Tag: Amateur boxing

Dr. Charles Butler is Elected USA Boxing President

[by Julie Goldsticker/USA Boxing] Dr. Charles Butler (Kalamazoo, Mich.), a long-term ringside physician and AIBA committee member, has been elected to serve as the President/Chair of USA Boxing. Butler was chosen by his fellow USA Boxing Board of Directors members to fill the role following the removal of Hal Adonis as President. “It is a

Part One-The finals: The Olympic weights – 51kg, 60kg and 75kg.

[by Michael O’Neil] Additional reporting by AIBA.org Saturday was finals day in the 7th AIBA Women’s World Boxing championships in Qinhuangdao, North East China which has also served as the only female Olympic Qualifier. Once again the main focus of attention was on the three Olympic weights 51 kg, 60kg and 75kg. We had already

Katie Taylor Qualified for Olympic Games…But Clearly wants more

[By Michael O’Neill] Katie Taylor has already qualified for the Olympic Games but has made it quite clear that she dearly wants to go to the ExCeL Centre as the World Champion for the fourth time. On Friday morning (today-timezone in China) she meets the ever improving 19 years old, Mavzuna Chorieva, the Tajikistan champion

Team USA’s Esparza and Cruz the Open 2012 World Championships in Victorious Fashion While Miller Notches Second Win

[By Julie Goldsticker / USA Boxing] Former flyweight foes Marlen Esparza (Houston, Texas) and Christina Cruz (New York, N.Y.) opened 2012 Women’s World Championships with first round victories in Qinhuangdao, China on Sunday. Esparza, who competes in the flyweight division, took her first step toward international qualification for the 2012 Olympic Games in London with

Day Three at the 7th Women’s World Championships in Qinhuangdao

[By Michael O’Neill] Today saw the first appearance of ‘Magnificent Mary’, at flyweight, at the 7th AIBA World Boxing Championships in Qinhuangdao as Indian ‘living legend’ and five times AIBA World Champion Chungneijang Mary Kom Hmangte came face to face with Japan’s Asian championships bronze medallist, Ayako Minowa. In truth it was a one-sided encounter