(SEPT 13) COLORADO SPRINGS,
Colo. -- USA Boxing’s reigning World champions – Maryland
featherweight Jahmal Harvey, Massachusetts lightweight Rashida
Ellis and Nevada light heavyweight Rahim Gonzales – have all
decided, albeit for different reasons, to remain elite
Olympic-style amateur boxers rather than join the professional
ranks.
Harvey is following his dream,
Ellis taking care of unfinished business, and Gonzales has
proven to be a model of perseverance.
“With three world champions currently on the team, USA Boxing is
in a great position on the road to Paris 2024,” commented Matt
Johnson, USA Boxing’s High Performance Team Director. “We have a
nice blend of boxers, such as Rashida and Rahim, who bring years
of experience to the table having been on the team throughout
the previous quad. When you combine that with the younger talent
of someone like Jahmal, it makes for a very well-balanced squad
with several leaders that can show what it takes to be a world
class boxer.”
Today, more than ever, elite boxers are remaining amateurs
because of the USA Boxing program. American boxers receive room
and board on the USA Boxing campus in Colorado Springs, Colo.,
where they train at the state-of-the art United States Olympic
and Paralympic Training Center, under the guidance of a
world-class coaching staff led by Billy Walsh. The athletes also
have a strength-and-conditioning coach, nutritionist, and even a
publicist. In addition, they receive a comfortable monthly
stipend, and some international events now offer purses for the
top three finishers, up to $100,000 to the winners of the World
Championships.
Like many boxing teams from foreign countries, USA Boxing now
provides all the incentives for boxers to remain and continue
developing, rather than turning pro simply for money to pay the
bills.
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