Four local amateur Beltway Boxers will participate in the finals of the 2006 Junior Olympics in Marquette, Michigan.
Defending middleweight champion Dominic Wade of Largo recorded his third stoppage of the tournament, defeating Michael Rauchut of Philadelphia. Wade will now face Issac Atencio of Denver, CO in a rematch of the 2006 Silver Gloves title bout. Wade won the first bout between the two.
Wade's younger brother, Darious Moton, will be in the finals of the 95-pound division. Moton defeated Oscar Cantu of Kingsville, TX 16-7 to advance to the final round. Moton will face Favian Cervantez of Arleta, CA in the championship bout.
Speaking of family ties, Gary A. Russell of Capitol Heights will try to follow in the footsteps of older brother Gary Russell, Jr. by winning a Junior Olympic championship. Gary A. who goes by Allen, won a hard-fought semifinal defeating Oscar Molina of Commerce, CA 18-16. Allen will now face Gerardo Iberra, Jr. of Houston for the light welterweight crown.
Super heavyweight Zakki Scott of Temple Hills will be in the championship contest in his division. Scott advanced by recording a second-round stoppage against Matthew Burgess of Tacoma, WA. Scott will face the defending national champion Trevor Bryan of Albany, NY.
In the light flyweight division, Kevin Rivers, Jr. of Waldorf lost his semifinal match to Randy Caballero of Coachella, CA, 20-14. In the 201-pound division, Tavon Sol of Baltimore lost a semifinal bout to Norman Neeley of Paterson, NJ 17-9.
Gary, Darious Moton is in no way what-so-ever related to Dominic Wade. Please get that straight inmediatelt!!!
ReplyDeleteI hope you tell USA Boxing because that is where I got that information from. The Washington Post also said the same thing.
ReplyDeleteIf you go to USAboxing.org and read the results from yesterday, that is what they said.
I do apologize for the mixup but again, I got the info from USABoxing.org.
ReplyDeleteAs a matter of fact, here is EXACTLY what USA Boxing said in its report:
ReplyDelete"The 95 pound division took the ring for the first time in Friday morning with two semifinal contests. Favian Cervantez (Arleta, Calif.) won his opening bout of the tournament, winning a 17-9 decision over Amir Iman (Albany, N.Y.). Cervantez will battle Darious Moton (Oxon Hill, Md.) in the final round. Moton opened his first Junior Olympic tournament with a 16-7 win over Oscar Cantu (Kingsville, Texas). Moton is the younger brother of defending middleweight champion Dominic Wade and the two hope to enjoy a junior Olympic title in the same year."