(FEB 16) 12 members of USA
Boxing’s Elite High Performance Squad departed from Colorado
Springs, Colo. yesterday for the 69th edition of the Strandja
Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria, which runs Feb. 18-26. The team
has been in Colorado Springs, Colo. training for the tournament
since Jan. 28.
USA Boxing’s team consists of six
male boxers and six female boxers looking for gold in the first
international tournament of 2018.
Virginia Fuchs (Kemah, Texas) and Stacia Suttles (Bronx, N.Y.)
will be looking to repeat last year’s winning performance at the
2017 Strandja Tournament. Fuchs and Suttles will be joined by
2017 Continental Championship medalists Krystal Dixon (New
Rochelle, N.Y.) and Oshae Jones (Toledo, Ohio), as well as Leah
Cooper (Ozone Park, N.Y.) and Nephateria Miller (New Haven,
Conn.), both of whom will be making their international debuts.
The male delegation is headlined by 2017 World Championship
bronze medalist Troy Isley (Alexandria, Va.) and 2017
Continental Championship silver medalist Delante Johnson
(Cleveland, Ohio). 2016 Youth World Championship bronze medalist
Richard Torrez (Tulare, Calif.) will be making his elite
international debut in Bulgaria, while the remaining members of
the team, Keyshawn Davis (Norfolk, Va.), Raymond Ford
(Sicklerville, N.J.) and Salaam Gonzalez (Denver, Colo.), will
be representing the United States for the first time.
Head Coach Billy Walsh (Colorado Springs, Colo.) will lead the
Americans with Marc Gargaro (Newton, Mass.), Joe Guzman
(Fountain, Colo.) and Charles Leverette (Fountain, Colo.)
assisting the team.
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USA Roster
49 kg: Salaam Gonzalez, Denver, Colo.
51 kg: Virginia Fuchs, Kemah, Texas
56 kg: Raymond Ford, Sicklerville, N.J.
57 kg: Nephateria Miller, New Haven, Conn.
60 kg: Keyshawn Davis, Norfolk, Va.
60 kg: Stacia Suttles, Bronx, N.Y.
64 kg: Delante Johnson, Cleveland, Ohio
69 kg: Oshae Jones, Toledo, Ohio
75 kg: Leah Cooper, Ozone Park, N.Y.
75 kg: Troy Isley, Alexandria, Va.
81 kg: Krystal Dixon, New Rochelle, N.Y.
91+ kg: Richard Torrez, Tulare, Calif.
