(OCT 4) (OXNARD, CALIF.) – The junior and youth competitors took center stage on Friday at the 2014 National PAL Championships in Oxnard, Calif., with 37 final round bouts in the younger age divisions. Boxers ranging in age from 11 to 18 competed in the two rings at the Oxnard PAL Gym with all of the winners claiming National PAL Championships.  

2014 Junior and Youth Open champion Bryan Lua (Indio, Calif.) claimed another national title with a victory over Evan Sanchez (Fresno, Calif.) in the junior lightweight division championship bout.  Reigning Junior Olympic champion Andrea Medina (Bonita, Calif.) took a second national championship as well in the women’s junior featherweight division. Medina defeated April Fonseca to win 2014 National PAL Championships gold.  

Multiple members of USA Boxing’s national teams took the ring on Friday night in Oxnard with two of the night’s highlight bouts taking place in the youth division. 2013 Junior World Champion Caitlin Orosco (Anaheim, Calif.) faced off with 2013 Youth World Championships bronze medalist Marisol Lopez (Stratford, Calif.) in the youth women’s flyweight contest. Lopez took the victory in the match-up to claim the 2014 National PAL Championships title.  

Hector Tanajara (San Antonio, Texas) avenged his final round loss from the 2014 Junior and Youth Open with a victory over Carlos Balderas (Santa Maria, Calif.) in the youth lightweight finale. 2014 Junior and Youth Open champion Javier Estrada (Palmdale, Calif.) claimed victory in the middleweight division, defeating Lawrence King (Adelanto, Calif.).  

All of the final round bouts in the men’s and women’s elite division will take place on Saturday at the Oxnard PAL Gym.  

Friday’s National PAL Championships Results 

11-12-year-old/male

70 lbs: Juan Medina, Bonita, Calif., dec. Xavier Montoya, Colorado Springs, Colo.

75 lbs: Jalen Walker, Gardena, Calif., dec. Jonathan Recio, Hawthorne, Calif.

80 lbs: Maxims Castro dec. Esteban Rosas

 

13-14-year-old/female

85 lbs: Maria Moore, Helena, Mont., dec. Andria Reyes, Oxnard, Calif.

101 lbs: Destiny Diaz dec. Analisa Escobar, Garland, Texas

106 lbs: Isamary Aquino, Converse, Texas, dec. Heven Garcia, S. El Monte, Calif.

 

13-14-year-old/male

80 lbs: Ernesto Mercado, Ontario, Calif., dec. Alex Ramos, Laredo, Texas

85 lbs: Eric Tudor dec. Giovanni Avila, Victorville, Calif.

90 lbs: Xavian Ramirez, Reading, Pa., dec. Jamie Barriga, Las Vegas, Nev.

95 lbs: Jesse Rodriguez, San Antonio, Texas dec. Sean Garcia, Adelanto, Calif.

106 lbs: Joseph Landeros, Riverside, Calif., dec. Heyner Diaz, Santa Maria, Calif.

110 lbs: Rafael Delgado, Van Nuys, Calif., dec. Ramon Acosta, Jr., Victor, Texas

114 lbs: Israel Ortiz, Mission Viejo, Calif., dec. Pedro Valencia, North Hills, Calif.

125 lbs: Gabriel Flores, Stockton, Calif., dec. David Kaminsky, Reseda, Calif.

132 lbs: Harley Maderos, Brooklyn, N.Y. dec. Larry Middlebrook III, Palmdale, Calif.

 

15-16-year-old/female

110 lbs: Jessica Juarez, San Diego, Calif., dec. Jazzelle Bobadilla, Ewa Beach, Hawaii

125 lbs: Andrea Medina, Bonita, Calif., dec. April Fonseca

 

15-16-year-old/male

101 lbs: Fernando Venegas, Stockton, Calif., dec. Jorge Ramos, Laredo, Texas

106 lbs: Angel Cordon, Martinez, Calif., dec. Rodolfo Cuazitl

110 lbs: Manuel Flores, Indio, Calif., dec. Ruben Robles, Los Angeles, Calif.

114 lbs: Derek Ochoa, Sanger, Calif., dec. Ronnell Johnson, Westerville, Ohio

119 lbs: Fidencio Hernandez, Oxnard, Calif., dec. Adan Ochoa, Downey, Calif.

125 lbs: Ryan Garcia, Adelanto, Calif., dec. Desmond Jarmon III, Cincinnati, Ohio

132 lbs: Bryan Lua, Indio, Calif., dec. Evan Sanchez, Fresno, Calif.

138 lbs: Charlie Sheehy, Brisbane, Calif., dec. Joshua Anton, Palmdale, Calif.

145 lbs: Brandun Lee, Coachella, Calif., dec. Nikita Abibiy, Brooklyn, N.Y.

 

17-18-year-old/male

108 lbs: Marco Arroyo, Stockton, Calif., dec. Saul Gomez

114 lbs: Andrew Strode, Denver, Colo., dec. Desmond Jarmon II, Cincinnati, Ohio

123 lbs: Efren Lopez, Fresno, Calif., dec. Rudy Garcia, Los Angeles, Calif.

132 lbs: Hector Tanajara, San Antonio, Texas dec. Carlos Balderas, Santa Maria, Calif.

141 lbs: Richardson Hitchins, Brooklyn, N.Y, won on walkover over Martin Urias, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.

152 lbs: Rahim Gonzalez, Sylmar, Calif., dec. Ferdinand Kerobyan, N. Hollywood, Calif.

165 lbs: Javier Estrada, Palmdale, Calif., dec. Lawrence King, Adelanto, Calif.

178 lbs: Miguel Teo won on disqualification over Sharif Rahman, Las Vegas, Nev., DQ

 

17-18-year-old/female

112 lbs: Marisol Lopez, Stratford, Calif., dec. Caitlin Orosco, Anaheim, Calif.

165 lbs: Iesha Kenney, Alexandria, Va., dec. Abigail Castro, Hawaii 

 

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