(JUNE 25)
(COLORADO
SPRINGS, COLO.) - Forty-six boxers moved one step closer to an
Olympic Trials berth with quarterfinal wins on Thursday at the
Pathway to Glory Olympic Trials Qualifier I in Colorado Springs,
Colo. All of the day's victors moved on to the semifinal round
with their wins on Thursday and will need only one more victory
to secure Olympic Trials berths in the 13 weight divisions.
The day began with a highly
anticipated rematch between bantamweight champion
Christina Cruz
(New York, N.Y.) and former
featherweight titlist
Melissa Parker
(Fort Carson, Colo.) in the
flyweight quarterfinals. Parker took the win in the initial
match-up between the two but Cruz avenged her earlier loss with
a unanimous decision win over Parker.
The men's flyweight opened
competition in the quarterfinal round and 2012 Olympic training
partner and former youth champion
Gilbert Renteria
(Houston, Texas) kicked off his
tournament with a 3-0 win over fellow Texan
John Atiles
(Cypress, Texas) in their quarterfinal match-up.
Charles Williams
(Colorado Springs, Colo.)
defeated 2015 Youth National Champion
Shon Mondragon
(Denver, Colo.) in an
all-Colorado battle in another flyweight quarterfinal contest.
The women's middleweight division
featured a second rematch between top competitors late in the
early session. Former national champions and 2012 Olympic Trials
participants
Tika Hemingway
(Brackenridge, Pa.) and
Franchon Crews
(Baltimore, Md.) battled for a
spot in the semifinals in a hotly-contested match-up. Hemingway
pulled out a 2-1 decision over Crews to advance in tournament
competition.
In the final bout of the early
session, 2015 USA Boxing National Championships silver medalist
Marlo Moore
(Hayward, Calif.) won a unanimous
decision over 2015 USA Boxing National Championships bronze
medalist
Elvis Garcia
(Tacoma, Wash.) to move on to the
semifinals.
In the bantamweight division, two
former youth stars met up in a quarterfinal round bout. 2015
National Golden Gloves champion
Ruben Villa
(Salinas, Calif.) won a 3-0
decision over Youth Olympic Games gold medalist
Shakur Stevenson
(Newark, N.J.) to secure his spot
in the semifinals.
Another former Golden Gloves
champion took a stoppage in the quarterfinals. Middleweight
Marquis Moore
(Colorado Springs, Colo.) won a
TKO over
Christopher Thompson
(Flint, Mich.) in the first round
of their bout to move on to the medal round.
Former super heavyweight
Cam F. Awesome
(Lenexa, Kansas) made his
heavyweight debut in a bout with
Tristan James
(Des Moines, Iowa) and Awesome
took a 3-0 victory at his new weight division.
Derae Crane
(Colorado Springs, Colo.) won a
third round TKO over
Vardan Khachatrian
(Los Angeles, Calif.) in an
entertaining bout to close the day's quarterfinal competition.
Semifinal action will take place
at noon and 6 p.m. with all the victors clinching berths in the
Olympic Trials.
The Olympic Trials Qualifier I is
being livestreamed in conjunction with Flo Sports for only
$19.95 at
https://livecoverage.flosports.tv/event/587-usa-boxing-trials-qualifier-pikes-peak-international-championships.
For more information about the
Pathway to Glory Olympic Trials Qualifier I, including brackets
and full tournament results, go to
www.usaboxing.org.
Thursday's Results
6 p.m.
123 lbs/male: Ruben Villa,
Salinas, Calif., dec. Shakur Stevenson, Newark, N.J., 3-0
123 lbs/male: Aaron Perez,
Albuquerque, N.M., dec. Michael Nelson, Shelby, Ohio, 2-1
123 lbs/male: Andrew Strode,
Denver, Colo., dec. Isidro Ochoa, Fresno, Calif., 3-0
123 lbs/male: Irvin Gonzalez,
Worcseter, Mass., dec. Michael Angeletti, Spring, Texas, 2-1
141 lbs/male: Kevin Ceja-Ventura,
Omaha, Neb., dec. Charles Vasquez Vera, 2-1
141 lbs/male: Rahim Gonzales,
Sylmar, Calif., dec. Hugo Garcia, Pittsburgh, Pa., 2-1
141 lbs/male: Gary Russell,
Capitol Heights, Md., dec. Richardson Hitchins, Brooklyn, N.Y.,
3-0
141 lbs/male: Alexis Saenz,
Aurora, Colo., dec. Kevin Serrano, Philadelphia, Pa., 3-0
165 lbs/male: Marquis Moore,
Colorado Springs, Colo., won on TKO over Christopher Thompson,
Flint, Mich., TKO-1
165 lbs/male: Trevor Lattimore,
Bridgeport, Conn., dec. Randy Foster, Covington, Ga., 2-1
165 lbs/male: Kevin Green, New
Orleans, La., dec. Leshawn Rodriquez, MEdford, N.Y., 2-1
165 lbs/male: Christopher Ousley,
Middleton, Wis., dec. Lionel Urias, Dallas, Texas, 3-0
201 lbs/male: Adrian Taylor,
Mesquite, Texas, dec. Edmen Shahbazyan, Glendale, Calif., 3-0
201 lbs/male: Randy Harris,
Longview, Texas dec. Matthew Mollet, Port Orchard, Wash., 2-1
201 lbs/male: Cam F. Awesome,
Lenexa, Kansas dec. Tristan James, Des Moines, Iowa, 3-0
201 lbs/male: Derae Crane,
Colorado Springs, Colo., won on TKO over Vardan Khachatrian, Los
Angeles, Calif., TKO-3
Noon
112 lbs/female: Christina Cruz,
New York, N.Y., dec. Melissa Parker, Fort Carson, Colo., 3-0
112 lbs/female: Amanda Pavone,
Burlington, Mass., dec. Jamie Mitchell, Las Vegas, Nev., 2-1
112 lbs/female: Alexandra Love,
Colorado Springs, Colo., dec. Giovanna Camacho, Colorado
Springs, Colo., 3-0
112 lbs/female: Karina Sarabia,
El Monte, Calif., won on medical DQ over Rachel Perez, Aurora,
Colo., DQ
114 lbs/male: Aarkeyse Higdon,
Lansing, Mich., dec. Juan Rendon, Las Vegas, Nev.,3-0
114 lbs/male: Charles Williams,
Colorado Springs, Colo., dec. Shon Mondragon, Commerce City,
Colo., 3-0
114 lbs/male: Saul Sanchez, N.
Hollywood, Calif., won on TKO over Gian Paolo, Grubat, Minn.,
TKO-3
114 lbs/male: Gilbert Renteria,
Houston, Texas dec. John Atiles, Cypress, Texas, 3-0
132 lbs/female: Stalacia Leggett,
San Diego, Calif., dec. Felisha Estrada Gonzalez, Colorado
Springs, Clol., 3-0
132 lbs/female: Amelia Moore,
Millersville, Md., dec. Dalia Gomez, Oakland, Calif., 2-1
132 lbs/female: Rianna Rios,
Colorado Springs, Colo., dec. N'yteeyah Sherman, Akron, Ohio,
3-0
132 lbs/female: Jajaira Gonzalez,
Glendora, Calif., won on TKO over Mioshia Wagoner, Lawrence,
Kansas, TKO-4
132 lbs/male: Teofimo Lopez,
Davie, Fla., dec. Eder Carrillo, Woodland, Calif., 3-0
132 lbs/male: Adam Castillo,
Lubbock, Texas dec. Jalonte Cole, Burke, Va., 3-0
132 lbs/male: Jousce Gonzalez,
Glendora, Kansas, dec. Elijah Pierce, Lawrenceville, Ga., 3-0
132 lbs/male: Genaro Gamez, San
Diego, Calif., dec. Rolando Romero, Las Vegas, Nev., 3-0
152 lbs/male: Quinton Randall,
Katy, Texas, dec. Damien Lopez, Newhall, Calif., 3-0
152 lbs/male: Jose Alday, Odessa,
Texas dec. Ferdinand Kerobyan, N. Hollywood, Calif., 3-0
152 lbs/male: Vardges Vardanyan,
Panorama City, Calif., dec. Javaune James, Miramar, Fla., 2-1
152 lbs/male: VeShawn Owens, St.
Louis Park, Minn., dec. Julian Smith, Robbins, Ill., 3-0
165 lbs/female: Krystal Dixon,
New Rochelle, N.Y., dec. Kira DeMorales, Hilo, Hawaii, 3-0
165 lbs/female: Naomi Graham,
Colorado Springs, Colo., dec. Jessica Bass, Stockbridge, Calif.,
3-0
165 lbs/female: Tika Hemingway,
Brackenridge, Pa., dec. Franchon Crews, Baltimore, Md., 2-1
178 lbs/male: Miguel Teo,
Framingham, Mass., dec. Bobby Calderon, Denver, Colo., 3-0
178 lbs/male: Richard Vansiclen,
Seattle, Wash., won on TKO over Chase Calloway, St. Joseph, Mo.,
TKO-3
178 lbs/male: Martez McGregor,
Maywood, Ill., dec. Niko Valdes, Miami, Fla., 2-1
178 lbs/male: Dazme Woods,
Atlanta, Ga., won on TKO over Tory Williams, Mandeville, La.,
TKO-3
178 lbs/male: Richard Vansiclen,
Seattle, Wash., won on TKO over Chase Calloway, St. Joseph, Mo.,
TKO-3
201+ lbs/male: Lorenzo Deloney,
Mablevale, Ark., dec. Leonid Grachev, Boulder, Colo., 2-1
201+ lbs/male: Zayn Bin Bilal,
Albuquerque, N.M., dec. won on KO over Frankie Bolton, East
Point, Ga., KO-1
201+ lbs/male: Marlo Moore,
Hayward, Calif., dec. Elvis Garcia, Tacoma, Wash., 3-0