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USA BOXING HEAVYWEIGHT ADRIAN TILLMAN IN U.S. ARMY

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Colorado Springs, Gwiwa. (Satumba 3, 2019) – No. 2 rated American heavyweight Adrian Tillman, who is also ranked No. 5 as a light heavyweight, is not only representing his country as a member of USA Boxing’s 2019 Men’s Elite team, he’s also serving in the U.S. Army at the same time.

Tillman, 24, is able to do both, because he’s an active soldier enrolled in the World Class Athlete Program (WCAP), in which qualified athletes have an opportunity to train fulltime for the Olympics.

“As of right now,” Tillman said, “my focus is on the Olympics. I love the military and I love boxing. So, I’ll just see where life takes me. But, as of now, 2020 Tokyo, Japan, is the one thing on my mind.

“Training (in Colorado Springs) with the Elite team has definitely elevated my game all around. The coaches and trainers are always teaching me. It’s a non-stop learning environment with the team.”

Born in Riverside, California, Tillman started boxing in 2008, because he wanted to lose weight and learn how to defend himself and his siblings as he was about to enter high school.

The heavyweight with a stiff jab is a three-time National PAL champion (2018, 2017 da kuma 2015), in addition to capturing a gold medal at the 2017 Eastern Elite Qualifier. His greatest accomplishment, duk da haka, may be a little surprising, because it isn’t about winning medals, trophies and belts.

“My greatest accomplishment was being able to qualifying two weight classes (lightweight and heavyweight) for the Olympic Trials.”

Tillman has traveled throughout South America and Europe. He is with his Team USA teammates training in England before going straight to Yekaterinburg, Rasha, to compete in the 2019 Elite Men’s World Championships, Satumba 7-21.

“Gaining a medal at the World Championships is important to me because,” he noted, “not only am I representing my country, I’m also representing the Army and my family.”

When he’s in the ring, Tillman adjusts to his opponent, brawling or boxing equally, whatever it takes to win.

Adrian Tillman is a true patriot who also happens to wear boxing gloves. Whether he qualifies as a heavyweight or light heavyweight, all that matters to him is boxing for Team USA at the 2020 Olympics.

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GAME USA dambe:  To promote and grow Olympic-style amateur boxing in the United States and to inspire the tireless pursuit of Olympic gold and enable athletes and coaches to achieve sustained competitive excellence. Additionally, USA Boxing endeavors to teach all participants the character, confidence and focus they need to become resilient and diverse champions, both in and out of the ring. USA Boxing is one team, one nation, going for gold!

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Atif Oberlton representing City of Brotherly Love all the way to the World Championships

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Colorado Springs, Gwiwa. (Agusta 22, 2019) – There’s a new rising force on the international boxing scene and his name is Atif Oberlton, a light heavyweight from Philadelphia, who is on a mission to make a name for himself in boxing.

Oberlton will be competing at the Elite Men’s World Championships, Satumba 7-21, in Yekaterinburg, Rasha.

Lacking confidence is not an issue for the 21-year-old boxer who claims, “It’s very important for me to do well and win at the Worlds, because I know for a fact that, in my heart, I’m the best fighter in the world. Also, I’m new on the international scene, so it’s time for me to give a piece of what they’ve been missing.”

Oberlton started boxing at the age of nine, although he didn’t start competing until he was 14, because he was the only boy in his family, and his father wanted him to learn how to defend himself. Like so many of his teammates, he fell in love with boxing.

In the last five years, Oberlton has captured gold medals at the 2018 da kuma 2016 Kasa Golden Guanto gasar, 2018 Eastern Elite Qualifier and 2014 National Junior Olympics. He also was a victor in the USA vs. Netherlands Dual.

“My greatest accomplishment so far is making Team USA and being where I’m at, because for years and years I was denied, and here I am today in the top spot where I belong. I’m a top-spot fighter, so I deserve it, and I put down top-notch work, too”

Overlton has taken advantage of training in Colorado Springs at the U.S. Olympic Training Center, where he has shown improvement from day one, honing his skills to become a complete boxer.

“Conditioning plays a big part in my improvement; also seeing different styles, and getting top work has elevated me,” he spoke about training as a Team USA member. “I always break new barriers on the road to greatness and this (The Worlds) is another one I’m looking to smash through.”

In addition to representing his country, Oberlton is a proud Philly fighter continuing the long, rich boxing tradition in the City of Brotherly Love, which has produced the likes ofBernard Hopkins, Mathew Saad Muhammad, Bennie Briscoe, Joey Giardello, Mike Rossman,James Shuler, Eugene Hart and so many more great fighters over the years.

“My city is known for its great boxing history and I wear ‘The City of Philadelphia’ on my back,” Oberlton added. “In a few more years down the line, I see myself leading the next wave of Philly boxers. In fact, I feel like I am the wave, a yanzu, as we speak. Everyone’s watching me. I will do them all proud, from both the old and young generations.

“I haven’t been to Russia and I’m looking forward to going there. It’s always good to see the world. I always like to go back where I’m from and try to convince others to see the world, because it’s much bigger than our neighborhood.”

Oberlton is like a chameleon in the ring, constantly changing and adjusting to his opponent. “I consider my style like water,” he concluded. “It’s wavy because I adjust to win, and I can beat any style. I can outsmart anybody, fighting mind over matter. Boxing is 80-percent mental, 20-percent physical, and I have it all.

“My short-term goal is to win gold at The Worlds and everything else leading to the Olympics. And winning no less than gold at the Olympics. My long-term goal is to be the greatest fighter to ever walk the universe.”

Confidence is definitely not a problem for Atif Oberlton.

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Almara Air Force Academy dambe kocin Ed Weichers horas cikakken hadari

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Colorado Springs, Gwiwa. (Agusta 8, 2019) - dambe kocinEd Weichers, a shatan memba na Amurka dambe Daliban da Association, shiryar da Amurka Air Force Academy daga 1976-2014 zuwa rikodi na 19 kasa collegiate dambe tawagar wasan.

Coach Weichers 'Fighting Falcons' squads haifar da wata gagarumar 258 All-America Yan damben dai sun kuma 97 mutum zakarun. Ya teams taba gama ƙananan fiye da biyu a cikin al'umma don 27 shekaru da ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban kasa da kuma mataimakin shugaban majalisar Collegiate dambe Association (NCBA).

Koyawa wasanni a wani soja makaranta ne da yawa daban-daban, sun fi mayar saboda dalibi-da 'yan wasa a mafi yawan lokuta, musamman ma dambe, ba sana'a al'amurra. "Our Cadets aka ba horar da su zama Elite matakin yan koyo, ko ribobi,"Da yanzu 68-shekara Weichers bayyana. "A 1976, da kudin da za ta sanya daya yar jam'iyyar kadet ta shekaru hudu a Academy ya $80,000 amma, a 2014, da shekara na ja da baya, cewa adadi shi ne $417,000. Cadets ake horar da su tafi gaba da bauta wa. su tashi, yaki, lashe da kuma kare yanci da cewa dukan mu muna ji dadin. Dambe a gaba matakin ne ba wani ɓangare na tattaunawa. Na samu kira a lokacin game da mu Yan damben dai sun je na gaba matakin, yãƙi a Tauri Man gasa, da dai sauransu My amsar ne kuma ko da yaushe ya kasance m: 'Za ka ba su horar da su zama wani ɗan dambe a Air Force. Kada jeopardize your matukin cancantar ko hukumar ikon da dambe rauni. 'The Air Force yana da wani zuba jari a cikin su, da kuma na roƙe su su tafi gaba da bauta wa. Na mayar da su zuwa ga hakikanin manufar da dambe aji / shirin a Afa. Yana koyar da su yadda za a rike latsa, danniya, tsoro da tashin hankali. Dambe ba su da kai da amincewa da kuma kai girma yi kyau yanke shawara a fama karkashin matsin. A ikon rike wadannan matsin lamba da kuma sanya mai kyau yanke shawara ne bambanci a rayuwa da mutuwa a fama. "

Coach Weichers, i mana, halaye da wani babban rabo daga cikin nasara zuwa Cadets, suke fasaha, tarbiyya da kuma tawagar daidaitacce. All Cadets dauki wani m core manhaja dambe Hakika (10 darussa) su farin shiga shekara, bi da wani intramural dambe shirin kunsa 40 rundujar soja masu dawaki teams da wani m na takwas zuwa a kalla 16 Yan damben dai sun ta tawagar.

Ba wai kawai ba Weichers aiki tare da wannan m Feeder tsarin, mataki na gaba shi ne Afa Wing Open dambe Championships, a wadda Cadets aikin hannu-up don gasa a daya daga 12 rarrabu zuwa akwatin don Babu. 1 tabo, samun wani zakara tabo a kan Afa Intercollegiate dambe tawagar cewa fafatawa a yankin da kuma na kasa gasa. A ci gaba 12 Cadets wakilci dukan Air Force Academy.

"Kasa line,'Coach Weichers lura, "Wannan dabara ne kamili hadari. Na dole mu yaba wa da kuma gode biyu ilimin motsa jiki a Department shugabannin, Kanal. Don Peterson da kumaKanal. Larry Fariss, da biyu mai kira gudanarwa suke instrumental mu goyon baya da kuma samun nasarar, Kanal. John Clune da kumaKanal. Randy Spetman.

"Ina aka albarka tare da samari wanda na bayyana a matsayin overachievers. Cadets ne tenacious. Mun gina a kan wani mutum wasanni tare da wata tawagar ra'ayi. Ina da babban mataimakin kocina, mafi kyau horo da wuraren, da kuma wani yanayi da ake kewaye da ingancin mutane a duk bulan. "

Bayan ya yi ritaya a matsayin shugaban dambe kocin a Air Force Academy, Weichers jagoranci Team USA a 2014 da kuma 2015 to biyar lambar yabo, ciki har da zinare biyu, a Pan American Wasanni a Toronto.

"A shirin da aka yi hayan Billy Walsh, wanda shi ne kocin Team Ireland,"Weichers kara. "Na aikata zuwa tallafa Coach Walsh ya isa da kuma tabbatar da mika mulki santsi. Na yi wannan ne da kuma Coach Walsh, da na zama mai kyau abokai. Shi ne daidai mutum ga aiki, kuma ya kawo wani babban ci gaba da kuma bata masa suna. Ya ya taimaka kunna shirin a kusa da halitta mai lashe al'adu. Team USA ne da baya, ranked a cikin sama 10 a duniya, da kuma cewa shi ne mai kai tsaye sakamakon Coach Walsh. "

USA dambe Daliban da Association

Created to Zakaran lifelong, amfanar da dangantaka tsakanin Amurka dambe da tsofaffin] aliban, –boxers, jami'an, kocina da kuma dambe magoya — A Daliban da Association ta haɗu da al'ummomi na zakarun, yin ishãra da kuma bada baya ga USA dambe ta nan gaba dambe zakarun, a kuma daga cikin zobe.

A USA dambe Daliban da Association bude yake ga duk wanda ya ke yana da wani soyayya ga dambe da kuma so in zauna tare da alaka mai son dambe. Members ne, an bã samun wani m iri-iri na musamman events shirya ta da Daliban da Association, ciki har da shekara-shekara USA dambe Daliban da Association Hall of Fame liyafar.

Don shiga cikin Daliban da Association, kawai yin rijista aalumni@usaboxing.org ga wani $40.00 a kowace shekara membobinsu fee. New mambobi za su sami T-shirt, keychain da kuma e-walat.

Weichers shiga cikin USA dambe Daliban da Association, domin shi ne mai babbar goyon bayanJohn Brown, tsohon shugaban kasar da kuma na yanzu, mataimakin shugaban kasar Amurka dambe.

"John yana da ra'ayin ko ra'ayi (ta samar da tsofaffin] aliban jam'iyya) da kuma na dubi nufi da tunani zai zama wata karramawa da kuma gane wa anda suke ba da gudummawar a tsawon shekaru,"Weichers jawabin. "Ina fatan cewa nasara kwararru daga baya kuma ba gane wa anda suke ba da gudummawar a tsawon shekaru. Ina kuma fatan cewa su tuna su Tushen suke tare da USA dambe da kuma bayar da baya. Mun duk da taimakawa da kuma mu fara da nasara bai faru ba kadai. Kasance da tawali'u da kuma m, kuma ba da baya. "

Weichers ne high a kan Team USA, musamman ta overall m, a cikin 2020 Wasannin Olympics a Japan, yana cewa, "Muna m faruwa a cikin 2020. A key ga nasara, a ganina, ne kocin Billy Walsh. Ya aka sosai dandana. Da suna da kuma ci gaba ne saman shiryayye. Coach Walsh ne da aka sani, kuma a girmama a matakin kasa da kasa. Ya na da ikon isa fita zuwa wasu kasashe da kuma yin tabbatacce abubuwa faru ga mu 'yan wasa. Ya gyara al'adun a cikin dambe shirin, gano mu karfi, da kuma yin gyara inda mai rauni. Coach Walsh ya kawo jagoranci da kuma yiwuwa. kasa line, muna da dama kocin ga aiki a wurin. "

Weichers 'jam'iyya da NCBA kai ga dangantaka da Amurka dambe a daban-daban matakan da iyawarsa. Ya ko da yaushe ji nuna godiyarsu ba da baya ga dambe, kazalika da wani takalifi zuwa ga girma da wasanni a kowane matakin.

"Na yi sa'a / albarka aiki a wani wuri na koma zuwa kamar yadda Camelot,"Weichers kammala. "Yana da wani mai kira aljanna; core dabi'u, daraja code, kuma wata manufa da cewa kowa zai iya haɗawa tare da kuma sha'awan. Ina iya cewa ni mai kyau mutum for my kwarewa a Air Force Academy.

"Ina son wasanni na dambe, saboda abin da ya aikata ga ni, cikin sharuddan gyaren rayuwata. A tukwici da cewa ya zo tare da ganin yadda matasa maza da mata girma da kuma girma, a sakamakon kwarewa da dambe da aka sosai tabbatacce.

Kuma m Cadets ne mafi alhẽri mutane domin an horas da Ed Weichers.

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GAME USA dambe:  Manufa na USA dambe za su zama taimaka United States 'yan wasa da kuma masu koyar cimma ci m kyau, ci gaba da hali, goyi bayan wasanni na dambe, da kuma inganta da kuma girma Olympic style dambe a Amurka. Nauyin USA dambe ne ba kawai don samar da lambar zinariya, amma kuma kula da gudanar da mulki kowane bangare na mai son dambe a Amurka.

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Boxing brought Lamont Ingram back from deepest depths of despair to giving back to at-risk youths

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Colorado Springs, Gwiwa. (Yuli 8, 2019) – Former boxing prospect Lamont Ingram has survived hell on earth, which included him losing virtually everything in his life, and now he’s giving back to at-risk youths in Jackson, Tennessee.


A watan jiya, Ingram was selected Most Outstanding Referee of USA Boxing’s 2019 National Junior Olympics.

Ingram’s recovery is nothing short of incredible, especially considering he went from being an outstanding amateur boxer, who competed successfully in national amateur tournaments, to homelessness, blindness in both eyes, two failed suicide attempts and, da rashin alheri, much more despair.

“I am no longer ashamed of what I went through because it made me the man I am today,” the 38-year-old Ingram said. “My life had been so hard that I was ashamed to talk about it for so long. I now understand that my struggles are my testimony for the next person to see that he or she can make it if they keep trying.

“Boxing is all I knew, but I couldn’t see out of one eye (cornea injury) that developed at the age of 19. I got mad at God and wanted to retire. I got depressed and didn’t understand why this had happened. A 2008, I became homeless the first time with nowhere to go. I lost everything, including my family, and then went (legally) blind in the other eye. To,, God told me to work with children, and I also opened the non-profit halfway house.

“Boxing taught me how to never give up no matter how hard it gets. A 2013, I lost everything for the second time: my business, iyãlĩna, duk abin da…..and I went homeless again. But I never gave up! The following year, when everyone said it was over for me, God gave me everything back times two. I lost the building I was in, but eventually I found another building. I had no money and I lost that building in 2013. God gave it back to me in 2016, when the man who bought it, gave it back to me. Yanzu, I have the only two Federal and State halfway houses in Tennessee for special and general populations with more than 50 beds. I’m mostly at capacity all the time with men who have done 50 years calendar down to those who have done five years.”

Ingram operates the Second Chance “New Beginning” Halfway House and Homeless Shelter, as well as the Team Ingram Boxing & Mentoring Program.

Lamont started boxing when he was 14, because he used to be severely bullied to the point of having his head smashed into a brick wall, thrown into a garbage can, and jumped on repeatedly by others. Ingram’s mother sent him to a boxing coach, Rayford Collins, which turned out to be arguably the most life-changing moments of his life.

“I liked boxing,” Lamont remembered. “I wasn’t the best boxer, but I did beat some good boxers. I was a very determined young man, ko da yake. Na yi 58-10 tare da 35 knockouts as an amateur boxer. I got my special education high school diploma and later I graduated from Kaplan University with a 3.7 GPA in Business and Chemical Dependency.

“Most kids (in the boxing program) can’t afford the fee to our summer camp or boxing program going on right now. We give them a free breakfast and lunch. I really enjoy this, but I would have never thought that I’d be doing what I’m doing.”


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Created to Zakaran lifelong, amfanar da dangantaka tsakanin Amurka dambe da tsofaffin] aliban, -boxers, jami'an, kocina da kuma dambe magoya — A Daliban da Association ta haɗu da al'ummomi na zakarun, yin ishãra da kuma bada baya ga USA dambe ta nan gaba dambe zakarun, a kuma daga cikin zobe.

The USA Boxing Alumni Association is open to anyone who has a love for boxing and would like to stay connected with amateur boxing. Members are granted access to a wide variety of special events hosted by the Alumni Association, ciki har da shekara-shekara USA dambe Daliban da Association Hall of Fame liyafar.

Don shiga cikin Daliban da Association, kawai yin rijista a alumni@usaboxing.org ga wani $40.00 per year membership fee. New members will receive a T-shirt, keychain da kuma e-walat.


Team Ingram Boxing Club & Mentoring Program was founded in 2017, after Ingram’s long battle associated with him not wanting anything to do with boxing, because he believed God had done him wrong for taking away from what he loved to do and was good at, dambe. When his amateur coach, Collins, died in 2016, Lamont decided to take a larger role at the gym, to the point he was there every day.

“For some reason I wanted to be part of it and help like my coach had helped save my life,” Ingram explained. “Boxing helped me. My coach was very firm, strict and very disciplined, but he loved us and wanted only the best for us. We have so many success stories that range from those that nobody could handle, to those who had F’s in school, plus those who had no hope at all. These youths are my world; I see myself and I know that change is possible, because I changed.

“The ultimate goal of my program is to instill life skills that will go with each young person throughout their individual lives like it has for me. I understand that not everyone will be an Olympic champion, or make the USA Olympic Team, become national or world champion. They can be a piece that sows the seed that never departs the one they sowed it to.”

Ingram has been a registered USA Boxing coach and official for three years. After becoming a level 2 official, he was chosen to referee the final day of the 2018 Eastern Qualifier, a rare feat for a relatively inexperienced official, in ce mafi karanci. A 2019, he judged at the Western Qualifier and ranked No. 9 daga 100, which is an unheard-of accomplishment for a level 2 official.

“Boxing saved my life and it changed my life,” Ingram claimed. “I had a bad anger problem. I wouldn’t listen and I was disrespectful to my parents and authority figures. I stayed in trouble, on intensive probation, or locked up in juvenile detentions centers.

“I am a respectful, humble and dedicated official who loves boxing and watching people achieve their goals. People always told me what I couldn’t do; boxing showed me what I could do.”

And countless young men and women in Tennessee and the mid-South, not just Lamont, are the beneficiaries today of Lamont Ingram’s truly remarkable metamorphosis.

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Jamel “Semper Fi” Herring Patriot, Tseren & now World Champ

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USA Boxing Alumni: (L) Jamel Herring and his stablemate, Terence “Toho” Crawford
(picture courtesy of Mikey Williams / Top Rank)

Colorado Springs, Gwiwa. (Yuni 13, 2019) – Newly crowned World Boxing Organization (WBO) super featherweight champion Jamel “Semper Fi” Herring has been a fighter practically all his life as a U.S. Marine and elite boxer.

The 33-year-old Herring (20-2, 10 Kos), fighting out of Cincinnati, has come full circle since he started boxing at the age of 15. “I started because I was doing poorly in school, cut from the basketball team,” he explained on why he chose the Sweet Science. “I didn’t want to be in the streets. It was not my character, so I had to find something else to do. A friend introduced me to boxing and I stuck with it. I eventually got my grades back up and made high honor roll.”


Herring also developed into an Olympic boxer, mostly while he was serving nine years in the U.S. Marines, and even when he was deployed twice in Iraq. He compiled an 81-15 mai son rikodin, including top honors at the 2011 & 2012 Armed Forces Championships, 2011 U.S. Olympic Trials and 2012 US Nationals gold medalist, along with a silver medal at the 2010 World Military Games. He was the first active duty U.S. Marine to qualify for the US Boxing Team since 1992, as well as the first U.S. Marine to compete in the 2012 Olympics.

“I boxed a little during my second deployment during free time,” he noted. “I came back from my second deployment toward the end of 2007 and began boxing for the Marine Corps in 2008. Most of my amateur career came under the Marine Corps. I learned a lot traveling with the Marine Corps. I got to see more styles and competed in national tournaments as a Marine. They also had the funding to send me.”

The highlight of his amateur career was representing his country at the 2012 Olympics in London as captain of Team USA. Although he lost (19-9) in the opening round to two-time Kazakh boxer Daniyar Yeleussinov, who won gold at the 2013 World Championships and later at the 2016 Olympics, the opening Olympic ceremonies was the most memorable moment of his entire amateur boxing career for a special reason.

“That was the anniversary of my daughter’s passing,” Herring said. “It let me know that no matter what, you can still accomplish anything, even through ups and downs.”

Other members of the 2012 USA Olympic Team Herring captained included present day world champions in the pro ranks such as Errol Spence, Jr., Claressa Shields da kuma Marcus Browne, Tsohon Zakaran duniya Rau’Shee Warren, and world title challengers Terrell Gausha, Michael Hunter da kuma Dominic Breazeale.


Herring remains close to USA Boxing, yana cewa: “USA Boxing helped me because of the relationships I created, many of which still remain today. I met other fighters from around the world that I kept good relationships with. It also helped me become more of the people-person I am today. Being team captain taught me patience, because I had to deal with a lot of personalities, I still use those traits today. And I’m still close to my Olympic teammates today.”


USA dambe Daliban da Association

Created to champion a lifelong, amfanar da dangantaka tsakanin Amurka dambe da tsofaffin] aliban, –boxers, jami'an, kocina da kuma dambe magoya — A Daliban da Association ta haɗu da al'ummomi na zakarun, yin ishãra da kuma bada baya ga USA dambe ta nan gaba dambe zakarun, a kuma daga cikin zobe.

The USA Boxing Alumni Association is open to anyone who has a love for boxing and would like to stay connected with amateur boxing. Members are granted access to a wide variety of special events hosted by the Alumni Association, ciki har da shekara-shekara USA dambe Daliban da Association Hall of Fame liyafar.

Don shiga cikin Daliban da Association, kawai yin rijista a alumni@usaboxing.org ga wani $40.00 per year membership fee. New members will receive a T-shirt, keychain da kuma e-walat.



“Jamel is the perfect example of resiliency and persistence,” mentioned Chris Cugliari, USA Boxing Alumni Association Director. “His hard work, hadaya, and inability to quit no matter what obstacles he encounters will continue to inspire the next generation of champions for many years. The USA Boxing Alumni Association wants to thank him for all that he has given to others, both in and out of the ring.”

Nothing has ever come easy for Jamel Herring, especially his remarkable turnaround after the tragic loss of his infant daughter, Ariyanah, which happened three years to the day prior to the opening ceremonies of the Olympics.

“My road wasn’t easy,” Herring added, “I had my ups and downs. I’m an Olympian, but nothing was ever handed to me. I had to fight for everything I’ve gotten. Wannan ne lokaci!”

It certainly is, particularly after he defeated defending WBO super featherweight champion Masayuki Ito, wannan baya May 25, ya zama zakaran duniya. Proof that good things do indeed happen to good people.


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USA Boxing standout bantamweight Duke Ragan fighting for his daughter’s future

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Colorado Springs, Gwiwa. (Mayu 29, 2019) – Boxers fight for a variety of reasons. Team USA bantamweight Duke Ragan is driven in the gym and ring by his two-year-old daughter, Kennedy Ragan.


The 21-year-old Ragan trains with his fellow elite squad members in Colorado Springs, Colorado, which is a long way from his home and daughter in Cincinnati.

“It is difficult being away from her,” Ragan admitted, “but she motivates me. I’m boxing for our future.”

Ragan’s future in boxing is bright. He is the No. 1 bantamweight in the United States, who plans to cash-out after the 2020 Olympics in Japan.

Although he had his first amateur match when he was seven, Ragan was practically born to box, evident by pictures of him as an infant wearing baby boxing gloves. His father and coach, Derek “Duke” Ragwani, who named his son with his own nickname, had a lot of friends who were boxers. When Duke’s older brother by six years, Lewis Walker, trained at their uncle Sean Singleton‘s gym, young Duke was being trained in the house by his father.

“I played other sports when I was young, but I didn’t in high school,” Ragan said. “My father started training me when I was six and a year later, I was at the gym training and sparring. I didn’t want to play any sports other than boxing.”

Ragan has a 151-19 mai son rikodin, highlighted by his silver-medal performance at the 2017 World Championships. He captured gold at the 2016 & 2018 Elite National Championships, qualifying him for the 2020 Olympic Trials for Boxing, as well as at the 2016 National Golden Gloves Championships.


In addition to winning a silver medal at the 2017 World Championships, Ragan has been successful in other International competition, taking top honors at the 2017 Chemistry Cup, runner-up at the 2018 Presidents Cup, and third place finishes in the 2017 Continental Championships and 2019 Pan American Qualifier in Nicaragua. In the latter tournament, Ragan lost in the semifinals to Ecuadorian Jean Caicedo, 3-2, to qualify for the Pan-American Games, Yuli 27 in Lima, Peru.

Ragan is looking forward to avenging his controversial loss to Caicedo at the Pan-American Games. “I was the No. 1 seed at the Pan American Qualifier, and I think I’ll be the No. 1 seed at the Pan American Games,” Ragan commented. “I think I got a bad decision in the semifinals. There will be some good competition at the Pan American Games, but nobody for me to worry about.”

Self-described as a pure boxer who enjoys moving around the ring snapping jabs, Ragan also has sufficient power to put opponents to sleep. He wants to become part of Cincinnati’s rich boxing history, which has produced all-time greats such as Aaron Pryor,Ezzard Charles, Adrian Broner, Rau'shee Warren da kuma Tim Austin, da sauransu.

“Pryor and Charles boxed in the same community where I grew up,” Ragan noted. “I really haven’t done anything yet, but it would be cool to be world champion like them.”

USA Boxing has played a major role in Ragan’s young life and, if he gets his wish, it’ll continue to be for at least another year or so. “My main focus is 2020, I’ll worry about turning pro after that,” he remarked. “Amateur boxing has brought me a long way. I’m more disciplined, better focused, and a much smarter boxer. I have a higher boxing IQ. I’ve also had to learn to make sacrifices, because I’ve got to be a man to make time for my young daughter. All of this is getting me ready to be a professional.

Ragan has traveled around the world as a Team USA boxer having been to Germany and Kazakhstan (twice apiece), Poland, Bulgaria and Nicaragua. Kyakkyawan, Duke Ragan wants to continue representing his country and traveling all over the world, hopefully, booking a trip to Tokyo next year.

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Lightweight Keyshawn Davis preparing to go gold digging next year in Japan at 2020 Olympics

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Colorado Springs, Gwiwa. (Mayu 20, 2019) – Team USA lightweight Keyshawn Davis has been preparing all of his young life to represent his country in the Olympics. If everything goes as planned and remains on schedule, the Norfolk, Virginia native will be boxing for gold next year in Japan.


The 20-year-old Davis, who sports a 110-15 mai son rikodin, is racking up medals at such a torrid pace that he desperately needs to expand his display case. He is a two-time Elite National (2017-18) and two-time National PAL (2013-14) Zakaran, as well as a gold medalist at the 2017 Eastern Elite Qualifier, 2017 Youth Open and 2017 Na kasa Golden safofin hannu.

Internationally, he’s done some serious damage, ma. The highlight of his amateur career, to date, is winning gold at last year’s Strandja Tournament in Bulgaria. Davis recently captured silver at the 2019 Pan-American Games Qualifier in Nicaragua, in addition to the 2018 Chemistry Cup in Germany.

“I won my first International gold medal in Bulgaria,” Davis agreed with it being the highlight of his amateur career. “I was also selected as the Most Outstanding Boxer.”

His victory at the 2018 USA Nationals qualified him for the 2020 Olympic Trials for Boxing, while his silver at the Pan American Games Qualifier qualified him for the Pan American Games (July 27-August 2) in Lima, Peru. This year he will also be competing at the Elite Men’s World Championships (Bakwai. 7-21) in Yekaterinburg, Rasha.

“Qualifying for the Olympic Trials really wasn’t much of an accomplishment for me because it was expected,” Davis noted. “For me it was to get on Team USA, again and this is my second year on the team.

“There’s no real competition for me to qualify for the USA Olympic Boxing Team. My last fight in The Nationals was a little bit of a challenge (vs. Dalis Kaleiopu), because I slipped and got up.”

At the Pan American Games, Davis could very well face the Cuban boxer who defeated him by a score of 3-2 at the Pan American Games Qualifier, Andy Cruz, setting up a possible rubber match between the two elite boxers next year at the Olympic Games.

“There’s a very good chance we’ll fight again at the Pan-Am Games, most likely in Japan, da kuma,” Davis added. “We have to win two rounds to qualify for the finals and for me to get my revenge. Cruz has a lot more International experience than I do. Ya ke 26 years old and World Champion in our weight class.”

Davis started boxing when he was nine when, tired of Keyshawn and his two brothers fighting each other and in school, his mother asked if they wanted to go to the gym to learn how to box. They did and today, his older (Kelvin) and younger (Keon) brothers are also amateur boxers.

Not long after that he met Troy Isley, who is a fellow member of Team USA, and today they’re as close as brothers.

“I met Troy way back, after I first started boxing,” Davis remembered. “We’d meet up at the Nationals and other tournaments and hang together with my brothers. My coach retired, so I went to Troy’s gym (Alexandria, VA) and started working with Coach Kay (Koroma, USA Assistant National Boxing Coach). We’re getting close to our dream (representing the USA in the Olympics) that started so long ago that it seems unreal to be getting close. You can expect two boxers from Virginia to come back from Japan with gold medals. We’re like brothers.”

“Coach Kay first cornered me when I was 13. He’s a great coach who wants us to succeed in life, not just in the ring. He wants the best for us. We have one of the best U.S. boxing teams in a long time and it’s going to show in Japan. We always help each other out and this is a very exciting time for us right now.”

Another close friend of Keyshawn’s is, 2018 Olympics azurfa medalist Shakur Stevenson, who has been through what Keyshawn is approaching, and is now at the level as a professional prospect in which Davis aspires to reach.

“Shakur has always supported me,” Davis continued. “We talk a lot. Gaskiya, it’s hard for me not to think about turning pro, because my amateur career will be over after the Olympics. I’ve always been taught to have a plan, so I’ve been preparing, business-wise, looking into my options (manager and promoter), and to stay on the right track from the amateurs to pros.”

If he wasn’t a boxer, Davis figures he’d be a realtor, but he’s thoroughly enjoying the life as a boxer.

“This has been a great experience,” Davis spoke about his amateur boxing career, “especially this year getting ready for the Pan AMs. I’ve had opportunities to travel and meet people, but the best part is being part of a team like this. Boxing is an individual sport but, a waje da zobe, we’re always pushing hard for each other.

“I thank God every day when I get up for putting me in this position. All I want to do is provide for me and my family. At my age, I’m ahead of the game.”

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Troy Isley coming off biggest win, Preparing for 2020 Olympics

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Colorado Springs, Gwiwa. (Mayu 6, 2019) – USA Boxing middleweight Troy Isley is coming off the most significant victory of his young career, when he defeated the 2016 Olympics zinariya medalist, Cuba’s Arlen Lopez, at the recent Pan American Games Qualifier in Managua, Nikaragua.


Lopez served as a positive barometer for Isley in terms of his potential 2020 Olympic run. “Beating Lopez is my biggest win so far,” Isley admitted. “He won a gold medal at the last Olympics. I avenged my loss to him in 2017. We almost fought in The Continentals, but he lost in the quarterfinals, and I lost in the semifinals. We could face each other again in July at the Pan American Games.”

A 2017, Isley captured a gold medal at the Elite World Championships, which marked a first for an American elite boxer in six years. He’s progressed year-by-year, taking top honors at the 2012 & 2013 National PAL Championships, 2014 National Junior Olympics, 2016 & 2017 Elite National Championships. So far this year, in addition to winning at the Pan American Games Qualifier, he also took gold at the Strandja Tournament in Bulgaria.

Not too shabby accomplishments for a kid who really didn’t like boxing, especially compared to football, which was his favorite sport growing up.

“When I returned to the gym I trained at, Alexandria (VA) Boxing Club,” USA National Team assistant coach Kay Koromba remembered,” they needed help with a young kid, Troy Isley. I had a simple conversation with him. He said he’d come back to the gym if I was there coaching. I didn’t go back for a little while and he didn’t return. I eventually took over the gym when the coach left, and Troy returned.

“Troy is friends with Keyshawn Davne (USA Boxing’s No. 1-rated lightweight). They both live in Virginia (Troy in Alexandria, Keyshawn in Newport) and train with me at the Alexandria Boxing Club, when we aren’t living and training in Colorado Springs. They fought as kids and became good friends. All of the other boxers here look up to them.”

“Na yi kawai 8 and at first I really didn’t like boxing,” the now 20-year-old Isley spoke about his introduction to amateur boxing. “I was more interested in team sports like football, but I gave up boxing when I chose to compete in the Box-Offs. I just wanted to be a kid and you can’t play boxing. I went back to the gym and beat up everybody. Coach Kay told my father that he could make me into a national champion, and that gave me a lot of self-esteem.”

A self-described boxer puncher, Isley is an intelligent, well-spoken boxer with eyes on the future, outside of boxing, taking on-line business courses through DeVry University. “I can do it all,” he offered about his boxing style. “I’m working on using more jabs to be a better all-around boxer. The jab sets the offense up. I’m working on my jab because you can win fights with a jab.”

Promoters are lining up to pitch their companies to sign Isley, who has a definitive plan that involves making the 2020 USA Olympic Boxing Team, medal in Japan, and then turn professional.

“The Olympics is only a year away,” Isley noted. “I’m close with Keyshawn and Shakur(Stevenson, 2016 Olympic silver-medalist and an 11-0 pro prospect). Training with them makes things easier for all of us. We drive each other and train against different styles. I’m always picking up new stuff. We help each other training, sparring, and just talking. We’re always together, either in Alexandria or Colorado Springs. Shakur still goes there for good sparring.

“Shakur tells us a lot about his experiences in the Olympics and now as a pro. Me and Keyshawn have always talked about being together on the USA Boxing Olympic Team. We keep working hard and staying focused. It’s been our dream.”

Dreams do come true but, na farko, Isley is preparing for the Pan-Am Games and, possibly, his rubber match with the defending Olympic gold-medalist, Lopez.

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Elite Men Kick Off 2019 Western Elite Qualifier

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Reno, Nev. (Maris 26, 2019) – A 2019 Western Elite Qualifier & Regional Open Championships kicked off last night with 96 elite boxers taking to the rings to begin their journey in hopes of punching their ticket to the 2020 Olympic Trials for Boxing this December.

The three rings saw 16 exciting bouts in each ring to give a preview of what is to come during the week-long tournament at the Grand Sierra Resort & Casino in Reno, Nev. This year’s edition of the Western Elite Qualifier is the second event of the USA Boxing Olympic Trials Qualifying Series, which will see two boxers in each elite Olympic weight class advance to the Trials.


Action continues today with two sessions of boxing, beginning at noon with the prep and junior divisions, while the youth and elite men and women’s divisions will take to the ring beginning at 3:00 p.m. Est / 6:00 p.m. PST.

Follow all the action this week, including our free live stream, da clicking here.

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USA Boxing Alumni Association Profile: John “A Quietman” Ruiz

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From the projects to owning boxing’s ultimate crown


Colorado Springs, Gwiwa. (Maris 12, 2019) – From the projects to owning arguably the most respected individual title in sports, John “A Quietman” Ruiz remains the only Latino to capture the coveted world heavyweight title.

Ruiz, 47, is a proud Puerto-Rican American boxer who grew-up in a Chelsea, Massachusetts. The two-time World Boxing Association (Kambunansa na WBA) heavyweight champion, defeated USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Famer Evander Holyfield in the second of their three title fights, to secure for the first time, the world heavyweight crown.

A yi wa ado mai son ɗan dambe, Ruiz compiled a 50-5 rikodin, similar to his final pro record of 44-9-1 (30 Kos) tsakanin 1992-2010, including gold- medal performances at the All-New England Championships, USA Boxing National Championships and the Los Angeles Olympic Festival, which elevated him to the No. 1 light heavyweight position in the United States ratings.

Ruiz was also an outstanding all-around athlete at Chelsea High, particularly in football, in which he was an all-star. He started boxing at the age of seven, eventually developing his skills at the Somerville Boxing Club.

“Boxing was the only sport I figured I’d have a good chance of succeeding,” Ruiz (pictured here on far left) explained why he pursued boxing as opposed to football or another team sport. “The other sports you had to go to college, and I didn’t have the grades.”

Ruiz never looked back and no boxer ever got more out of their God-given skills than him. After winning his first tournament (PAL in New Jersey), he became part of the USA Team that traveled to Sweden to compete in a dual-meet.

“Outside of Puerto Rico (he lived there for 6-7 years in his early youth),” Ruiz remembered fondly. “I had never traveled outside of the United States. USA Boxing gave me an opportunity to travel there, Australia, Italy and all over the United States. Even more than how those experiences prepared me for the pro ranks, it gave me a taste of life experience, traveling to places I never would have been able to go to on my own. Amateur boxing also gave me structure and confidence in myself for when I turned pro. I also met so many different people, fighters and coaches, from all over the world.”

In addition to his aforementioned victory at the Los Angles Olympic Festival, which qualified him as a Team USA member to compete in the World Championships in Australia (gama 6ga watan a duniya), perhaps the highlight of his amateur career was defeating Torsten May, da 1992 Olympic gold medal winner from Germany, at a dual meet in Florida.

“My association with John goes back to 1990,” kara da cewa Al Valenti, USA Boxing Special Projects Consultant. “I was thrilled that a local kid was honing his skills in the boxing ring. John made an incredible impact on the National Amateur boxing scene in the early nineties; making it all the way to the Olympic Trials in Worcester (MA). Having been involved in the trials was extra special for me because John was such a great competitor and good kid. Boxing history will have a place for John Ruiz, not many survived 36 rounds with Evander. Being the first Latino World Heavyweight Champion was quite an accomplishment for “A Quietman”.

Ruiz turned pro August 20, 1992, winning a four-round unanimous decision over Kevin Parker. During his pro career, he defeated top contemporary names such as Holyfield,James Thunder, Jerry Ballard, Fernely Felix, Kirk Johnson, Fres Oquendo, Andrew Golota da kuma Jameel McCline.

History was made March 3, 2013 a Las Vegas, when he became only the second fighter to drop Holyfield en route to his WBA title-winning fight by way of a 12-round unanimous decision, earning him instant notoriety as the first Latino to hold the coveted world heavyweight title belt.



John Ruiz met President George W. Bush in the White House after becoming the first Latino to become world heavyweight boxing champion (Picture courtesy of the Boston Herald)

“I’m very proud to have accomplished that,” he continued, “but my main goal was to provide for my family and I always maintained that goal. Most fighters don’t succeed, but at the end of the day, that’s what pushed me. I don’t really think about being the only Latino to win the world heavyweight title, amma, when I hear people talk about it today, Ina tsammani, wow, I’m still the only Latino to do that.”

Several years ago, Ruiz opened a gym (Quietman Sports Gym) in Medford, MA, not too far from where he grew up in Chelsea and trained in Somerville. It has been a registered club member by USA Boxing since 2012, amma, more importantly, it’s Ruiz’ way of giving back to amateur boxing.

“I felt there was a need to help more kids and give them an opportunity to get out of the house and do something productive and fun,” Ruiz commented. “They all have a chance to work on self confidence and one could possibly become world champion. I feel obligated to help kids because I remember years ago when I was in the same position. They need guidance. If I didn’t have all the support I did growing up, I wouldn’t have turned out the way I did. I want to help kids understand how to accomplishment their goals.”

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Created to champion a lifelong, mutually beneficial relations between USA Boxing and its alumni, –boxers, jami'an, kocina da kuma dambe magoya — A Daliban da Association ta haɗu da al'ummomi na zakarun, yin ishãra da kuma bada baya ga USA dambe ta nan gaba dambe zakarun, a kuma daga cikin zobe.

The USA Boxing Alumni Association is open to anyone who has a love for boxing and would like to stay connected with amateur boxing. Members are granted access to a wide variety of special events hosted by the Alumni Association, ciki har da shekara-shekara USA dambe Daliban da Association Hall of Fame liyafar.

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A yau, John lives in Palm City, Florida. He’s a correctional officer for the Martin County Sheriff Department. “Winning the world title twice as a pro was awesome,” Ruiz concluded, “but I definitely enjoyed the amateurs more than the pros, even though I would have loved to have represented the USA in the Olympics. USA Boxing opened up my mind to different things, taking me off the streets of Chelsea to made me feel……special.”

John Ruiz has always preached, “Follow Your Dreams!” and he’s still doing that today.

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