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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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Five Deep South Amateurs Win National Silver Gloves Title |
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From Staff Reports
INDEPENDENCE, MO - Five Deep South amateurs won their respective division championship Saturday (Feb. 6) in the National Silver Gloves Tournament (Feb. 3-6) at the Hilton Garden Inn.
Johnson City, TN's Jose Burges, Carencro, LA's Damian Charles, Hot Springs, AR's Lionel Tidwell and Shreveport, LA's Kadarius Taylor and Eric Lindsey all won championships.
Three other boxers finished runner-up. They were Lavergne, TN's Sean Sullivan, Macon, GA's Maliek Montgomery and Augusta, GA's Justin Deloach.
The results of the championship bouts are below:
Saturday, February 5
Championship Bouts
(10-11 year-olds, 110 pounds - Jose Burges, Johnson City, TN def. Chris Gann, St. Joseph, MO
(10-11 year-olds, 120 pounds) - Pierre Courtney, Chicago, IL def. Sean Sullivan, Lavergne, TN
(10-11 year-olds), 145 pounds) - Kadarius Taylor (Shreveport, LA) def Dominic McKnight MD
(12-13 year-olds, 65 pounds) - Damian Charles (Carencro, LA) def. Chamahn Lester MO
(12-13 year-olds, 156 pounds) - Eric Lindsey (Shreveport, LA) def. Carlos Osorio NY
(14-15 year-olds, 75 pounds) - Lionel Tidwell, Hot Springs, AR def. Kyle Gorsuch, Dix, NE
(14-15 year-olds, 112 pounds) - Gary Salazar, Fresno, CA def. Maliek Montgomery, Macon, GA
(14-15 year-olds, 147 pounds) - Dylon Mason, Devils Lake, ND def. Justin Deloach, Augusta, GA
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