(MAR 26) Team USA picked up
another three victories and secured at least two bronze medals
during the second day of boxing at the 2022 AMBC Elite
Championships in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Jennifer Lozano (Lareado,
Texas) put on a dominating performance in her international
debut to take all five judges’ cards over Colombia’s Liliana
Murillo Deicy to guarantee her first international medal. Lozano
will have a couple days of rest before stepping into the ring
with Genesis Gomez of Ecuador, who finished fifth at last year’s
Youth World Championships, on Monday.
Flyweight Kayla Gomez (El
Paso, Texas) made her own impressive elite international
debut in the evening session against Valeria Cardenas Abarca of
Costa Rica. Gomez gave her opponent a standing eight count in
route to her unanimous decision. The 2021 Junior Pan American
Games gold medalist has clinched at least a bronze medal and
will look to advance to the finals on Monday with a victory over
Ingrit Lorena Valencia, two-time Olympian and 2016 Olympic
bronze medalist, from Colombia.
2021 USA Boxing National Champion Amelia Moore (Colorado
Springs, Colo.) closed out the day on a high note for USA
Boxing. Moore controlled all three rounds of the bout to take
all five judges’ cards against Fernanda Centeno of Honduras.
Moore will be back in the ring on Monday for a quarterfinal
matchup with 2020 Olympian and 2019 Pan American Games bronze
medalists Yeni Arias of Colombia.
Middleweight Naomi Graham (Fayetteville, N.C.) once again met a
familiar opponent in her opening bout, Tammara Thibeault of
Canada. The 2020 Olympian put on a strong performance, however,
could not take the judges’ cards, falling short in a 4-1
decision.
Gomez and Lozano join three other Americans in the medal rounds,
Rashida Ellis (Lynn, Mass.), Jajaira Gonzalez (Glendora, Calif.)
and Jamar Talley (Camden, N.J.).
Four boxers will make their tournament debuts tomorrow, Obed
Bartee-El (Harvest, Ala.), Roscoe Hill (Spring, Texas), Arjan
Iseni (Staten Island, N.Y.) and Omari Jones (Orlando, Fla.).
Complete schedule for their bouts tomorrow can be seen below, as
well as followed along here.
Day 2 Results
50 kg: Jennifer Lozano, Laredo, Texas/USA, dec. over Liliana
Murillo Deicy/COL, 5-0
52 kg: Kayla Gomez, El Paso, Texas/USA, dec. over Valeria
Cardenas Abarca/CRC, 5-0
57 kg: Amelia Moore, Colorado Springs, Colo./USA, vs. Fernanda
Antuinez Centeno/HON, 5-0
75 kg: Tammara Thibeault/CAN dec. over Naomi Graham,
Fayetteville, N.C./USA, 4-1
Day 3 Schedule
Session 1 – 3:00 p.m. EST start
51 kg: Roscoe Hill, Spring, Texas/USA, vs. Martin Rene Perez
Castillo/PAN (Bout 3)
Session 2 – 7:00 p.m. EST start
71 kg: Omari Jones, Orlando, Fla./USA, vs. Alexander Rangel
Madariaga/COL (Bout 3)
75 kg: Obed Bartee-El, Harvest, Ala./USA, vs. Dylan Martin/CAN
(Bout 5)
86 kg: Arjan Iseni, Staten Island, N.Y./USA, vs. Rogelio Romero/MEX
(Bout 10)
Link to results:
https://www.teamusa.org
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