Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Beltway Ladies Night at USA Boxing National Championships!

Three Beltway lady boxers have advanced to the quarterfinals of the USA Boxing National Championships in Colorado Springs, CO.

Tyreishia Douglas of Baltimore, MD won a 17-11 decision over LaTonya King of Harrison, MI in the 112-pound bracket.

Both local 165-pounders advanced to the next round. Franchon Crews of Baltimore won a 29-7 decision over Raven Barnes of Marquette, MI while Fairfax, VA's Dara Shen captured an 18-8 decision over Kalita Marsh of Smithfield, NC. Conceivably, the two locals could meet in the finals because of their set-up in the bracket.

The fourth local lady -- Asia Stevenson of DC -- is slated to compete in the quarterfinals of the 125-pound bracket today. There are only seven ladies in her bracket.

It was a rough night for the Beltway men last night as two of the three boxers were eliminated. Only Jerry Odom of Bowie, MD advanced to the quarterfinals of the 178-pound bracket with an RSC-2 in the second round over Devin Goins of Stone Mountain, FL.

However, Kevin Rivers of Landover, MD was stopped in the third round (RSC-3) by Jose Ramirez of Avenal, CA in the 132-pound class. In the 201+ class, Danny Kelly of DC lost his second round bout 13-6 to Laron Mitchell of San Francisco, CA.

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