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Get up close at ringside at fights throughout the Deep South. You can almost feel the sweat! Visit the Fight Card Photos section. Go now...
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Lafayette, LA's Jessie Fletcher, won the 80-pound, 10-11-year-old age group at the Title National Championship Tournament in Ripley, TN on June 5. A decorated amateur boxer, Fletcher defeated Memphian Eugene Collins by RSC in the second round. Fletcher only started boxing in January of 2009, but has won four championships in his age group. Go now...
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At 5-foot-3, Kansas City, MO light middleweight Melisenda Perez is used to having to fight much taller opponents. Despite the height disadvantage, Perez has managed to be a force in her division. Perez won a 4-round unanimous decision over Batesville, AR's April Ward Saturday night (July 10) on Les Bonano's "Battle On The Bay" card at Hollywood Casino. Read more...
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Amateur Boxing
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Complete Results From 2009 USA National Championships |
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From USA Boxing
2009 USA BOXING NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Denver Coliseum, Denver, CO
June 8-13, 2009
(Deep South boxers results listed)
SATURDAY, JUNE 13 RESULTS
Senior Male Boxoffs
201 pounds - Javonta Charles, Memphis, TN, dec. Anthony Mack, Plano, TX, 8-5
FRIDAY, JUNE 12 RESULTS
Women's Finals
Senior Female
165 pounds - Alyssa DeFazio, Peoria, AZ, dec. Qurdisha Gilliam, Fort Valley, GA, 13-4
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Carencro, LA's Charles Takes Silver At National Junior Olympic Championships |
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From Beau Williford
Ragin' Cajun Boxing Club
DENVER, CO - Fourteen year-old Dayanie Charles, an in-coming freshman at Carencro (LA) High School, was awarded the Silver Medal Thursday (June 11) in the USA Boxing National Junior Olympic Championships.
Charles battled toe-to-toe with Angelica Sanchez, of Albuquerque, NM, for the 15-16 year-old, 106-pound female championship. Charles boxed the vastly more experienced Sanchez head on. Down on the scorecards after two rounds, Charles left her corner at the start of round three with a vengeance, knowing she had to score a knockout to win.
Sanchez boxed defensively in trying to protect her lead. Dy took the advice of her corner and went on the attack, but was unable to overcome Sanchez's lead.
"It was an honor to represent the State of Louisiana at a national tournament. I am sorry that I disappointed my family, friends and fans. I will be back next year better prepared to box on the national level," Charles said. "I plan to begin my preparations next week at the Governor's Games at Lafayette High."
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Louisiana Governor's Games Set June 19-21 In Lafayette |
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By Dan McDonald
McD Media
LAFAYETTE, LA - Some of the nation's top amateur boxers will be headed to Lafayette June 19-21 when the city hosts the revived Louisiana Governor's Games Boxing Championships.
The three-day event is scheduled for the Lafayette High School gymnasium and is part of the state's signature sporting event for amateur sports enthusiasts.
The Governor's Games features 52 sporting events held between March and the end of June and is in its 18th year of existence with more than 20,000 competitors expected to take part this year. The Games opened in late March with Tae Kwan Do competition in Baton Rouge. A complete list of Governor's Games events is available on-line at www.LaGovernorsGames.org.
Beau Williford, commissioner of boxing for the Governor's Games, said that the local event will likely have as many as 300 amateur competitors in age group classifications from age eight to 34. Male and female divisions are included as well as open, novice and super novice categories.
"Originally the entries were limited to the Southern Association," Williford said, referring to this area's USA Boxing region that includes Louisiana, Mississippi, southern Alabama and the Florida panhandle. "Now that we've opened it up for competitors from everywhere in the U.S., our numbers may go even higher."
Williford said that entries have already been received from as far away as New York, and that he expects many other states to be represented.
"It's been our experience in doing the Governor's Games since 2005 that participants come from a wide area, even from neighboring states," said Durand "Rudy" Macklin, commissioner of the Games and executive director of the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. "These events can provide an influx of thousands of people and can be a significant boost to the local economy."
Boxing has not been contested in the Governor's Games for more than a decade, but Macklin wanted boxing back on the schedule and recruited Williford to head up that effort. This year's Governor's Games features nearly 30 new or revived events.
"Rudy has been wonderful for us to work with," said Williford, whose local Ragin' Cajun Amateur Boxing Club has hosted the Louisiana Golden Gloves competition in Lafayette for the past two years. "It's not that the Games didn't want boxing in the past, but until Rudy got heavily involved, it wasn't a priority."
Competitors in the Games' boxing competition must be registered with USA Boxing, the sanctioning body for all amateur boxing in the U.S. Participants are divided into weight classes and age divisions including age 8, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14, 15-16 and open (age 17-34) for male and females. Novice categories for beginning fighters over age 17 and super novice categories for fighters over age 19 with fewer than 10 career bouts will also be contested.
Elimination bouts will be held on Friday-Saturday, June 19-20 beginning at 6 p.m. both nights, and finals are scheduled for 2 p.m. on Sunday, June 21. Weigh-ins are 7 a.m.-noon on Friday, June 19, at the MicroTel Inn and Suites on Ambassador Caffery. Winners will receive championship belts courtesy of the sponsoring Glenn Armentor law offices, while runners-up and unopposed champions will receive traditional gold, silver and bronze medals.
Tickets are $10 general admission and $3 for youths 12 and under each day with three-day passes available for $20 and $5, and will go on sale in the near future. VIP tables are $300 for the entire event and are now available from Beldon Fox at (337) 288-4052.
More information on the event is available from Williford at (337) 257-3501 or by e-mail at
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. Individuals wishing to take part in the event should contact Williford as soon as possible in order to facilitate the registration process with USA Boxing.
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 Louisiana Golden Gloves Tournament Called Successful
By Winston Mount-Batten
LAFAYETTE, LA - The Louisiana State Golden Gloves Tournament was a big success March 20-22. The tournament was hosted by Ragin' Cajun Boxing Club for the third straight year.
Some boxing insiders are calling the just completed tournament the most competitive Golden Gloves in Louisiana history. ll the bouts - from the 8-year-olds to the Open Division - were competitive and put fans on the edge of their seats. lubs from throughout Louisiana participated.
Ragin' Cajun boxer Chad Trahan won the Golden Boy Outstanding Boxer Award for the second consecutive year. Trahan stopped all of his tournament opponents to become the new "Golden Boy" of Louisiana boxing. The award was named in honor of former Olympic Gold Medalist and all-time boxing great Oscar De La Hoya.
All Open Division fighters advance to the Mid-South Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions regional in Little Rock April 9-11. The regional includes teams from Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas. The regional winners advance to the National Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions in Salt Lake City, UT June 3-9.
The Louisiana State Golden Gloves was sponsored by the Governors Games, KFLY-TV10, The Daily Advertiser and 1420 KPEL ESPN Radio. |
Stephens Gym Hosts Junior/Senior Tourney April 3-5
From Stephens Boxing Gym
SHREVEPORT, LA - Stephens Boxing and Fitness Gym, home of the Port City Pounders, the largest youth boxing team in the Southern Association of USA Boxing, will host the 2009 Junior Olympic/Senior Tournament April 3-5 at the Municipal Auditorium, located at 705 Elvis Presley Blvd.
The show, which is tabbed "The Battle of the South in the Port City," begins with the weigh-in on Friday, April 3 from 3 to 8 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Downtown, the host hotel for the tournament. The hotel is located at 102 Lake St. A coaches meeting is scheduled immediately after the weigh-ins.
Physicals are scheduled one hour before each boxing session. The fights begin on Saturday, April 4 starting at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday's fights begin at 4 p.m. Over 52 teams are registered for the tournament, including 27 from Louisiana, 13 from Mississippi and 12 from Alabama.
About 200 athletes will participate in approximately 30 to 35 bouts each night. Boxers will compete in the junior and senior divisions. Athletes who are between the ages of 15 and 16 will be eligible to advance to national level competition.
Admission to the tournament is $10 per day for adults and children.
For further information, contact tournament director Jerry Stephens at 318-632-0969 or 318-208-4699 or Sparky McDuffie at 318-644-2738 or 318-235-3953. |
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