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(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – 2011 USA Boxing Championships competition rolled into the semifinal round on Thursday with one session at the Colorado Springs Christian School. All of the competitors in 13 Olympic weight classes already had a weight lifted off their shoulders, having earned berths in the U.S. Olympic Trials but that didn’t deter them [...]

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Quarterfinal action concluded with 35 bouts of Olympic-style boxing action on Thursday evening at the Colorado Springs Christian School in Colorado Springs, Colo. Twenty-eight of the 35 victors were competitors in the 13 Olympic-style weight and therefore earned U.S. Olympic Team Trials spots with their wins in Wednesday’s action.

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Today’s quarterfinal bouts at the 2011 USA Boxing National Championships held a critical new importance, and the intensity of the boxers’ performance echoed the large stakes. All of today’s victors in the 13 Olympic weight classes earn berths in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials with this week’s event being the first-ever [...]

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Fifty-seven boxers recorded second round victories on Tuesday night to advance on to the critical quarterfinal round. All of the winners in the 13 Olympic weight classes in Wednesday’s competition will earn berths into the U.S. Olympic Team Trials.

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Several of the United States’ top Olympic hopefuls put on a show on the second day of action at the USA Boxing National Championships in Colorado Springs, Colo. Forty-five bouts of action in eight weight classes were contested in Tuesday’s afternoon action.

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – First round competition moved into the evening session on Monday at the 2011 USA Boxing National Championships at the Colorado Springs Christian School in Colorado Springs, Colo. Twenty-four preliminary contests highlighted the night’s action with all of the victors moving on to Tuesday’s packed schedule of action.

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – 2011 USA Boxing National Championships kicked off preliminary round action on Monday at the Colorado Springs Christian School in Colorado Springs, Colo. The intense action started early with first round contests in the male bantamweight, light welterweight, middleweight and heavyweight divisions as well as the female lightweight class.

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – A unique mix of athletes convened yesterday afternoon at the historic City Auditorium to showcase their skills at an public workout ahead of next week’s 2011 USA Boxing National Championships. The full U.S. Army team joined returning Olympians Rau’shee Warren (Cincinnati, Ohio) and Raynell Williams (Cleveland, Ohio) as well as former [...]

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – With just over a year until the Olympic debut of women’s boxing, a talented group of women will descend on Colorado Springs for the 2011 USA Boxing National Championships. For the first-time ever, one event will serve as a qualifying tournament for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for both male and [...]

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – One week from today, over 330 of the best Olympic-style boxers will take the ring in the opening day of action at the 2011 USA Boxing National Championships. In the men’s division, eight returning champions, a 2008 U.S. Olympian, and numerous former titlists will compete for a prestigious national championship in [...]

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Mobile, Alabama will showcase the biggest event in men’s Olympic-style boxing action, July 31-August 6, as the 80 top male boxers in the United States converge on the Mobile Civic Center for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Men’s Boxing. Yet, the boxing action won’t end there, as the sport’s future [...]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – In an effort to ensure American boxers have access to the very best training and support in the world in advance of the 2012 Olympic Games in London, the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC), USA Boxing and Freddie Roach Training, Inc. have formed a unique partnership which will give America’s elite amateur [...]

Flyweight Christina Cruz Earns a Pan Am Games Berth Following a Successful Protest of her Semifinal Opponent (COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Despite losses in the final round,, four U.S. boxers will return home having accomplished their mission of earning Pan Am Games berths at the second Pan American Games qualifier in Quito, Ecuador.

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Three U.S. boxers officially punched their tickets for the 2011 Pan American Games with semifinal victories at the second Pan American Games qualifier in Quito, Ecuador. Female lightweight Queen Underwood (Seattle, Wash.), female middleweight Franchon Crews (Baltimore, Md.) and male light heavyweight Jeffrey Spencer (Fort Carson, Colo.) all claimed semifinal victories [...]

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Female middleweight Franchon Crews (Baltimore, Md.) notched the first win for her United States’ squad on Monday at the second Pan American Games qualifier in Quito, Ecuador. Crews took the ring in the final bout of the evening session and closed the show in impressive fashion, recording a dominating 22-0 victory [...]

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – The 2011 National Golden Gloves Championships closed with a bang on Saturday night as 10 new national champions were crowned at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Ind.

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – A week full of elite amateur boxing action will culminate with final round action at the 2011 National Golden Gloves Championships on Saturday. Twenty boxers earned berths in the championship round with victories in Friday’s competition at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Indiana.