(JUNE 1)
(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – The
United States squad recorded four victories on day two of the
Cheo Aponte Tournament in Caguas City, Puerto Rico on Thursday
evening. Team USA’s two female competitors,
Virginia Fuchs
(Kemah, Texas) and
Tiara Brown
(Fort Myers, Fla.), both enjoyed
dominating wins in their opening bouts in Puerto Rico. Flyweight
Shawn Simpson
(Chicago, Ill.) and welterweight
Jamontay Clark
(Cincinnati, Ohio) advanced as
well with unanimous decision victories.
Simpson earned the first win of
the night for Team USA, taking a unanimous decision victory over
Puerto Rico’s
Jan Lopez
in the opening bout of the
session. Simpson’s win moves on him to the flyweight finale
where he will face a second Puerto Rican opponent,
Jantony Ortiz,
for the Cheo Aponte title.
Team USA enjoyed success in the
female flyweight contest as well with Fuchs scoring a second
round TKO win over Puerto Rico’s own
Jennifer Morales.
She will take on a second Puerto Rican opponent in the
championship bout on Saturday.
Brown, the 2012 World Champion,
also enjoyed a quick first outing. Utilizing effective body
work, Brown claimed a second round stoppage victory over Puerto
Rico’s
Cristal Montalvo
in their semifinal contest to
move on to the finals. She will take on a tougher test in the
lightweight championship bout, facing 2011 Pan American Games
champion
Kiria Tapia
of Puerto Rico.
Clark earned his second victory
of the Cheo Aponte tournament in welterweight action, taking a
unanimous decision win over Chile’s
Daniel Munoz.
He will compete in semifinal
competition this evening, battling the Dominican Republic’s
Johan Santos
for a spot in the championship bout.
Lightweight
Luis Sedano
(Duarte, Calif.) dropped his
second bout of the tournament, losing a 3-0 decision to Puerto
Rico’s
Danielito Zorrilla.
Middleweight
Le’Shawn Rodriquez
(Shirley, N.Y.) fell to Brazil’s
Lucas Maritins
in the final U.S. bout of the
night, eliminating him from contention.
Light welterweight
Jose Alday
(Odessa, Texas), light
heavyweight
Geremias Torres
(Holyoke, Mass.), heavyweight
Michael Hilton
(Trenton, N.J.), and super
heavyweight
Cam F. Awesome
(Lenexa, Kansas) will all compete
in their first bout of the tournament this evening, joining
Clark in tonight’s action.
U.S. Results
112 lbs/female:
Virginia Fuchs, Kemah, Texas/USA
won on technical knockout over
Jennifer Morales, PUR, TKO-2
114 lbs:
Shawn Simpson, Chicago, Ill./USA
dec. Jan Lopez, Puerto Rico, 3-0
132 lbs: Danielito Zorrilla, PUR,
dec.
Luis Sedano, Duarte, Calif./USA,
3-0
132 lbs:
Tiara Brown, Fort Myers, Fla./USA
won on technical knockout Cristal
Montalvo, PUR, TKO-2
152 lbs:
Jamontay Clark, Cincinnati,
Ohio/USA
dec. Luis Sanchez, PUR, 3-0
165 lbs: Lucas Martins, BRA, dec.
Le’Shawn Rodriquez, Shirley,
N.Y./USA,
3-0
USA Boxing, as the national
governing body for Olympic-style boxing, is the United States’
member organization of the International Amateur Boxing
Association (AIBA) and a member of the United States Olympic
Committee (USOC).
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