Two female Beltway Boxers captured titles at the US Amateur Boxing Championships in Colorado Springs, CO.
Middleweight champion Franchon Crews of Baltimore, MD won her third straight US title with a 42-36 victory over former national champion Allana Huggins of Fort Worth, TX. According to USABoxing.org, Crews was behind on points 30-26 after three rounds, but then came out punching in the fourth and final round to capture the title.
In the heavyweight division, Anne Gibbon of Annapolis, MD won the title when her bout with Wendell, NC's Nikki Cane was stopped on points early in the third round.
On the men's side, Salisbury, MD 165-pounder Fernando Guerrero advanced to the finals by defeating Jonathan Nelson of Little Rock, AK, 12-9. However, Capitol Heights, MD 119-pounder Gary Russell, Jr. lost his semifinal bout to Ronny Rios of Santa Ana, CA via medical disqualification. Of course, Russell had qualified for the Olympic Trials before the start of the US Championships.
Gary thanks so much for keeping us posted with the amateurs.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Update. That is most appreciated. Sorry I can't do more with the amateurs than I do.
ReplyDeleteguerro will beat porter tommorow in my opinion
ReplyDeleteagreed, fernando will rock his world worse than dominic. bet if this was the tournament that decided the olympic team all these guys wouldn't be pulling out, huh? i wonder if they would pull out on a medical dq before the gold medal bout in beijing? nope... its just they dont want to risk hurting their confidence or their body against guys that have chances of beating them
ReplyDeleteIn reference to Gary Russell, Jr disqualification, against Ronny Rios, must he return in 2012?
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