Tag: Amateur boxing

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

AIBA Provisionally Approve New National Boxing Federation in India / Update on suspension of Danish Boxing Association – by Michael O’Neill

There is much relief in India today at the news that ‘the International Boxing Association (AIBA) Executive Committee (EC) has approved the application of Boxing India (The Bout outside the Ring) as provisional new AIBA member for India until ratification by the AIBA Congress, following recommendations by the AIBA Evaluation Committee’. This latest AIBA EC

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

The United States’ Shakur Stevenson, Jajaira Gonzalez, and Darmani Rock to Compete for Gold at the 2014 Youth World Championships

[Story by Julie Goldsticker/USA Boxing] (COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Three American boxers kept their winning streaks in tact on Wednesday at the 2014 Youth World Championships at the Armeec Arena in Sofia, Bulgaria. 2013 Junior World Champions Shakur Stevenson (Newark, N.J.) and Jajaira Gonzalez (Glendora, Calif.) both advanced to their second straight World Championship finale

Team USA Clinches Four Berths in the Semifinals at the 2014 Youth World Championships

[Story by Julie Goldsticker/USA Boxing] (COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Four representatives for the United States boxing team secured spots in the semifinal round with quarterfinal wins on Monday at the 2014 Youth World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. Male flyweight Shakur Stevenson (Newark, N.J.), female lightweight Jajaira Gonzalez (Glendora, Calif.), female middleweight Martha Fabela (Oakland, Calif.)