COLORADO SPRINGS,
COLO.) – Three United States women put on an impressive show on
the first day of 2006 Pan American Championships Competition in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Thursday. All three
United States
competitors put early halts to their first round bouts.
The winning streak began with
bantamweight Emily Klinefelter (Iowa
City, Iowa) taking on Leonoro Loria of Ecuador in her
first round contest. Klinefelter piled on the points in the
first round of boxing to build up a 15-point advantage and the
win the bout on a stoppage due to the 15-point rule.
International newcomer Akima Stocks (South
Orange, N.J.) got
off to a quick start in her light middleweight bout with
Pamela Cevallos of Ecuador. Stocks
turned it on early in the bout, stopping Cevallos in the first
round of action to move on in the tournament. Middleweight
Franchon Crews (Baltimore, Md.) also put a
quick end to her bout with Canada’s Maude Bergeron. The
hard-punching Crews stopped Bergeron in the second round of
their bout to record her first international win.
Five United States
boxers will compete on Friday, looking to duplicate the efforts
of their first three teammates. Pinweight Colleen Loo (Mililani, Hawaii) will take on a boxer from the Dominican Republic in her first contest while
four-time national champions Cheryl Houlihan (Norton, Mass.) and Elizabeth Quevedo (Southgate, Calif.) face off with Brazilian opponents.
Featherweight Ronica Jeffery (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and welterweight Lisa Kuronya (Portland, Maine) will battle two Canadian world
championships medalists. Jeffery will challenge 2005 World
Championships bronze medalist Sandra Bizier while Kuronya
takes on 2005 World Champion Mary Spencer.
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