In front of a packed house at Tony's Gym in Southeast, DC, seven open champions and two novice titlists were crowned during the second and final day of the USA Open Amateur Championships.
Here are the Novice Champions:
152 pounds: Marquis Taylor (Tony's Gym) defeated Kwame Ritter (Unattached)
201+ pounds: Danny Kelly ( Benning Park) defeated Mike DeSantos (Old School Boxing)
There was also a matched bout in the 65 pounds/8-9 year age group as Gregory Burton (Langdon Recreation Center) defeated Malcolm Lowery of Benning Park.
Now to the Open Championship Bouts with the winners heading to the East Central Regional Tournament in Charleston, WVA on February 13-15.
119 pounds: Marcus Gaddis (Sugar Ray Leonard Center) defeated Antonio Magruder (Headbangers) by disqualification in the third round. Magruder lost three points for holding in the third round. Three points deducted in any round is an automatic disqualification.
125 pounds: Kevin Rivers (Headbangers) defeated Joel Young (Keystone Boxing)
132 pounds: Elvis Modrano (Old School Boxing) defeated Joseph Rector (Books and Boxing)
141 pounds: Gary Allen Russell (Keystone Boxing) defeated Demarcus Wiley (Sugar Ray Leonard) by disqualification in the third round. Wiley lost three points in the final round for holding.
152 pounds: Alantez Fox (Dream Team) defeated Marquis Moore (Keystone Boxing)
165 pounds: Eric Gowan (Jeff Gordon) defeated Mark Baltimore (Sugar Ray Leonard).
178 pounds: Thomas Williams (Cherry Lane) defeated Sulieman Harrington (Hillcrest)
There are also four unopposed Open Champions:
112 pounds: Erick Cruz (Lime Lite)
112 pounds -- Female: Maria Cash (Headbangers)
165 pounds -- Female: Franchon Crews (Keystone Boxing)
201 pounds -- Charles Johnson (Sugar Ray Leonard)
For the first time, we have a BATB Post-Fight Wrap-up for an amateur card. My Fightnews.com colleague "Priceless" Steve Price joins me to analyze the great bouts on this card.
Gabcast! Boxing Along the Beltway #145 - Post-Fight From USA Open Amateur Tournament!
"Priceless" Steve Price and I recap the second and final night of great amateur action at the USA Open Tournament at Tony's Gym in Southeast, DC!
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Oh please give us more, Post Fight Wrap Ups of Amateur Shows!!! Loved it!!!!
One of the best damn boxing nights I have ever seen. Marcus Gaddis stop Tony Magruder again for the second time. Now this kid may win it all in the Rockies. He looked as sharp as a razor.
Elvis Medrano drops Rector in the first round and goes on to win a decision. Unfortunately Elvis Medrano has a snow balls chance in hell when he gets to the Rockies.
As expected Tez Foxx gave MarQuis Moore a boxing lesson. Actually toyed with him at moments.
Tez is 6 foot 7 and used it to his advantage. Tez just might be collecting that $1250 a month winners fee from the USABF.
No one wanted to fight Murphy. He looked so good last week that he has put the fear of God in everyone. He too is on the top of his game.
James you are right-a great show.
However, you are so wrong about so much. Magruder just lost because he was not properly conditioned. You will see the next time they meet.
Rector was off balance in the first round, plus Medrano has lost to Rector 3 times prior to that.
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Tez I cannot argure a word.
Murphy is a 141 novice and in unable to go regardless.
Great officiating! No bad calls...
Keep up the good work Tony. One of the better shows by far.
man jammin james you must be blind! lil tony allmost knocked marcus out with them clean accurate punches;;the first round was like a punching bag! for the second time,,they only fought 1 time,,just tell marcus dont dock the golden gloves! if lil tony is in tip top condition,,he'll put marcus to sleep! this was his first time going 3mins,,and it showed,,but the skills cant be matched thatsfor sure,,according to many who was there! and tez put that work in,,way to go tez!!!! jammin james must be nuts lol cause lil tony looked like mayweather for sure,,until he gassed out!!!dont sleep;;gloden gloves right around the corner! magruder never been stopped in his life! dq dont mean stop u nut!
hey gary is magruder and gaddis fighting again in the gloden gloves? i think magruder will put him to sleep next time because he was catching marcus with some clean flush punches,,,marcus better be lucky tony gased out,,cause its clear whos the better fighter is! lil tony just need to step up his conditioning,,he'll be awsome! did u see those reflexes?? cant wait for the golden gloves! keep up the good work gary,,these kids are the future in boxing!
Fact is fact. . .You can say what could have happened or should have happened in this sport. You have to mae it happen. golden gloves is prestigious, no doubt but it doesn't pay money!!! This was the show for dough. No excuses. $1000 a month for a year is up for grabs. Marcus will be in better condition too, so don't forget. Even before tony gassed out, marcus still looked good. Gaddis won the national silver gloves last year and lost by 3 pts to the Junior Olympic National runner-up - who he previously beat in route to the National Silver Gloves Title.
OH BTW, DID I MENTION THAT GADDIS HAS ONLY BEEN BOXING FOR 2 YEARS!!! That boy has a huge upside. I know he shocked a lot of you, but give that boy his just due.
I also agree Fox looked tough and will only get tougher. He may end up 6'7" but he's not that tall. He's 6'3 1/2", but AT ONLY 16 YEARS OLD, he was very impressive. Great boxer.
There will be some great boxers coming out of Philly for the Regionals. Good luck to all the guys.
look man-tony is a good lil boxer and you dont need all the excuses to why he was stopped. IT SAYS RSC in his book. Referee Stops Contest!
Marcus does not need to box in the Golden Gloves, he has bigger fish to fry. Boxers who now get into the Golden Gloves are the one who lost in the USA Tournament. Dont kid yourself. Furthermore, Tony was out on his feet several times and that is why the ref stopped it right before Barry threw the towel in. I have the entire match on tape and am currently showing it on youtube.com. now tony may make a comeback but he will need to get in better shape. word is that USABF is considering making open class fights 4 rounds of 3 minutes each. USABOXING.ORG
SCREW THE GOLDEN GLOVES! $25.oo just to enter. Cheapest ticket at the door$30.00 If you do win, you get paid nothing. I think USA is the only tournament that pays!
RSC or DQ'ed everyone seen what happened. It was a serious beat-down!!! Looks even worse on tape>>>
Forward>>> Reverse<<< Pause===
OMG! Eject in the 3rd. Round
from looks of tape-it looks like ref saved Tony from receiving further damage. I pre-dick that Tony wins Golden Gloves!
yeah as long as Marcus does not enter
worst time i ever had.
no seat
flat cokes
beetle juice in everyones way
$3.50 hotdogs
skinny ring girl
GREAT DAMN FIGHTS THOUGH!!!!
You should never take an oppenant lightly! I hope you dummies have learned a lesson. Did you actually think the guy you were scheduled to box was not training to box you too???
technically, not a RSC. Three warnings in one round is an automatic DQ.
very good show the 165 mark baltimore look like he was strong but was wild if he calmed down and took his time he could be dangerous
whatever becky! i was there! i seen it!
Correction I made a silly mistake Elvis Medrano has never lost to Joseph Rector. As a matter of fact all of Rector's only four loses have being thanks to Elvis Medrano he seems he can not get past that boy. I feel sorry for Rector.
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