(SEPT 11) Six women secured
Olympic Trials berths last night (September 10) at the
Pathway to Glory Olympic Trials Qualifier II in Baltimore, Md.,
on Thursday night. Up the road in Philadelphia, 38 elite men
moved one win closer to their own spots with quarterfinal
victories at the Holiday Inn Philadelphia Stadium.
2012 World Champion Tiara Brown (Fort Myers, Fla.) punched her
ticket for her second straight Olympic Trials with a unanimous
decision victory over hometown boxer Amelia Moore (Millersville,
Md.) in the lightweight division at the Baltimore Harbor Hotel.
A second two-time World Championships medalist claimed her
Olympic Trials spot with a convincing victory in the
middleweight division. Franchon Crews (Baltimore, Md.) left no
doubt in her bout, winning a fourth round TKO over 2014 Youth
Olympian Martha Fabela (Oakland, Calif.) in their semifinal
bout.
Two former youth titlists advanced to their first Olympic Trials
with unanimous decision victories on Thursday night. Samantha
Kinchen (Lexington, Ky.) is boxing in her first elite tournament
at the lightweight division and she is enjoying her new weight
class. Kinchen won a 3-0 decision over Mioshia Wagoner
(Lawrence, Kansas) to clinch her Olympic Trials berth. In the
middleweight division, 2015 Youth World Championships medalist
Iesha Kenney (Alexandria, Va.) took the final win of the night
with a 3-0 win over Cierra Taylor.
Jamie Mitchell (Las Vegas, Nev.) and Giovanna Camacho (Colorado
Springs, Colo.) earned the two victories in the flyweight
division.
Olympic Trials Qualifier II for Women competition will conclude
with final round and consolation bouts on Friday at 8 p.m. at
the Baltimore Harbor Hotel.
In men's action, two-time light flyweight national champion
Leroy Davila (Princeton, N.J.) made a triumphant return from
shoulder surgery with a 3-0 victory over Xenon Mallari (Las
Vegas, Nev.) in his first bout of the tournament.
2014 National Champion Christian Carto (Deptford, N.J.) competed
close to home in his flyweight contest with Timothy Longoria
(Palacios, Texas). Carto advanced to the semifinals with a 3-0
victory in their quarterfinal bout.
2014 light welterweight national champion Abraham Nova (Albany,
N.Y.) earned his semifinal spot with a 3-0 win over Pennsylvania
native Nahin Albright (Yeadon, Pa.) in their match-up on
Thursday.
Age and experience won out in the middleweight match-up between
two-time elite national champion Leshawn Rodriquez (Medford,
N.Y.) and two-time youth titlist Charles Conwell (Cleveland,
Ohio). Rodriquez pulled out a 2-1 decision over Conwell to move
on to the semifinals.
2015 USA Boxing National Championships bronze medalist Elvis
Garcia (Tacoma, Wash.) returned to the semifinals at another key
national event with a 2-1 win over hometown boxer Benjamin
Sinakin (Philadelphia, Pa.).
Olympic Trials Qualifier for Men II action moves in to
all-important semifinal competition at 6 p.m. on Friday at the
Holiday Inn Philadelphia Stadium. All of Friday's victors will
earn spots in the Olympic Trials for Men's Boxing.
For all 13 Pathway Glory Olympic Trials II tournament brackets,
daily bout sheets and results, go to http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Boxing/Features/2015/September/06/Olympic-Trials-Qualifiers-II-for-Men-and-Women-Brackets-and-Bout-Sheets.
Thursday's Results
Women
112 lbs: Jamie Mitchell, Las Vegas, Nev., dec. Melanie Costa,
Norton, Mass., 3-0
112 lbs: Giovanna Camacho, Colorado Springs, Colo., dec.
Jacquelyn Cuddeback, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 3-0
132 lbs: Tiara Brown, Oxon Hill, Md., dec. Amelia Moore,
Millersville, Md., 3-0
132 lbs: Samantha Kinchen, Lexington, Ky., dec. Mioshia Wagoner,
Lawrence, Kansas, 3-0
165 lbs: Franchon Crews, Baltimore, Md., won on TKO over Martha
Fabela, Oakland, Calif., TKO-4
165 lbs: Iesha Kenney, Alexandria, Va., dec. Cierra Taylor,
Rochester, N.Y, 3-0
Men
108 lbs: Adrian Servin, Phoenix, Ariz., dec. Geovany Santiago,
Los Angeles, Calif., 2-1
108 lbs: Leroy Davila, Princeton, N.J., dec Xenon Mallari, Las
Vegas, Nev., 3-0
114 lbs: Eros Correa, San Jose, Calif., dec. Daniel Sandoz,
Stroudsburg, Pa., 3-0
114 lbs: Jay Crenshaw, Houston, Texas dec. Zachariah Jacquez,
Bloomfield, N.M., 3-0
114 lbs: Christian Carto, Deptford, N.J. dec. Timothy Longoria,
Palacios, Texas, 3-0
114 lbs: Khalid Twaiti, Brooklyn, N.Y. dec., Jeremy Morales,
Norfolk, Va., 3-0
123 lbs: Shakur Stevenson, Newark, N.J. dec. Efren Lopez,
Fresno, Calif., 3-0
123 lbs: Cristian Williams, Chicago, Ill., dec Kevin Asmat,
Guttenberg, N.J., 3-0
123 lbs: Rudy Garcia, Los Angeles, Calif., dec. Jose Balderas,
Santa Maria, Calif., 3-0
123 lbs: Mikhail Montgomery, Macon, Ga., dec. Rocky Marzan,
Scranton, Pa., 3-0
132 lbs: Israel Mercado, Montclair, Calif., dec. Vassiliy
Zherebnenko, Brooklyn, N.Y., 3-0
132 lbs: Martino Jules, Allentown, Pa., dec. James Wilkins,
Staten Island, N.Y., 3-0
132 lbs: Elijah Pierce, Oklahoma City, Okla., dec. Ernest Hall,
Baltimore, Md., 3-0
132 lbs: Rolando Romero, Las Vegas, Nev., dec. Brannon Terry,
Little Rock, Ark., 3-0
141 lbs: Jamaine Ortiz-Rodriguez, Worcester, Mass., won on
walkover over Martin Urias, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., W/O
141 lbs: Jamaal Gregory, Charlotte, N.C. dec. Ector Madera,
Stockton, Calif., 3-0
141 lbs: Abraham Nova, Albany N.Y. dec. Nahin Albright, Yeadon,
Pa., 3-0
141 lbs: Jaron Ennis, Philadelphia, Pa. dec. David Sample, Jr.,
Las Vegas, Nev., 3-0
152 lbs: Paul Kroll, Philadelphia, Pa. dec. Michael Montgomery,
Macon, Ga., 2-1
152 lbs: Javaune James, Miramar, FL dec. Daywaun Roseberry,
Cleveland, Ohio, 2-1
152 lbs: Daquan Johnson, Clementon, N.J. dec. Abram Martinez,
San Diego, Calif., 2-1
152 lbs: Mark Dawson, Philadelphia, Pa., dec James Mansfield,
R.I., 3-0
165 lbs: Trevor Lattimore, Bridgeport, Conn., dec. James Martin,
Philadelphia, Pa., 3-0
165 lbs: Moses Taylor, Detroit, Mich., dec. Armani Mcphall,
Newark, N.J., 3-0
165 lbs: Omar Murillo, Boardman, Ore., won on walkover over
Maurice Burke, Philadelphia, Pa., W/O
165 lbs: Leshawn Rodriquez, Medford, N.Y. dec. Charles Conwell,
Cleveland, Ohio, 2-1
178 lbs: Richard Rivera, Hartford, Conn., dec. Darryl Lane,
Washington, D.C., 3-0
178 lbs: Jonathan Esquivel, Anaheim, Calif., dec. Julio Perez-Campusano,
Roxbury, Mass., 3-0
178 lbs: Elvis Figueroa, New Haven, Conn., dec Derick Miller,
Monroe, Mich., 3-0
178 lbs: Edgar Berlanga, Brooklyn, N.Y. dec. Akheim Nurse, East
Orange, N.J., 3-0
201 lbs: Adrian Taylor, Mesquite, Texas dec. Dominique Mayfield,
Philadelphia, Pa., 3-0
201 lbs: Alvin Davie, Miami, Fla., dec. Dionta Winstead,
Norfolk, Va., 3-0
201 lbs: Hakim Lopez, Lithonia, Ga., dec. Derek Edmonds,
Worcester, Mass., 3-0
201 lbs: Cedric Washington, Pearland, Texas dec. Edmen
Shahbazyan, Glendale, Calif., 3-0
201+ lbs: Elvis Garcia, Tacoma, Wash., dec. Benjamin Sinakin,
Philadelphia, Pa., 2-1
201+ lbs: Manase Raikadroka, Inglewood, Calif., dec. Colby
Madison, Owings Mills, Md., 3-0
201+ lbs: Alante Green, Cleveland, Ohio dec. Christian Palu,
Oakland, Calif., 3-0
201+ lbs: Nkosi Solomon, Brooklyn, N.Y. dec. Casey Straw, Dania
Beach, Fla., 3-0
