Amateur Boxing
One Training Center hosts their first USA Amateur Boxing Show
When this reporter was growing up, it was not uncommon for the head of household, namely your father, to be holding down two jobs. It was out of necessity to make ends meet. On Saturday, Andy Murad, one of today’s most celebrated mixed martial artists, plus owner/operator of the One Training Center in Spring Valley, celebrated […]
Results from the Friday Night Fights Show at Bound Boxing, August 26, 2016
On Friday evening, August 26, 2016, the Bound Boxing Academy of Chula Vista, Calif. delivered another classic show in front of another packed house. With an assist from 14 gyms, 26 boxers, 11 USA Amateur Boxing officials, the host gym had themselves another tight, highly competitive show.
USA Olympic Boxing update, Tuesday, August 16, more controversy
Rewind: It’s Tuesday, late morning and you’re 19-year-old Shakur Stevenson, a USA Team boxer from Newark, New Jersey, getting ready to step into the ring first at the Riocentro Pavilion 6. But what’s that you see, the great Floyd Mayweather, Jr. is in the audience and he’s cheering for you?
Olympic Boxing Update as of Monday, August 15
On Sunday, August 14, the 19-year-old bantamweight Shakur Stevenson from the U.S. defeated Robenilson De Jesus of Brazil in the Round of 16 after earning a bye in the Round of 32. On Tuesday, August 16th, Stevenson will be facing fellow 19-year-old, 5’4” Tsenbaatar Erdenebat of Mongolia in the quarterfinals. Whichever boxer emerges goes on to fight […]
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 […]