(JAN 22)
(SPOKANE,
WASH.) – 2014 USA Boxing Elite National Championships action
moved into day two at the HUB Sports Center on Tuesday night
with 35 bouts in preliminary competition. The women made their
tournament debut with matches in the bantamweight and light
welterweight classes while elite men in six different weight
divisions stepped through the ropes on Tuesday night.
It was
the heavier weights kicking off the night’s action in Spokane on
Tuesday and once again a Washington state boxer earned the first
victory of the session.
Dugan
Lawton
(Tacoma,
Wash.) won a split decision over
Xavier
Hayden
(Minneapolis, Minn.) in light heavyweight action to open the
day’s competition.
Several
familiar faces from the 2013 USA Boxing National Championships
fell in their tournament openers on Tuesday night. Featherweight
silver medalist
Stephen
Fulton
(Philadelphia, Pa.) dropped his bantamweight bout to
Israel
Mercado
(Montclair, Calif.) in their preliminary round contest. Fellow
2013 finalist
Nicholas
Jefferson
(Tacoma,
Wash.) suffered the same fate in his light welterweight bout
with
Efrain
Estrada
(Hillsboro, Ore.), dropping a 3-0 decision.
Estrada,
the older brother of 2014 Junior and Youth Open champion and
junior female outstanding boxer
Diana
Estrada,
wasn’t the only elder sibling of a Reno titlist to win on
Tuesday night. Estrada’s fellow Junior and Youth Open champion
and youth female outstanding boxer
Jajaira
Gonzalez’s
brother
Jousce
Gonzalez
(Glendora, Calif.) took a unanimous decision win over
Cirilo
Avellanda
(Baytown,
Texas) in their lightweight bout on Tuesday as well.
Defending
light welterweight champion
Jose
Alday
(Odessa,
Texas) won his first bout at his new welterweight division,
taking a victory over
Ardreal
Holmes
(Flint,
Mich.) in his 2014 tournament opener. In middleweight action,
reigning titlist
LeShawn
Rodriquez
(Shirley,
N.Y.) took a preliminary win in his first contest as well,
winning a 3-0 decision over
Clinso
Brumfield
(Alexandria, Va.).
2014 USA
Boxing National Championships quarterfinal action will begin at
3 p.m. on Wednesday at the HUB Sports Center with all of the
bouts being contested in one combined session. All of
Wednesday’s winners will move on to semifinal round action on
Friday at the Northern Quest Resort and Casino.
Tuesday
Results
178 lbs/male:
Travis Toledo, New York, N.Y., dec. Alberto Fundora, Coachella,
Calif., 2-1
178 lbs/male: Dugan Lawton, Tacoma, Wash., dec. Xavier Hayden,
Minneapolis, Minn., 2-1
201 lbs/male: Vardan Khachatrian, North Hollywood, Calif., dec.
Albert Alvarez, Sells, Ariz., 3-0
201 lbs/male: Smbat Bagdassarian, Burbank, Calif., dec. Aaron
Chavers, Oklahoma City, Okla., 3-0
119 lbs/female: Jamie Mitchell, Pacific Grove, Calif., dec.
Leesa Daniel, Austin, Texas, 3-0
123 lbs/male: Israel Mercado, Montclair, Calif., dec. Stephen
Fulton, Philadelphia, Pa., 3-0
123 lbs/male: Kevin Ford, St. Louis, Mo., dec. Eduardo Vasquez,
Sheridan, Colo., 3-0
123 lbs/male: Jarico O'Quinn, Detroit, Mich., dec. Ryan Riddell,
Apache Junction, Ariz., 3-0
123 lbs/male: Ramon Cardenas, San Antonio, Texas dec. Xaiver
Griffin, Minneapolis, Minn., 4-0
123 lbs/male: Sharone Carter, St. Louis, Mo., dec. Jaime
Estrada, New Windsor, N.Y., 2-1
123 lbs/male: Sean Scott, Cincinnati, Ohio dec. Joshua Gonzalez,
Bronx, N.Y., 3-0
123 lbs/male: David Sandoval, Tacoma, Wash., dec. Nchatxu Vang,
St. Paul, Minn., 3-0
123 lbs/male: Jesus Vasquez, Englewood, Colo., dec. Jerrell
Barbour, Tacoma, Wash., 3-0
123 lbs/male: Genaro Gamez, San Diego, Calif., dec. Emmanuel
Nieves, Phoenix, Ariz., 3-0
132 lbs/male: Canton Miller, St. Louis, Mo., dec. Elllijah
Peixoto, East Providence, R.I., 3-0
132 lbs/male: Maliek Montgomery, Macon, Ga., dec. Titus
Williams, Elmont, N.Y., 3-0
132 lbs/male: Eder Carrillo, Woodland, Calif., dec. Tracy
Alexander, Compton, Calif., 3-0
132 lbs/male: Jousce Gonzalez, Glendora, Calif., dec. Cirilo
Avellanda, Baytown, Texas, 3-0
132 lbs/male: Charles Vasquez Vera, New Port Richey, Fla., dec.
Joshua Jones, Philadelphia, Pa., 3-0
132 lbs/male: Hector Rendon, Tacoma, Wash., won on
disqualification over De'Shon Baker, East Cleveland, Ohio, DQ-2
141 lbs/female: Destiny Chearino, Warwick, R.I., dec. Catarina
Lentini, Whitehall, Pa., 3-0
141 lbs/female: Monayah Patterson, Warren, Mich., dec. Jessica
Radtke, Bloomington, Minn., 2-1
141 lbs/male: Efrain Estrada, Hillsboro, Ore., dec. Nicholas
Jefferson, Tacoma, Wash., 3-0
141 lbs/male: David Mijares, Pasadena, Calif., dec. Freddy
Sanchez, Worcester, Mass., 2-1
141 lbs/male: Abraham Nova, Albany, N.Y., dec. Jayquran Hazel,
Brooklyn, N.Y., 2-1
152 lbs/male: Chordale Booker, Brooklyn, N.Y., dec VeShawn
Owens, St. Louis Park, Minn., 3-0
152 lbs/male: DeVonte Williams, Houston, Texas, dec. Antonio
Tessitore, Spokane, Wash., 3-0
152 lbs/male: Jose Alday, Odessa, Texas dec. Ardeal Holmes,
Flint, Mich., 3-0
152 lbs/male: Michael Montgomery, Macon, Galk., dec. Jacob
Operskalski, Oakland, Calif., 3-0
152 lbs/male: Javaune James, Miramar, Fla., dec. Adrian
Gutierrez, Chula Vista, Calif., 3-0
152 lbs/male: Jeremiah Millet, St. Louis, Mo., dec. Tayvon Fish,
Linden, N.J., 3-0
152 lbs/male: Timothy Lee, Las Vegas, Nev., dec. Paul Kroll,
Philadelphia, Pa., 2-1
152 lbs/male: Jose Pena, Tucson, Ariz., dec. Kenneth Thomas,
Indianapolis, Ind., 3-0
165 lbs/male: Daniel Thomas, Concord, Calif., dec. Kalvin
Henderson, Fayetteville, Ark., 3-0
