I am receiving word that eight Beltway amateurs won national titles at the Silver Gloves Championships in Independence, MO. Congratulations to the following champions:
Zimmie Dickinson 10/11 year old 65lbs. (Sugar Ray Leonard)
Gervonta "Tank" Davis 10/11 year old 80lbs. (Upton Boxing)
Vernon Spriggs 10/11 year old 95lbs. (Benning Park)
Robert "KC" Clark 12/13 year old 139lbs. (Old School)
Darryl Little 14/15 year old 80lbs. (Headbangers)
Marcus Gaddis 14/15 year old 119lbs. (Sugar Ray Leonard)
Antonio Magruder 14/15 year old 112lbs. (Headbangers)
Greg Outlaw 14/15 75lbs. (Sugar Ray Leonard)
Dickinson was also named the Outstanding Boxer for the 10/11 year old division.
My thanks to KD for the results and for the videos.
Here are a number of videos from the championship day at the Silver Gloves:
Congrats ALL! Especially you Zimmie! I enjoyed the video...you have LOTS of energy!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!!! Great job fellas. I'm proud of all of you. This is one heck of an accomplishment. Just a note that this is Tank's 2nd National Title, but I'm sure others will be joining the list.
ReplyDeletePlease support DC amateur boxing. We have one of the strongest youth boxing programs in the US and this just supports that statement.
WOW! It must get tough out there.
ReplyDeleteLarwence Sing lost 1st. fight
Kareem Martin was stopped first fight.
Dusty Harris lost first bout.
Tez Foxx lost very first bout.
Rock Warden lost in Championship bout. Now these guys have been boxing for years. You know its tough out there in Kansas City.
Good news is we had a few champions. Tony Magruder-Prime Time
Marcus Gadis Suger Rays
Robert KC Clark Old School
Vernon from Benning Park
Fights r on Youtube. Check it out and judge for yourself
ReplyDeletePics galore your infomation is wrong about Kareem Martin.Kareem Martin lost a controversial 3-2 decision and Tony Magruder is a headbanger get your infomation right before putting out comments.
ReplyDeleteAlso Darryl Little won the championship and he is also headbanger.
ReplyDeleteCorrection: Tank is in the 12/13 year old division now, not 10/11.
ReplyDeleteGary - Championship Bouts are here:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=568AA4FBE0F2FD93
Bouts on the playlist on this page are from previous day at Silver Gloves.
Wow! Impressive! Enjoyed watching!
ReplyDeleteMuch skillz.
i seen the tape of kareem martin, he was not stopped, pics galore has the infon wrong. now kareen did lose 5-0 and after seeing tape-i understand why. kareem martin needs to spar with kids his own age. i hear devon matos who is number 1 in his weight class has really been roughing up kareem in the gym. that may have caused kareem martin not to have confidence in himself. kareem martin will be back next year, you can bet on that. he is still ranked number 8 in the silver gloves and that means alot. rember number 8 in all 50 states says alot. Devon Matos is still number 1 because he won last year year and he did not box this year. He will remain number 1 for two years under USA rules. Kareem Martin is actually lucky because he has the best in the country to spar with in Devon Matos.
ReplyDeleteThat's Bull@#$%, I watched them spar before and Devon does not take advantage of Kareem. Devon knows he is much better than Kareem and takes it easy on him more than you know. Kareem looked much better when he was at Sugar Ray's and he was unbeatable back then, but trust me, Kareem will be back in both ways. He will be back with Sugar Rays and he will be back as a Silver Gloves Champion.
ReplyDeleteMark my words-You heard it hear first.
Sugar Ray Leonard Gym has the best boxers in PVA right now!!!!
ReplyDeleteevery boxer who let the parent talk them into going to another gym really regrets it now. they will be begging to come back-you watch.
ReplyDeleteDONT CRY NOW! YOU DUMMIES LEFT SUGAR RAY'S WHERE YOU GOT THE BEST TRAINING FROM COACHES WHO CARE ABOUT YOU. YOU WENT TO HEADBANGERS AND YOU ARE NOW LEFT OUT IN THE COLD. NOW ALL OF OUR GUYS ARE LOOKING GOOD AND ALL OF THE ONES WHO LEFT ARE GETTING PUNISHED IN THE SILVERS. MARCUS GADIS BEAT THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF KAREEM MARTIN SPARRING. MARCUS WINS THE SILVERS, KAREEM DAMN NEAR GETS STOPPED. SUGAR RAY HAS THE BEST COACHES AND BOXERS IN PVA RIGHT NOW. YOU DUMMIES MADE YOUR BED, NOW LAY IN IT... I HEAR THAT MOST DAYS YOU TRAIN WITHOUT A COACH,, YOU ARE LEFT ON YOUR OWN. ADMIT YOU ARE WRONG AND MADE A MISTAKE AND JUST COME ON HOME...
ReplyDeletemost of the boxers left headbangers and went to nomis and are doing much better now. they want to go back to Ray's but dont know how to ask
ReplyDeleteYou have some of it wrong. Yes most boxers left Headbangers and went Nomis, but those boxers never trained at Ray's. The ones who trained at Ray's are too emmbarrassed to return. Trust me-they want to though! Give it some time. Everyone wants to be part of the number one gym. The facility is bigger, they hold fights there, they have the best coaches available and they are winning big everywhere they go
ReplyDeleteRays Gym is the Greatest!!!!
ReplyDeleteKareem Martin is in 12/13 112lbs. Marcus G is 15 at 119lbs. That's a pretty big gag, fellas. Considering that, Kareem did well in sparring. I was there too along with the other gyms.
ReplyDeleteTwin, I don't know what rule your are referring to, but from what I know, the Silver Gloves has been used to determine ranking for juniors - but that is only until the following year's tourney. #1 only lasts for one year not two. If it did, we would have 3 boxers (2007, 2008 and 2009) ranked #1 in a division at the same time. That doesn't make sense, does it? A copy of the rulebook can be found here: www.usaboxing.org/20042005Rulebook1.pdf
ReplyDeletePlease tell me what rule you are referring to.
sounds to me that sugar rays gym is doing it big tyme. keep up the good work. palmer park is back on the map. by the way, marcus g could have easly made 112 lbs.
ReplyDeletehe is a future champion and he is the best boxer out of ray's right now. he is hungry and it shows.
he will not leave there like the other retards did. he knows a good thing when he has it. the man has a great trainer who cares. not some pop in trainer who comes around once or twice every other week and only care what he looks like working the corner. in his new sun-glasses. what a damn joke.
does he not know that everyone is laughing at him???
Ray's Gym Is The Greatest OF All Time!!!!
I know who you are talking about and I am laughing so damn hard that my ribs are square dancing.
ReplyDeleteI am sticking that song in my cd player. (I wear dark sunglasses at night)
Holy Cow!!! I love Boxing along the beltway.
ReplyDeleteYall are crazy!! Seriously though, DC gyms work together more than other gyms in any city in the country and it shows when we go out of town. All the gyms get together for sparring regularly and when we go out of town - DC is well represented. Other cities may have more boxers, but they don't "know" each other and it shows in the interaction between the boxers.
ReplyDeleteI think this crop of 10-17 year olds we have may be one of the strongest crops of boxers we've had around here for a while (but I haven't been around for long so I'm just guessing).
Marcus and Kareem sparring is on youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty7bHy1IWEQ
ReplyDelete(3:30 mark - Kareem in blue shirt) Kareem looks good to me, Lil ray.
dominic wade and antonio magruder is the best beltway amatures we have right now hands down!!! dominic is on his way to represent the usa in russia and antonio is on his way to represent the usa in azerbijan backu,,,, big ups to both of them, thats real big!!!
ReplyDeleteWade is from round 1's 6th gym and Tony Magruder is from Prime Time.
ReplyDeleteBoth can box very goode.
Anonymous should remain anonymous because he does not know a damn thing about boxing or coaching and I think he's very ignorant to make such comments about a child.
ReplyDeleteThe Headbangers is the most elite boxing team in the country. They have 89 National champions. If you want find out come to our house.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Pimpin. We get a lot of good comments but unfortunately a lot of ignorance too! You gotta take that for what it is and just ignore that crap here. The more attention you pay to the haters the more they hate. You can't stop them from posting BS. It's a little sad to me - but the reality is you never know who is posting what or who they are really representing or in most cases MISREPRESENTING. Let's keep that in mind everyboday. A lot of people would love to see the area gyms divided because working together has u ALL punishing the competition. YOU CANT BELIEVE EVERY POST YOU READ.i
ReplyDeleteHeadbangers may very well be a decent boxing gym, but right now Sugar Ray's is on top of everyone by far. They are winning everything, they have the best coaches available, they do not allow any horseplaying whatsoever.
ReplyDeleteAll sparring is supervised, everyone has a USA boxing book. They just took more guys to the Silver gloves than any other gym, they just had an entire team beat a team from Ireland, in fact, they pitched a shut out against Ireland.
The kids there do not have to dish out $100.00 per month just to box.
Kids that left there are now begging to come back. Dumb ass parents talked them into leaving.
Now the kids that left are losing in the silvers, and are forced to watch Sugar Rays win it all.
Sugar Rays boxers are on youtube and they deserve to be. They are not traitors like some I know.
They are what a team is supposed to look like. Those kids are well behaved, yet turn into a pure animal once inside the boxing ring.
When others hear that you are from Sugar Ray's, they imdeiatley get scared. Face it, right now Ray's gym is hitting on all cylinders and I give most credit to the hard work the coaches put in on a daily basis. Those coaches are there everyday helping those young men.
Coaches there are for the kids, they are not there just to be seen in the corner or on television.
They could careless about such childish behavior, they just want to treat the kids right and be the best they can be. My hats off to Sugar Ray's. All of you there are doing a great job, keep up the good work. Palmer Park is back!!!
Ok Fox!
ReplyDeleteI can assure everyone here with 100% certainty that the over-the-top posts about SRL are NOT from ANY coaches or staff!!! Anyone can come on this blog and post anything as if they are representing a gym or any person. That can be good or bad. Right now, we're seeing more of the downside.
ReplyDeleteI know that these posts are coming from someone not even in the SRL gym because the facts are always wrong. FACT: SRL did not post a shutout over Ireland. FACT: SRL did NOT have the MOST kids at the Silver Gloves.FACT: SRL youtube page features SRL, Headbangers, Benning Park, Upton, Dream Team, Nomis and other area boxers - as well as other nationally-ranked boxers from various tournaments.
Again, stop trying to stir up trouble. It won't work . . .all the coaches from area gyms COMMUNICATE with each other and don't go off what they read on the internet.
Whatever! Rays is still number 1 right now
ReplyDeleteLook lady, I know it is you writing all these negative comments. I also know it is your husband instructing you what to write. People are not as stupid as you think. Coaches do talk to one another and fully know what you are trying to do. You place prank calls when we are out of town, you make 34 copies of DVD's and give them out just to make another boxer look bad. You are hatin on everyone, even the ones that are close to you. You kept the money for the three heavy-bags and purchased two $12.00 items instead.
ReplyDeleteYou will never change, but people have now came to realize just how cruel you can be. You ripped the man off who owns WDL sports and blamed it on your so called friend.
You need to get your fat ass a job!
Money for three heavy bags? I know now...Busted!!!
ReplyDeletefirst of all, i know what u r trying 2 say. 2nd. of all, the money was returned the very next day. ask the man who gave it to him. get your facts right. he has never once asked me to write anything.
ReplyDeleteI see someone hit a nerve here.
ReplyDeleteBoxing has no place for women.LOL
Crook
ReplyDeleteYou are a Very Dishonest person.
ReplyDeleteThe bad thing about it, you could easly be on top of the boxing world right now. Wake up-it's not too late. Get your act together.
Worry about you and yours. Think about what matters most right now?
You get too involved>>>>>++++
LOL! Somebody is busted. You might as well stop using anonymous since everyones seems to know who you are. . .let everybody else in on the secret.
ReplyDeleteI figured it had to be one salty culprit stirring up crap.
There is DEFINITELY room for women in boxing, but we don't need anybody shady.
Don't you just love the internet.
People Left Sugar Ray Cause They Was Some Garbage And They Still Is...SRL Dont Show They Boxers No Attention...Maybe They Do Now But They Didnt..But Hey They Only Have 2 Boxers Left...Marcus And Greg...Lets Count How Many Left Sugar Ray...U Got Deven,Kareem,Signh,Big Pimpin,Vincent,Darius,And Drew And All Of Them Went 2 Wat???DA HEADBANGERS!!!!
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