Eric Puente
USA Amateur sensations Julius Ballo, Eric Puente, Citlalli Ortiz continue their winning ways
2016 California Silver Gloves Once again, it was Julius Ballo of the Bomber Squad Academy, El Cajon, Calif. defeating all comers in another big tournament. This time it was the 2016 California State Silver Gloves. The 13-year-old, representing his local LBC 44 District of USA Amateur Boxing in the 12/13 year-old, 90 pound weight bracket, […]
2016 Junior Olympic, Prep National & Youth Open Championships
Day one of the Junior Olympic and Prep National Championships and Youth Open competition was Tuesday, June 28, 2016, with 167 bouts scheduled in four rings (334 competitors) and continued daily through Saturday, July 2, when the final 41 bouts were contested. All told, they had close to 850 participants, 75 officials working the event […]
USA Amateur Jr Olympics Boxing Show results
April 5, 2014 On Saturday, the National City Community Youth Athletic Center hosted the 10 boxers competing in this year’s District Junior Olympic competition. As with all tournaments the competition was fierce. Here are our results from the matches. In Bout #1, it was 15 year-old Jovany Contreras (122.6 lbs.) of Barrio Logan taking on […]
Results of USA Amateur Boxing Show at Pacific Coast
April 7, 2010, news flash: At about 9:00 p.m. this evening, an unknown assailant entered the Pacific Coast Boxing gym in Vista with a firearm and fired seven shots. The suspect fled the scene. As a result of the shooting three subjects sustained gunshot wounds. One victim expired on scene. The others were transported […]