(JAN 9) Female featherweight
JaJaira Gonzalez (Glendora, Calif.) won the first gold medal of
the inaugural Junior World Team Open in Reno, Nev., on Tuesday
evening. The female featherweight championship bout was the
final contest of the night with 10 bouts of action being
contested on opening day. Gonzalez finished the night with a
bang, taking the title with a stoppage win over Anna Crutchfield
(Travelers Rest, S.C.).
Gonzalez won a third round stoppage win over Crutchfield as the
referee called a halt to the bout at the 1:57 mark to give her
the Junior World Team Open title. The event opened with nine
bouts in male action and the light flyweight division kicked off
the competition with several close opening round bouts. Two
young boxers pulled out tiebreaker victories with Izaiah
Bautista (Hercules, Calif.) and Daniel Gonzalez (Moreno Valley,
Calif.) each moving in on with razor thin wins.
Hometown boxer Alex Rodriguez (Sparks, Nev.) pulled out a 17-15
decision over Andrew Weaver (Zanesville, Ohio) in his first bout
of the tournament in the bantamweight division. 2012 Veles Cup
team member Edgar Berlanga (Brooklyn, N.Y.) claimed the final
win in the male division, defeating Ferdinand Kerobyan
(California), 16-11 in the lone light middleweight bout of the
night.
Action will resume tonight at 6 p.m. with eight tournament bouts
in the men’s light bantamweight, bantamweight and featherweight
as well as two non-tournament contests in the female division.
The bout sheet can be found below.
A live stream of Junior World Team Open tournament action can be
purchased on USA Boxing’s website, usaboxing.org.
Tuesday, January 8 results
101 lbs/male: Shon Mondragon, Commerce City, Colo., dec. Jose
Cora, Abilene, Texas, 13-9
106 lbs/male: Izaiah Bautista, Hercules, Calif., dec. Kevin
Montano, Concord, Calif., 14-14, 41-39
106 lbs/male: Freudis Rojas, Nevada, dec. Kristopher Alcos,
Lihue, Hawaii, 12-10
106 lbs/male: Daniel Gonzalez, Moreno Valley, Calif., dec. Isaac
Perez, Albuquerque, N.M., 18-18, 53-49
106 lbs/male: Adrian Servin, Phoenix, Ariz. won on
disqualification over Saul Sanchez, N. Hollywood, Calif., DQ
119 lbs/male: Adolfo Alanis, Edinburg, Texas, dec. Enrique
Manrajos, Ontario, Ore., 21-4
119 lbs/male: Alex Rodriguez, Sparks, Nev., dec. Andrew Weaver,
Zanesville, Ohio, 17-15
119 lbs/male: Isidro Ochoa, Compton, Calif., dec. Troy Isley,
Alexandria, Va., 11-8
154 lbs/male: Edgar Berlanga, Brooklyn, N.Y., dec. Ferdinand
Kerobyan, California, 16-11
125 lbs/female championship bout:
JaJaira Gonzalez, Glendora, Calif., stopped Anna Crutchfield,
Travelers Rest, S.C., RSC-3 (1.57)
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