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(SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS) – The men’s open division enjoyed the full
spotlight on Thursday night with 56 bouts of action at the 2010
National PAL Championships in San Antonio, Texas. All of the men’s
open division winners will earn a berth in the U.S. Olympic Team
Trials and the intensity of Thursday’s bouts clearly indicated the
tournament’s high stakes.
Light flyweight competition opened the session with three-time
National Champion Louie Byrd (Denver, Colo.) enjoying his second
victory of the tournament. Byrd won a third round stoppage of
Zachary Martinez (Austin, Texas) in the final seconds of the bout.
2010 USA Boxing National Championships bronze medalist Santos
Vasquez (Sun Valley, Nev.), 2005 National Champion Marco Rangel
(Scottsdale, Ariz.) and David Carlton (Cincinnati, Ohio) will join
Byrd in Friday’s semifinal round.
Two-time Olympian and 2007 World Champion Rau’shee Warren
(Cincinnati, Ohio) returned to action in Thursday’s competition,
winning his second consecutive National PAL bout. Warren held
Michael Martinez scoreless en route to a 17-0 victory. Defending
National PAL Champion and hometown boxer Adam Lopez (San Antonio,
Texas) moved one win closer to his goal of repeating as champion
with an 18-4 victory over Oscar Cantu (Kingsville, Texas). Leroy
Davila (Linden, N.J.) and John Herrera won their quarterfinal
contests as well to advance on to the semifinals.
In bantamweight action, 2010 Under 19 National Champion Luis
Feliciano (Milwaukee, Wis.) punched his ticket for the semifinals
with a 9-4 win over Joe Perez (Fountain, Colo.) O’Shanique Foster
(Orange, Texas) earned a bantamweight quarterfinal victory as well,
taking a 10-0 win over Tyshawn Jones (Newark, N.J.). Dennis Galarza
(Orlando, Fla.) and Michael Norato (Pacoima, Calif.) completed the
roster of bantamweight finalists.
The lightweight, light welterweight, welterweight and middleweight
divisions all continued their preliminary round action contests on
Thursday. Lightweight Luis Cruz (Bronx, N.Y.) added to the streak of
scoreless opponents, winning a 10-0 decision over Travis Ryle
(Colorado Springs, Colo.) in their preliminary match-up. Former USA
Boxing National Team Member Eric Fowler (Humble, Texas) moved on to
quarterfinal action as well, winning a 5-3 decision over Raul Ofray
(Perth Amboy, N.J.).
The light welterweight division featured one of the match-ups of the
day as 2010 National Golden Gloves champion Gary Allan Russell III
(Capitol Heights, Md.) faced off with 2010 USA Boxing National
Championships silver medalist Michael Reed (Waldorf, Md.) in a
Washington DC area showdown. The bout lived up to its billing with
punches flying from bell-to-bell. Reed seemed to have the bout in
hand after the second, taking a 7-2 lead into the final round. Yet
Russell came flying back in the final stanza, pulling the bout to
within one point in the final minute before Reed extended his lead
en route to a 12-9 final decision. 2010 National Champion Pedro Sosa
(Bronx, N.Y.) pulled out a 3-2 victory over Ace’son LeSuere (Corpus
Christi, Texas) to move on to the quarterfinal round as well.
Three-time national champion Errol Spence (Desoto, Texas) continued
his run toward an Olympic Trials berth with a stoppage in his
welterweight bout with Raymond Velez (Troy, N.Y.). Reyes Marquez
(Fountain, Colo.) advanced in tournament action as well, pulling out
a double tiebreaker victory over Moshea Aleem (Richmond, Va.) with a
3-2 judges poll breaking the 3-3 final score, eight-eight total
punch count tie.
2010 Under 19 National Champion D’Mitrius Ballard (Temple Hills,
Md.) advanced on to the quarterfinals with a 6-4 victory over Robert
Espinoza (Apple Valley, Calif.). Former Junior Olympic champion
Daquan Arnett (Orlando, Fla.) followed his Wednesday stoppage
victory with a second win in Thursday’s action. Arnett won a 5-1
decision over Keaton Sippio-Cook (Austin, Texas).
Former National Golden Gloves champion DeRae Crane (Fort Carson,
Colo.) earned a berth in the semifinal round with a10-1 light
heavyweight victory over Tony Mack (Plano, Texas). Under 19 National
Champion Jerry Odom (Bowie, Md.) joined Crane with an 8-3 win over
Sijuola Shabazz (Las Cruces, N.M.) Adam Willis (Milwaukee, Wis.) and
Marcus Browne (Staten Island, N.Y.) will round out the light
heavyweight semifinalists.
2010 USA Boxing National Champion Steve Geffrard (Boca Raton, Fla.)
moved one bout closer to his second national championship of the
year, claiming a 12-1 win over Joseph White (Miami, Fla.). Frederick
Samuels (Westbury, N.Y.) pulled out a 3-2 decision over 2009 USA
Boxing National Champion to join Geffrard in the semifinal round.
Charles Blackwell (Tucson, Ariz.) and Robert Jekabson (Chicago,
Ill.) will complete the list of heavyweight semifinal contestants.
The super heavyweight division closed the evening action with four
quarterfinal contests and 2010 USA Boxing National Champion Lenroy
Thompson (Lenexa, Kansas) advanced to the semifinals with a 13-4
victory over Trevor Bryan (Albany, N.Y.) in their quarterfinal
contest. Javonta Charles (Memphis, Tenn.), Roberto Morban (Bronx,
N.Y.) and Ricardo Wallers (Cincinnati, Ohio) won the remaining three
semifinal spots.
2010 National PAL Championships action will resume on Friday with
junior division action at 11 a.m. and open division competition at 6
p.m.
Thursday, October 7 Evening Session Results
108 lbs/open: Louie Byrd, Denver, Colo., stopped Zachary Martinez,
Austin, Texas, RSC-3 (2:56)
108 lbs/open: Santos Vasquez, Sun Valley, Nev., dec. Contrelle
Wright, Chicago, Ill.,17-3
108 lbs/open: David Carlton, Cincinnati, Ohio dec. Luis Cuevas, San
Antonio, Texas, 11-4
108 lbs/open: Marco Rangel, Scottsdale, Ariz., dec. Sergio Lopez,
Las Vegas, Nev., 7-2
114 lbs/open: Leroy Davila, Linden, N.J., dec. Gabriel Montoya,
Cheyenne, Wyo., 22-1
114 lbs/open: John Herrera won on walkover Tremaine Williams, New
Haven, Conn., W/O
114 lbs/open: Adam Lopez, San Antonio, Texas dec. Oscar Cantu,
Kingsville, Texas, 18-4
114 lbs/open: Rau’shee Warren, Cincinnati, Ohio dec. Michael
Martinez, Tucson, Ariz., 17-0
123 lbs/open: Luis Feliciano, Milwaukee, Wis., dec. Joe Perez,
Fountain, Colo., 9-4
123 lbs/open: Dennis Galarza, Orlando, Fla., dec. Antonio MacGruder,
Washington DC, 14-6
123 lbs/open: Michael Norato, Pacoima, Calif., dec. Johnnie Rolon,
Cape Coral, Fla.,5-4
123 lbs/open: O’Shanique Foster, Orange, Texas dec. Tyshawn Jones,
Newark, N.J., 10-0
132 lbs/open: Christopher Lopez, Washington DC dec. Divante Jones,
Hephzibah, Ga., 15-13
132 lbs/open: Bobby Hornsby, Atlanta, Ga., dec. Frankie Smith,
Chicago, Ill., 12-6
132 lbs/open: Tommy Logan, Winter Haven, Fla., dec. Nicholas
Jefferson, Puyallup, Wash., 8-6
132 lbs/open: Eric Fowler, Humble, Texas dec. Raul Ofray, Perth
Amboy, N.J., 5-3
132 lbs/open: Luis Cruz, Bronx, N.Y. dec. Travis Ryle, Colorado
Springs, Colo., 10-0
132 lbs/open: Joshua Davis, Washington DC dec. Ruben Gonzalez,
Fontana, Calif., 15-1
132 lbs/open: Mikael Jones, Cincinnati, Ohio dec. Ronnie Reams,
Colorado Springs, Colo., 3-1
132 lbs/open: Kenneth Simms, Chicago, Ill., dec. Saul Rodriguez,
Riverside, Calif., 13-7
141 lbs/open: Abel Ramos, Eloy, Ariz., dec. Edward Brown, Chicago,
Ill., 13-5
141 lbs/open: Arturo Trujillo, Easton, Pa., dec. Ryan Karl, Milano,
Texas, 12-2
141 lbs/open: Ronald Gibbs, Baltimore, Md., dec. Brandon Chalker,
Ft. Worth, Texas, 16-6
141 lbs/open: George Rincon, Carrollton, Texas dec. Andrew Ruiz,
Oxnard, Calif., 18-3
141 lbs/open: Pedro Sosa, Bronx, N.Y. dec. Ace’son Le Suere, Corpus
Christi, Texas, 3-2
141 lbs/open: Michael Reed, Waldorf, Md., dec. Gary Allan Russell
III, Capitol Heights, Md., 12-9
152 lbs/open: Antoine Douglas, Burke, Va., dec. Quilisto Madera,
Stockton, Calif., 18-4
152 lbs/open: Robert Easter, Jr., dec. Adam Boyd, Des Moines, Iowa,
11-6
152 lbs/open: Austine Omeben, Jupiter, Fla., dec. Donald Griffin,
6-4
152 lbs/open: Reyes Marquez, Fountain, Colo., dec. Moshea Aleem,
Richmond, Va., 3-3 (8-8) (judges poll)
152 lbs/open: Terrance Jarman, Cincinnati, Ohio won on medical
disqualification over William Blake, Auburn, Calif., DQ
152 lbs/open: Regis Prograis, Houston, Texas dec. Cesar Villa,
Corpus Christi, Texas, 8-7
152 lbs/open: Errol Spence, Desoto, Texas stopped Raymond Velez,
Troy, N.Y., RSCH
152 lbs/open: Benjamin Whitaker, San Antonio, Texas dec. Shaker
Jackson, Newark, N.J., 8-8 (17-16)
165 lbs/open: D’Mitrius Ballard, Temple Hills, Md., dec. Robert
Espinoza, Apple Valley, Calif., 6-4
165 lbs/open: Shawn Johnson, Brooklyn, N.Y. dec. Peter Reyes,
Brooklyn, N.Y., 12-8
165 lbs/open: Kenneth McNeil, Birmingham, Ala., dec. Russell Lamour,
Portland, Maine, 4-3
165 lbs/open: Zacchaeus Hardrick, Fort Carson, Colo., dec. Tristan
Todd, Memphis, Tenn., 17-8
165 lbs/open: Brent Perrella, LeHigh Fla., dec. Sammie Milhouse,
Woodstock, Ga., 4-0
165 lbs/open: Daquan Arnett, Orlando, Fla., dec. Keaton Sippio-Cook,
Austin, Texas, 5-1
165 lbs/open: Edgar Alvarado, San Bernadino, Calif., Joaquin Lopez,
Ukiah, Calif., 10-4
165 lbs/open: Richard Romero, Los Angeles, Calif. dec. Akil
Frederick-Auguste, 10-3
178 lbs/open: DeRae Crane, Fort Caron, Colo., dec. Tony Mack, Plano,
Texas, 10-1
178 lbs/open: Adam Willis, Milwaukee, Wis., dec. Pernell Mitchell,
Melbourne, Fla., 7-4
178 lbs/open: Jerry Odom, Bowie, Md., dec. Sijuola Shabazz, Las
Cruces, N.M., 8-3
201 lbs/open: Steve Geffrard, Boca Raton,Fla., dec. Joseph White,
Miami, Fla., 12-1
201 lbs/open: Charles Blackwell, Tucson, Ariz., dec. Benjamin Ferrin,
Chubbuck, Idaho, 12-2
201 lbs/open: Frederick Samuels, Westbury, N.Y., dec. Jordan
Shimmell, Hudsonville, Mich., 3-2
201 lbs/open: Robert Jekabson, Chicago, Ill., stopped Jasper McCargo,
Richmond, Va., RSCH-1
201+ lbs/open: Javonta Charles, Memphis, Tenn. won on medical
disqualification over Juan Goode, Canton, Mich., DQ
201+ lbs/open: Roberto Morban, Bronx, N.Y., dec. Dominique Breazale,
San Gabriel, Calif., 11-5
201+ lbs/open: Lenroy Thompson, Lenexa, Kansas dec. Trevor Bryan,
Albany, N.Y., 13-4
201+ lbs/open: Ricardo Wallers, Cincinnati, Ohio dec. Richard
Ballard, Los Angeles, Calif., 5-3
USA Boxing, as the national governing body for Olympic-style boxing,
is the United States’ member organization of the International
Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) and a member of the United States
Olympic Committee (USOC).
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Julie Goldsticker
President, Goldsticker Public Relations
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