Category: Amateur Boxing

Youth, Novice Golden Gloves titles handed out – by Brian Ackley

  (JULY 11)  The first of the 2014 national Women’s Golden Gloves championships have been handed out yesterday and today after some crowd pleasing bouts in the senior novice and youth division.  The open finals are Saturday night at the Pier 66 Hyatt Regency in Fort Lauderdale. General admission tickets at $15 will be available

Adams and Taylor On The Gold Trail Once More In Bucharest’s European Elite Championships – by Michael O’Neill

  (JUNE 4)  Wednesday sees the quarter-final stages of the 2014 Women’s Elite Championships in downtown Bucharest, Romania and few surprises as yet from this year’s Championships. The Olympic Gold medallists from London 2012 are both on the ‘Gold trail’ again on Wednesday with Nicola Adams in action against Bulgaria’s Stoyka Petrova at 51kg whilst

Boxing: 9th European Women’s Boxing Championships – by Michael O’Neill

  The 9th Edition of the Women’s European Elite Championships got underway Saturday at the Polyvalenta Sports Hall in downtown Bucharest, Romania and few surprises from the first two days of the 2014 Championships which also serve as the only qualifier for the 2015 inaugural European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan where for the first time there

Seven United States Boxers to Compete for Gold at the Cheo Aponte Tournament in Puerto Rico – by Julie Goldsticker

  (MAY 31) (COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Seven American boxers will box in final round action at the Cheo Aponte Tournament tonight in Caguas, Puerto Rico. Female flyweight Marlen Esparza (Houston, Texas), male lightweight Genaro Gamez (San Diego, Calif.), female lightweight Melissa Parker (Fountain, Colo.), male light welterweight Abraham Nova (San Diego, Calif.), male welterweight

Reigning Youth World Champions Shakur Stevenson, Jajaira Gonzalez and Darmani Rock to Compete in the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in China

[By Julie Goldsticker] (MAY 8) COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Three of USA Boxing’s fastest rising stars will represent the United States at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games, August 16-28 in Nanjing, China. Newly crowned youth world champions Shakur Stevenson (Newark, N.J.), Jajaira Gonzalez (Glendora, Calif.) and Darmani Rock (Philadelphia, Pa.) are slated to compete in