For the second consecutive month, a number of Beltway amateur boxers are ranked among the world's best -- according to Michael Smith, a gentleman out of the United Kingdom who has taken the time to rank the world's best amateurs in his independent rankings.
In the Junior (formerly Cadet) rankings, the big mover was 154-pounder Dimitrius Ballard who jumped from 10th to number seven.
At 106 pounds, Gary Antonio Russell moved up two places to number 11. At 119 pounds, Antonio Magruder remained in the 11th spot while Alantez Fox drop one position to number seven at 139 pounds.
In the Youth (formerly Junior) world rankings, both Gary Allen Russell and Emmanuel Taylor dropped a notch in the 141-pound class. Russell is now at 13 while Taylor is at 15. Nick Kisner held steady at number eight in the 201-pound class.
In a separate posting, Smith labeled boxers who he feels will be future champions once they turn 16 and enter the Youth rankings. Included on that list are Beltway Boxers Dusty Harrison and Gervonta "Tank" Davis.
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man who are you kidding tank or dusty cant get off there chair let alone win big when they have too
no matter what you say them russells boys will rise to the top
haha. let the hate begin. tank has won the national silver gloves TWICE since 2006!! Dusty won the National Jr. Golden Gloves, Ringside multiple times AND the National Silver Gloves.
Both of these kids are still under 16 years old - so I'm not even going to respond to those type of posts anymore. . .
They are both 13 and are just having too many fights for the young age. One has 84 and the other 177. Thats crazy! This probably never attend school. Always on a boxing trip.
they are not 13. Tank is 14 and Dusty is 15. You say too many fights, but it's all about how you box. You can't go off the number of recorded bouts. Some boxers that only have 5 bouts, spar and train harder (and take more punishment) than a boxer with 40 bouts. My point is that you can't generalize and you obviously haven't met these two boxers either. I'm not their teacher, but our boxers do well in school because boxing makes you structure your time well because you get into a routine. Most coaches don't allow boxers to train or compete if there grades are bad. Most parents too.
Missing school is part of it, but teachers give the kids work to do and I know of several students that miss school because one plays in a orchestra and another is an actor. If you are the best in the country at something no matter what the activity - you have to sacrifice other things. It takes balance. We have some of the best amateur boxers in the world in the dc area. These two are just two examples of why.
both are 14! not 13 nor 15.
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