(JAN 11) RENO, NEV.) – The 2014 Junior and Youth Open finalists are now determined following five hours of semifinal competition on Friday at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nev. Boxers in all four age divisions took the ring on Friday evening with 43 boxers claiming berths in their respective championship bouts.

Several national champions and three reigning world champions all moved one step closer to another national title with victories on Friday. Team USA’s third world champion Jajaira Gonzalez (Glendora, Calif.) finally took the ring for her first bout of the tournament in a match-up with fellow 2013 Junior Open titlist and hometown favorite Jessica Galvez (Sparks, Nev.). Gonzalez unloaded punches from the opening bell and didn’t stop, peppering Galvez with a barrage of shots. After two standing eight counts, the referee stopped the bout, giving Gonzalez a TKO victory in the first round.

Her fellow world champions Caitlin Orosco (Anaheim, Calif.) and Shakur Stevenson (Newark, N.J.) competed in back-to-back bouts in Friday’s semifinal action. Both boxers earned unanimous decision victories in their semifinal matches, advancing both boxers on to the championship round. Orosco will face Odalys Camacho (Bakersfield, Calif.) in the youth female flyweight finale following her upset win over 2013 USA Boxing youth national champion Marisol Lopez (Stratford, Calif.). The youth men’s flyweight finale will be one of the most anticipated of the tournament as Stevenson faces off with 2013 USA Boxing youth national champion Antonio Vargas (Kissimmee, Fla.) for the 2014 Junior and Youth Open title.

2013 Junior Olympic national championships silver medalist Edgar Berlanga (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and 2013 Team USA member John Williams (Baton Rouge, La.) faced off in one of the best bouts of the night in youth men’s welterweight semifinal action. Both boxers landed heavy shots during the three-round contest, but it was Williams taking the unanimous decision victory. He will face 2013 Junior Open champion Javier Estrada (Palmdale, Calif.) in the welterweight finale on Saturday afternoon.

2013 Junior Olympic national champion Charles Conwell (Cleveland, Ohio) will take on 2013 Junior Olympic national championships silver medalist Manjaro Hills, Jr. (Baton Rouge, La.) in the middleweight championship bout following semifinal victories by both boxers on Friday evening.

In junior division action, 2013 Junior World Championships silver medalist Daniel Gonzalez (Moreno Valley, Calif.) advanced to his second straight Junior Open final round bout with another unanimous decision win on Friday. He will battle hometown boxer David Marfil (Sparks, Nev.) in championship round action on Saturday.

Gonzalez’s fellow 2013 national team member Devin Haney (Las Vegas, Nev.) earned a berth in the junior men’s featherweight final round contest with a unanimous decision win on Friday as well. Haney defeated Alejandro Campa (Phoenix, Ariz.) in Friday’s semifinal competition to move on to a championship bout with Ryan Garcia (Adelanto, Calif.).

Saturday’s championship round action will begin at noon at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno with 35 final round contests taking place on the final day of action.

USA Boxing’s junior and youth programs are critical to the organization’s developmental pipeline and have consistently produced Olympians and World Champions, including the United States’ last two Olympic gold medalists Andre Ward (2004) and Claressa Shields (2012).

Semifinal Results

101 lbs/junior female: Mia Valadez, Los Angeles, Calif., dec. Lina Licona, Westminster, Calif., 3-0
106 lbs/youth female: Kristyn Juarez, Los Angeles, Calif., dec. Arlene Villalobos, Whittier, Calif., 3-0
106 lbs/youth female: Genessis Suarez, Detroit, Mich., dec. Juliette Ladissa, Bronx, N.Y., 3-0
108 lbs/youth male: Thomas Blumenfeld, Albany, N.Y., dec. Geovanny Santiago, Los Angeles, Calif., 3-0
108 lbs/youth male: Nico Hernandez, Wichita, Kansas, dec. Pablo Ramirez, Weslaco, Texas, 2-1
112 lbs/youth female: Odalys Camacho, Bakersfield, Calif., dec. Marisol Lopez, Stratford, Conn., 2-1
112 lbs/youth female: Caitlin Orosco, Anaheim, Calif., dec. Karina Sarabia, El Monte, Calif., 3-0
114 lbs/junior male: David Marfil, Sparks, Nev., dec. Andres Gaytan, Phoenix, Ariz., 2-1
114 lbs/junior male: Daniel Gonzalez, Moreno Valley, Calif., dec. Jonathan Zavala, Greeley, Colo., 3-0
114 lbs/junior female: Yarisel Ramirez, Las Vegas, Nev., dec. Angie Ornelas, Beaverton, Ore., 3-0
114 lbs/junior female: Olivia Hendrickson, Waterford, Wis., dec. Mydia Alonso, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., 3-0
114 lbs/youth male: Shakur Stevenson, Newark, N.J., dec. Brandon Figueroa, Weslaco, Texas, 3-0
114 lbs/youth male: Antonio Vargas, Kissimmee, Fla., dec. Izaiah Bautista, Las Vegas, Nev., 3-0
119 lbs/junior male: Victor Morales, Vancouver, Wash., dec. Freudis Rojas, Fallon, Nev., 2-1
119 lbs/junior male: Vergil Ortiz, Grand Prairie, Texas, dec. Dominic Serna, Indio, Calif., 2-1
123 lbs/youth male: Hector Tanajara, San Antonio, Texas dec. Francisco Martinez, Dallas, Texas, 2-1
123 lbs/youth male: Carlos Balderas, Santa Maria, Calif., dec. Ruben Villa, Salinas, Calif., 3-0
125 lbs/junior male: Ryan Garcia, Adelanto, Calif., dec. Logan Yoon, Honolulu, Hawaii, 3-0
125 lbs/junior male: Devin Haney, Las Vegas, Nev., dec. Alejandro Campa, Phoenix, Ariz., 3-0
125 lbs/junior female: Kaely Perez, Victoria, Texas dec. Gisselle Villarreal, Houston, Texas, 3-0
125 lbs/junior female: Diana Estrada, Hillsboro, Ore., dec. Citlalli Alvarez, Lincoln Park, Mich., 3-0
125 lbs/youth female: Mariah Leon, Lubbock, Texas dec. Mariah Leon, Lubbock, Texas, 3-0
125 lbs/youth female: Iris Contreras, Corte Madera, Calif., dec. Chasity Martin, Pompano Beach, Fla., 2-1
132 lbs/junior female: Samantha Torres, Las Vegas, Nev., dec. Avigail Narro, Grafton, N.D., 3-0
132 lbs/junior female: Lupe Gutierrez, Sacramento, Calif., dec. Audrey Morris, Fairview, Texas, 3-0
132 lbs/junior male: Nikita Ababiy, Brooklyn, N.Y., dec. Alfredo Escarcega, Avondale, Ariz., 2-1
132 lbs/junior male: Bryan Lua, Madera, Calif., dec. Andres Borrego, Arvada, Colo., 3-0
132 lbs/youth male: Isidro Ochoa, Fresno, Calif., dec. Xavier Martinez, Sacramento, Calif., 3-0
132 lbs/youth male: Andres Cortes, Henderson, Nev., dec. Teofimo Lopez, Davie, Fla., 3-0
132 lbs/youth female: Jajaira Gonzalez, Glendora, Calif., won on TKO over Jessica Galvez, Sparks, Nev., TKO-1
132 lbs/youth female: Ariel Arismendez, Tolleson, Ariz., dec. Cynthia Arellano, Phoenix, Ariz., 3-0
141 lbs/youth male: Jonathan Navarro, Los Angeles, Calif., won on medical disqualification over Alexis Martinez, Dallas, Texas, DQ
141 lbs/youth male: Mark Dawson, Philadelphia, Pa., dec. Isaac Lujan, Las Vegas, Nev., 3-0
145 lbs/junior male: Jonathan Reyes, Farmington, Minn., dec. Gilbert Pesina, Houston, Texas
145 lbs/junior male: Amisael Jimenez, Sacramento, Calif., dec. Jose Campos, Houston, Texas,
152 lbs/youth male: John Williams, Baton Rouge, La., dec. Edgar Berlanga, Brooklyn, N.Y., 3-0
152 lbs/youth male: Javier Estrada, Palmdale, Calif., dec. Gilbert Vasquez, Brownfield, Texas, 3-0
165 lbs/youth male: Charles Conwell, Cleveland, Ohio dec. Nathan Kinsman, Casper, Wyo., 3-0
165 lbs/youth male: Manjaro Hills, Jr., Baton Rouge, La., dec. Ricky Frausto, Santa Ana, Calif., 2-1
178 lbs/youth male: Sharif Rahman, Las Vegas, Nev., dec. Kai Webb, Mesquite, Texas, 3-0
178 lbs/youth male: Bobby Harris, Worcester, Mass., dec. Sergio Flores, Kansas City, Kansas, 2-1

Saturday’s Final Round Bout Sheets
101 lbs/junior female: Hillary Perez, Arlington, Texas vs. Mia Valadez, Los Angeles, Calif.

101 lbs/junior male: Jessie Mandapat, Anaheim, Calif., vs. Keyshawn Davis, Norfolk, Va.

106 lbs/junior male: Emanuel Rojas, Fallon, Nev., vs. Fernando Martinez, Phoenix, Ariz.

106 lbs/youth female: Kristyn Juarez, Los Angeles, Calif., vs. Genessis Suarez, Detroit, Mich.
108 lbs/youth male: Nico Hernandez, Wichita, Kansas vs. Thomas Blumenfeld, Albany, N.Y.

110 lbs/junior female: Ashley Perez, Sparks Nev., vs. Jessica Juarez, San Diego, Calif.

110 lbs/junior male: Jose Guevara, Nampa, Idaho vs. Nicholas Sullivan, Portsmouth, Va.

112 lbs/youth female: Caitlin Orosco, Anaheim, Calif., vs. Odalys Camacho, Bakersfield, Calif.

114 lbs/junior female: Olivia Hendrickson, Waterford, Wis., vs. Yarisel Ramirez, Las Vegas, Nev.

114 lbs/junior male: Daniel Gonzalez, Moreno Valley, Calif., vs. David Marfil, Sparks, Nev.
114 lbs/youth male: Shakur Stevenson, Newark, N.J., vs. Antonio Vargas, Kissimmee, Fla.

119 lbs/junior female: Juanita Chavez, Racine, Wis., vs. Lesly Soria, Los Angeles, Calif.

119 lbs/junior male: Vergil Ortiz, Grand Prairie, Texas vs. Victor Morales, Vancouver, Wash.

119 lbs/youth female: Nysja Barrientes, Las Vegas, Nev., vs. Melody Montes, Kissimmee, Fla.
123 lbs/youth male: Hector Tanajara, San Antonio, Texas vs. Carlos Balderas, Santa Maria, Calif.

125 lbs/junior female: Diana Estrada, Hillsboro, Ore., vs. Kaely Perez, Victoria, Texas

125 lbs/junior male: Ryan Garcia, Adelanto, Calif., vs. Devin Haney, Las Vegas, Nev.

125 lbs/youth female: Iris Contreras, Corte Madera, Calif., vs. Mariah Leon, Lubbock, Texas

132 lbs/junior female: Lupe Gutierrez, Sacramento, Calif., vs. Samantha Torres, Las Vegas, Nev.

132 lbs/junior male: Nikita Ababiy, Brooklyn, N.Y., vs. Bryan Lua, Madera, Calif.

132 lbs/youth female: Jajaira Gonzalez, Glendora, Calif., vs. Ariel Arismendez, Tolleson, Ariz.
132 lbs/youth male: Andres Cortes, Henderson, Nev., vs. Isidro Ochoa, Fresno, Calif.

141 lbs/youth female: Iesha Kenney, Alexandria, Va., vs. Selena Acosta, Fresno, Calif.
141 lbs/youth male: Jonathan Navarro, Los Angeles, Calif., vs. Mark Dawson, Philadelphia, Pa.

145 lbs/junior male: Jonathan Reyes, Farmington, N.M., vs. Jonathan Reyes, Farmington, N.M.

152 lbs/youth male: John Williams, Baton Rouge, La., vs. Javier Estrada, Palmdale, Calif.

154 lbs/junior female: Mikayla Johnson, Tacoma, Wash., vs. Gabriela Gallegos, Los Angeles, Calif.
154 lbs/junior male: Bryer Nagahama, Pearl City, Hawaii vs. Amisael Jimenez, Sacramento, Calif.
165 lbs/youth female: Martha Fabela, Oakland, Calif., vs. Sarah Abernathy, Hokes Bluff, Ala.
165 lbs/youth male: Charles Conwell, Cleveland, Ohio vs. Manjaro Hills, Jr., Baton Rouge, La.
176 lbs/junior male: Suray Mahmutovic, Daly City, Calif., vs. Zachary Jones, Waipahu, Hawaii

176+ lbs/junior male: Roland Lemus, Los Angeles, Calif., vs. Richard Torrez, Tulare, Calif.

178 lbs/youth male: Sharif Rahman, Las Vegas, Nev., vs. Bobby Harris, Worcester, Mass.

201 lbs/youth male: Matthew Hernandez, San Antonio, Texas, vs. Matthew Mollet, Port Orchard, Wash.

201+ lbs/youth male: John Luna, Milwaukee, Wis., vs. Darmani Rock, Philadelphia, Pa.

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).