Amateur Boxing

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – The 2011 United States squad for the first 2011 Pan American Games Qualifier, March 25-29, in Cumana, Venezuela has been finalized. All 13 Olympic weight divisions will be represented at the event with boxers in the 10 men’s weight divisions and three women’s weight classes competing for a berth in the [...]

PROVIDENCE (March 20, 2011) – U.S. Olympic Boxing Team hopeful Toka Kahn- Clary, an 18-year-old senior at E3 Academy in Providence, won a close decision today (Sunday) against U.S. Marine Tommy Rogue at the 2011 Pan American Games Box-Offs, held at the Olympic Training Center’s Sports Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Elite Olympic-style boxing will return to Cincinnati, Ohio, July 4-9, for a key stop on the road to the 2012 Olympic Games in London, the Last Chance Qualifier. The tournament will provide a final opportunity for all of the male Olympic hopefuls who have not previously qualified for the U.S. Olympic [...]

Middleweight Anthony Ogogo and Welterweight, Fred Evans, secured Gold as men and women from the GB Boxing squad put in a superb team performance to win seven medals at the Strandja Cup in Bulgaria.

This past weekend European Gold Medalist Luke Campbell’s pre-Olympics campaign got off to a flying start, at the first major amateur tournament of 2011 the Bocskai Memorial Tournament in Debrecen, Hungary.

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – The USA Boxing National Championships, amateur boxing’s premier national championship event, will return to Colorado Springs, Colo., for the second straight year. The 2011 event, which is being co-hosted by the Colorado Springs Sports Corporation for the fourth time in the past six years, will be contested June 20-25. The event [...]

Since 1923 the Golden Gloves has been held for amateur boxers to showcase their skills. Golden Glove champions typically have gone on to fight in the Olympics or as professional boxers. But this year may be the first year the NJ Golden Gloves doesn’t take place, as a result of sponsors pulling out and the [...]

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – USA Boxing has selected veteran coach Joe Zanders (Long Beach, Calif.) to serve as the organization’s National Coach. Zanders started coaching amateur boxing in 1974, and was a member of the 2004 U.S. Olympic Coaching staff in Athens, Greece. Outside of the ring, Zanders spent 30 years as Youth Counselor with [...]

Southhaven, Miss., November 26, 2010) Behind the might and experience of three Olympians, the Memphis Force showed the hometown fans of the Mid-South region what they can expect from their newest sports franchise with a 4-1 victory over the visiting Miami Gallos Friday night.

(MEMPHIS, TENN.) The Memphis Force will host the Miami Gallos in their home opener of the 2010-11 World Series of Boxing (WSB) season on Friday, November 26 at the Desoto Civic Center in Southaven, Miss. 2008 U.S. Featherweight Olympian Raynell Williams (Cleveland, Ohio) will Memphis Force Team Logolead a talented group of Force boxers into [...]

Lausanne, Switzerland, November 25th, 2010 – Such is the calibre of the athletes competing in the World Series of Boxing that eleven Olympians will be in action across three different continents this weekend as the tournament enters the second leg of the regular season.

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – The United States and France boxed to a 5-5 tie on Saturday at the USA vs. France Dual in Abbeville, France in the first competition of their trip overseas. The two squads will now prepare for the Four Nations Tournament in Berck Sur Mer, France, November 26-27.

(OXNARD, CALIF.) – The first-ever Women’s International Dual Series concluded on Saturday with nine bouts of elite amateur boxing action, and U.S. flyweight Alex Love (Monroe, Wash.) saved her best performance for the last night. Love took on 2008 World Champion Karolina Michalczuk of Poland in the final flyweight bout of the event, and refused [...]

(OXNARD, CALIF.) – The United States’ women have grabbed the momentum at the inaugural Women’s International Dual Series in Oxnard, Calif. Team USA enjoyed six victories in the third day of action at the Oxnard PAL gym with Poland and Hungary claiming the other three wins on Friday night.

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Ten members of USA Boxing men’s national team have traveled to France for two international events over the next two weeks. The elite group of boxers will face the host nation in a USA vs. France Dual, November 20 in Abbeville, France to kick off the international competition prior to participating [...]

(OXNARD, CALIF.) – The United States and Poland led the participating nations in victories for the second straight day at the Women’s International Dual Series in Oxnard on Thursday. Team USA racked up four victories on day two of competition while Poland once again went undefeated in their dual contests.

(OXNARD, CALIF.) – The first-ever Women’s International Dual Series opened competition on Wednesday night at the Oxnard PAL Gym in Oxnard, Calif. Nine bouts were contested on the evening with the United States and Poland both earning three victories and Canada, Spain and Hungary each claiming one win.

Lausanne, Switzerland, November 18th, 2010 – The World Series of Boxing debuts this weekend with six matches being held across three continents. The Dolce & Gabbana Milano Thunder team has the honor of hosting the first-ever match this Friday evening against Paris United at the Palasharp venue on the outskirts of Milan. The Mexico City [...]

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Twenty-one of the world’s top boxers from five different nations are convening in Oxnard, Calif., today in preparation for the first-ever Women’s International Dual Series at the Oxnard PAL Gym, November 17-20. Elite female boxers from the United States, Hungary, Poland, Canada and Spain will all face off in Oxnard.

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – With the Olympic debut of women’s boxing less than two years away, 22 of the top female boxers in the world will compete in the first-ever Women’s International Dual Series, November 16-20, in Oxnard, Calif. The unique international event will provide valuable competition experience for female athletes from the six participating [...]

Almaty, Kazakhstan, October 31 – The home side put on a spectacular boxing display at the Almaty Sports Palace this evening, dominating all five of the weight categories to secure a 5-0 victory in the first-ever World Series of Boxing bout.

Almaty, Kazakhstan, October 30 – Boxers from the Astana Arlans and Istanbulls World Series of Boxing teams took to the scales this evening for the first-ever World Series of Boxing weigh-in ahead of tomorrow’s first exhibition match on the eve of the 2010 AIBA Congress.

Karachi: Pakistan Boxing Federation (PBF) has announced an 11 member national squad which would take part in the upcoming 16 Asian Games which will be held in Guangzhou, China Boxing competition in the Asian Games are to be played from November 15-27, 2010.

ULAANBAATAR – Host nation Mongolia topped the medals table at the 4th World University Championships, which were held in Ulanbaatar, Mongolia, from October 5th to 10th. The first edition of the championships was held in Antalya, Turkey six years ago, just after the Athens Olympic Games. The story continued in Almaty, Kazakhstan two years later, [...]

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Lightweight Queen Underwood (Seattle, Wash.), light welterweight Cashmere Jackson (Cleveland, Ohio) and welterweight Andrecia Wasson (Centerline, Mich.) all clinched quarterfinal berths with victories in preliminary action on Monday at the 2010 Women’s World Championships in Bridgetown, Barbados. The trio now stands only one victory away world championships hardware.

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Flyweight Marlen Esparza (Houston, Texas) took the ring at the Sobers Sports Complex in Bridgetown, Barbados, with the weight of the world and her own medal hopes on her shoulders. Yet pressure is nothing new to Esparza, a five-time national champion and World Championships bronze medalist in the light flyweight division. [...]

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – The United States enjoyed a highly successful showing on day two of the 2010 Women’s World Boxing Championships in Bridgetown, Barbados, winning all four of their bouts at the Garfield Sobers Sports Complex. Flyweight Marlen Esparza (Houston, Texas), light welterweight Cashmere Jackson (Cleveland, Ohio), welterweight Andrecia Wasson (Centerline, Mich.), and middleweight [...]

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Following a close international battle on Wednesday, a squad of top U.S. boxers will face off in the second competition of a two-dual event at the Lyrick Theatre in Assisi, Italy at 9 p.m. on Saturday. The home team won the opening match-up by a 6-4 bout margin in the first [...]

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Lightweight Queen Underwood (Seattle, Wash.) is competing in her second Women’s World Championships in Bridgetown, Barbados, and she made the trip hoping to avenge her early loss in the 2008 event. The 26-year-old got off to a great start, winning a first round stoppage over Ecuador’s Karina Maramandy in Thursday’s opening [...]

New York, September 9, 2010— Legendary Hall of Famer Lou Duva and accomplished boxing trainer Al Mitchell will combine to spearhead the Team China training camp in the Poconos as they get set to take on the U.S. in “Empires Collide,” a 13-bout men’s and women’s amateur card on October 1 at Capitale in Manhattan’s [...]