Team Freeform wins three New York Golden Gloves – Two Years in a Row

(APR 21) New York's Team Freeform Women's Boxing Club captures another three Golden Gloves Championships at the Famed Madison Square Garden.   Keisher "Fire" Mcleod, 110, Vanessa Greco, 114, and Cara Castronouva, 119, won Championships in their respective divisions for the second year at the New York Golden Gloves, one of the Nation’s oldest and most prestigious boxing tournaments. 

Cara Castronouva

Vanessa Greco

Keisher McLeod

"Three the Hard Way" as they are known, have been training together for three years under the watchful eye of Lee Shabaka and have displayed excellent boxing skills in all the tournaments they have entered.   

As a matter of fact,  Team Freeform goes back to 1998 and has to date produced over 12 Champions and have won over 40 Championships on the State, National and International level.

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In 2001 they walked away with three USA National Championships in Camp Lajune, North Carolina, and that same year they prepared three women (1/4 of the American Team) for the First Women World Games Held in Scranton Pennsylvania.   35 countries entered that tournament helping to put the wheels in motion for Women's Boxing to become an Olympic Sport.  

Other women who have been a part of this great women's boxing club have been Deborah Stein, 119, Joy Liu, 138,  and Angel Bovee, 138.  

 Lee said, “we've had quite a few Champions from the New York area come from our club or through it. We now have a new lineup of women climbing the ranks of our team, this is actually our third generation, and as usual we will do our best to produce some of the best Female Boxers in the Nation.   We are always reaching out to women who seek advice and training in the authentic art of boxing. We can be reached at www.teamfreeform.com.”