic experiences together.
Gary Russell, Jr. (2008 Beijing Games) will talk about his experience in the Games and also discuss his brother, Gary Antuanne Russell, who is a member of the 2016 U.S. Team in Rio, when the Olympics kick off onAug. 5.
Terrell Gausha (2012 London Games) will have some helpful tips for the members of the U.S. boxing team on how to maneuver through the Olympic maze and succeed in securing gold medals. Marcus Browne and Jamel Herring were also teammates with Gausha on that 2012 Olympic team.
The PBC has over two dozen Olympic boxers representing countries includingMexico (Abner Mares and Alfredo Angulo – 2004 Athens Games), Haiti (Andre Berto – 2004 Athens Games), Russia (Artur Beterbiev and Sergiy Deveryanchenko – 2008 Beijing Games), Great Britain (Amir Khan – 2004 Athens Games, James DeGale – 2008 Beijing Games), Respublica Dominicana(Juan Carlos Payano – 2004 Athens Games/2008 Beijing Games and Gold medalist Felix Diaz – 2008 Beijing Games), Puerto Rico (Jose Pedraza – 2008 Beijing Games), Cameroon (Taurus Saki – 2000 Sydney Games), Virgin Islands(John Jackson and Julius Jackson – 2008 Beijing Games), atque Kazakhstan(Beibet Shumenov – 2004 Athens Games and Kanat Islam – 2004 Athens Games/2008 Beijing Games).
