(JUNE 27)
(MOBILE, ALA.) – The 42nd annual USA Boxing National Junior
Olympic National Championships opened tournament action on
Wednesday with two preliminary round sessions at the Arthur R.
Outlaw Convention Center in Mobile, Ala.
Forty-eight preliminary round bouts in 11 weight divisions
kicked off the 2013 event, which is returning to Mobile for the
third straight year. Returning champion Ruben Villa (Salinas,
Calif.) took the first step toward his second straight Junior
Olympic title with a victory in the opening session. Villa
defeated Noah Contreras (Mohabe, Ariz.) by unanimous decision to
advance on to the quarterfinal round where he will face Eli
Trujillo (Rawlins, Wyo.). On the opposite side of the bracket,
Junior World Team Open champion Devin Haney (Las Vegas, Nev.)
claimed his first victory of the event with a 3-0 win over
Nikita Ababiy (Brooklyn, N.Y.) in their bantamweight contest.
Haney moves on to a quarterfinal match-up with Duke Ragen
(Cincinnati, Ohio).
Two more former members of Team USA earned first round victories
in the opening session of action at the Arthur R. Outlaw
Convention Center. Junior World Team Open champion Keoni Adric,
Jr. (Haleima, Hawaii) entered the Junior Olympic National
Championships fresh off a silver medal at the Victory Day
Tournament in Ukraine. He enjoyed success on Wednesday as well,
winning a 2-1 decision over Antonio Williams (Fort Lauderdale,
Fla.). Adric will face Michael Rivera (Houston, Texas) in
quarterfinal competition tomorrow.
2012 Veles Cup tournament representative Manjaro Hills, Jr.
(Baker, La.) competed in one of the most entertaining bouts of
the opening day in middleweight action. Hills faced off with
Darion Green (St. Louis, Mo.), who is competing in Mobile
alongside his twin brother, Darius, in first round action. The
two traded standing eight counts in the action packed contest
with Hills taking a 2-1 split division to advance to Thursday’s
action. He will take on Kashif Muhammad Brown, Jr. (Washington
DC) in the quarterfinal round.
WOMEN AMATEURS: The evening session showcased the first female bouts of the
tournament with two women’s flyweight bouts being contested in
the night’s action. Kristy Rodriguez (Naperville, Ill.) put an
early end to her bout with Monae Ward (St. Louis, Mo.), taking a
TKO win to move to the semifinals where she will battle Angie
Ornelas (Beaverton, Ore.).
Featherweight Michael Nelson (Mansfield, Ohio) concluded an
undefeated day for his Junior World Open squad, winning a
unanimous decision over Drayden Maes (Rawlins, Wyo.) in first
round competition. The win moves Nelson on to a quarterfinal
match-up with Garrett Rincon (Anaheim, Calif.) on Thursday.
2012 Veles Cup team member Edgar Berlanga (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
competed in one of the final bouts of the first day of action in
Mobile. Berlanga won a unanimous decision over Jose Burgos
(Johnson City, Tenn.) in his first contest of the 2013 event to
advance to tomorrow’s quarterfinal round where he will face
Michaiah Soares (Kaunakakai, Hawaii).
Action will resume at the Arthur R. Outlaw Convention Center on
Thursday with 57 quarterfinal bouts as the nation’s top 15 and
16-year-old boxers vie for a spot in the medal round. All of
Thursday’s quarterfinal bout sheets are attached.
Wednesday, June 26
6 p.m. session
106 lbs/male: Derek Ochoa, Sanger, Calif., dec. Desmond Jarmon
II, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2-1
114 lbs/male: Sergio Bolonos, Sivler Springs, Md., won on
tiebreaker over Alejandro Jimenez, Smyrna, Tenn., TB
114 lbs/male: Darren Cunningham, St. Louis, Mo., dec. William
Young, Pittsburg, Calif., 3-0
114 lbs/male: Marco Diaz, Palm Bay, Fla., won on TKO over
Francisco Aguilar, Milwaukee, Wis., TKO-2 (1:45)
114 lbs/male: Dominic Serna, Indio, Calif., dec. Isaiah Tafoya,
Cheyenne, Wyo., 3-0
114 lbs/female: Odalys Camacho, Bakersfield, Calif., dec. Maday
Ybarra, Midland, Texas, 3-0
114 lbs/female: Kristy Rodriguez, Naperville, Ill., won on TKO
over Monae Ward, St. Louis, Mo., TKO
125 lbs/male: Isidro Ochoa, Fresno, Calif.. dec. Colt Dante,
Honolulu, Hawaii, 2-1
125 lbs/male: Gage Campbell, Wauseon, Ohio dec. Henry Garcia,
Milwaukee, Wis., 3-0
125 lbs/male: Steven Galeano, Bronx, N.Y., dec. Treyvon Bonnet,
Lafayette, La., 2-1
125 lbs/male: Edward Ceballos, Youngstown, Ariz., dec. Julio
Luna, Oklahoma City, Okla., 2-1
125 lbs/male: Gonzalo Rodriguez, Edinburg, Texas, dec. Teofimo
Lopez, Davie, Fla., 3-0
125 lbs/male: Michael Nelson, Mansfield, Ohio, dec. Drayden Maes,
Rawlins, Wyo., 3-0
138 lbs/male: Eben Vargas, Phoenix, Ariz., dec. Tireak Sinegal,
Lafayette, La., 3-0
138 lbs/male: Emiliano Gutierrez, Milwaukee, Wis., dec. Joseph
Rivera, Houston, Texas, 3-0
138 lbs/male: Mark Dawson, Philadelphia, Pa., dec. Kadeem
Anderson, Detroit, Mich., 2-1
138 lbs/male: Wrylee Padilla, Rock Springs, Wyo., dec. Joseph
Murrietta, Selma, Calif., 2-1
138 lbs/male: Money Powell, Columbus, Ga., dec. Sergio Mamone,
Jr., Hilo, Hawaii, 3-0
138 lbs/male: Mykquan Williams, Hartford, Conn., dec. Ruben
Torres, Whittier, Calif., 3-0
154 lbs/male: Edgar Berlanga, Brooklyn, N.Y., dec. Jose Burgos,
Johnson City, Tenn., 3-0
154 lbs/male: Jose Pena, Houston, Texas, dec. Akeem Mayle,
Zanesville, Ohio, 3-0
154 lbs/male: Ferdinand Kerobyan, N. Hollywood, Calif., dec.
Jake Baca, Pueblo, Colo., 3-0
154 lbs/male: Amisael Jimenez, Sacramento, Calif., dec. Trini
Brown Eyes, Rapid City, S.D., 3-0
176 lbs/male: Wahzir Beyar, Hyannis, Mass., dec. Joshua Jay
Juarez, Laredo, Texas, 2-1
11 a.m. session
101 lbs/male: Slade Corvin, Chattanooga, Tenn., dec. Geovany
Santiago, Los Angeles, Calif., 2-1
101 lbs/male: Kawelo Alcos, Wapahu, Hawaii, dec. Jairo Perez,
Casper, Wyo., 3-0
101 lbs/male: Basel Nasser, Dearborn Heights, Mich., dec.
Fernardo Martinez, Phoenix, Ariz., 2-1
101 lbs/male: Ivan Varela, Lindsay, Calif., dec. Desmond Lyons,
Augusta, Ga., 3-0
110 lbs/male: Keeshawn Williams, Washington DC dec. DeChaun
Blount, Baton Rouge, La., 3-0
110 lbs/male: Bruce Carrington, Brooklyn, N.Y., won on walkover
over Trequanm Whitley, Red Springs, N.C., W/O
110 lbs/male: Dylan Price, Sicklerville, N.J., won on TKO over
Christopher Rodriguez, McAllen, Texas, TKO-3
110 lbs/male: Aaron Morales, Eutaula, Okla., dec. Jonathan
Zavala, Greeley, Colo., 3-0
110 lbs/male: Dustin Somera, Las Vegas, Nev., dec. Noah Kapner,
Gravette, Ark., 2-1
119 lbs/male: Devin Haney, Las Vegas, Nev., dec. Nikita Ababiy,
Brooklyn, N.Y., 3-0
119 lbs/male: Ruben Villa, Salinas, Calif., dec. Noah Contreras,
Mohabe, Ariz., 3-0
119 lbs/male: Mack Allison, Baltimore, Md., dec. Kennan Glaude,
Lafayette La., 2-1
132 lbs/male: Andreas Ladd, Toledo, Ohio, dec. Bobby Reay, Rock
Springs, Wyo., 3-0
132 lbs/male: Keoni Adric, Jr., Haleima, Hawaii, dec. Antonio
Williams, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., 2-1
132 lbs/male: Josue Vargas, Bronx, N.Y., dec. Theopolis Stewart,
St. Louis, Mo., 3-0
132 lbs/male: Charlie Sheehy, Brisbane, Calif., dec. Tyshaun
Wilson, Norfolk, Va., 3-0
132 lbs/male: Jonathan Jarabek, Brighton, Colo., dec. Devontai
Benoit, Lafayette, La., 3-0
145 lbs/male: Charles Conwell, Cleveland Heights, Ohio dec.
Shaden White, Chesapeake, Ohio, 3-0
145 lbs/male: Angel Rios, Sacramento, Calif., dec. Christopher
Gonzalez, Tucson, Ariz., 2-1
145 lbs/male: Hans Perez, Staten Island, N.Y., dec. Manaba
Hunter-Gabriel, Kaunakakai, Hawaii, 3-0
145 lbs/male: Aaron Broussard, Lake Charles, La., dec. Antonio
Madkimetas, Shewano, Wis., 2-1
145 lbs/male: Christian Rivera, Orlando, Fla., dec. Luis Angel
Enriquez, San Diego, Calif., 2-1
165 lbs/male: Manjaro Hills, Jr., Baker, La., dec. Darion Green,
St. Louis, Mo., 2-1
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