March 20 Results:

Golden Gloves, the country’s oldest amateur boxing tournament, held its Semi-Finals on Saturday March 20, at the Sugar Ray Leonard community center Palmer Park, Maryland. The action last week was so intense, boxing fans could not stay away. Even, WBA Super Lightweight Champion Adrien Broner (31-2, 23 KOs) interrupted training for his April 01, 2016 against Ashley Theophane (39-6-1, 11 KOs), to check out the Golden Gloves fights.

 

 

Anthony Pullen

Deon Giles in the 12-13 year old division, defeated Anthony Pullen. 12-year-old Pullen suffered a loss but was gracious in defeat. He stated “I feel good, I know I can work on some other things like conditioning and breathing.” Pullen lost but was far from being a loser. He gave thanks to his opponent Deon Giles, who will continue on to Championship finals. Both young men have bright futures ahead of them.

Tyrek Irby went toe-to-toe with Brian Avelar. Irby pulled out the gritty win.  The knock out of the night belonged to Genc Pllana who scored a 2^nd round TKO over D. Marque Hall.

 

The tenacity of the fighters made for an enjoyable night; here are the results:

 

Junior Division:

 

Kia Allen (Keystone) walkover

Tyquan Johnson (#11 Overcomers) over Samuel Edmunds (Headbangers)

Deon Giles (NOXCUSE) over Anthony Pullen  (Oxon Hill)

Chamar Flowers (unattached) walkover

Kelsi Gross (NOXCUSE) walkover

Osei Akinyele (Headbangers) walkover.

 

Novice Division:

 

Joshua Woodard (Headbangers) over Marlon Cash (Dream Team)

Ahmad Jones (UMAR) over Micah Johnson (Tony’s Gym)

Tariq Harris (1st Class) over Sean Cormeir (Kicked Up)

Leroy Payne (Headbangers) over Donnell Poe (Old School)

Ashton Sykes (Switch Hitters) over Champ Moultrie (Laurel)

Jordon Scott (Woodland Tigers) over Alvin Amana (Switch Hitters)

 

Open Division:

Paul Jerry (Fighting For The Future) over Duglas Soto (Down Under)

Hector Soto (Down Under) walkover.

Ebrima Jawara (Laurel) vs. Ulises Castaneda (Dog Pound)

 

Tommy Avelar (Sugar Ray Leonard) over Montel Pridgett (UMAR)

Tyrek Irby (Headbangers) over Brian Avelar (Sugar Ray Gym)

Genc Pllana (Bowerhouse) over D. Marque Hall (Unattached)

 

Nathaniel Copeland (D-Block) over Timothy Crawford (Sugar Ray Leonard)

 

The Washington Golden Gloves Championship Finals takes place on April 02, 2015 at the Rosecroft Raceway, Fort Washington, Maryland at 7:30pm.

 

 

For General information call 301-843-6165.

Minnie Larry

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