Michigan Boxers Earn Regional Titles Fourteen of the state’s amateur boxers added regional titles to their resumes as they competed and won at this past weekend’s Silver Gloves regional championships in Ohio. Boxers, under the age of 16, from five states comprising Region 2 fought during the two-day tournament held in Columbus, January 19-20. The boxers all won state Silver Gloves championships in the open division earlier this month in Pontiac. Eight boxers received byes on Saturday and won their championship titles with single bouts on Sunday. Alejandro Barbosa (119 lbs, Intermediate) won with a split decision over Ohio’s Abdul Slaughter; Zach Shamoun (106 lbs, Intermediate) won a unanimous decision against Kenneth Thomas, Jr. of Indiana; Dylon Minton (65 lbs, Intermediate) won versus Derek Slater of Ohio; Moses Taylor (139 lbs, Intermediate) won a unanimous decision over Fred Wilson, Jr of Ohio; James Taylor (75 lbs, Intermediate) of A-Square Fight Club won over Ohio’s Abel Flores; Raheem Alexander (85 lbs, Junior) defeated Indiana’s Greg McKinney; Tyrone Triplett (125 lbs, Intermediate) won over Derrick Caudill of Kentucky and Valerie Farley (125 lbs, Senior Female) won a UD over Ohio’s Pepsi Hinton. Two boxers fought both days to earn bragging rights: Alejandro Aguilar (112 lbs, Intermediate) won a UD over Ohio’s Juan Jones on Saturday followed by a 4-1 split decision victory in the championship bout against Indiana’s Anthony Sims, Jr., while Erick DeLeon (125 lbs, Senior) won Saturday by DQ over Ricardo Branham of Ohio and won his regional title with a unanimous decision over Damon Allen of Pennsylvania. Three boxers lost in semi-final action on Saturday: Austin Watkins (100 lbs, Intermediate) lost to Jamontae Clark of Ohio; Romelio Garcia (95 lbs, Intermediate) lost to Montana Love of Ohio and Jermaine Futrell lost a split decision to Pennsylvania’s Karron Richardson. Four boxers earned byes on Saturday then lost in the finals: Adrian Barbosa (80 lbs, Intermediate) lost to Ohio’s Shawn Tulley; Alejandro Hernandez (106 lbs, Senior) lost his bout to Pennsylvania’s Miguel Cartagena; Marco Andrade (139 lbs, Senior) lost by retirement to Ohio’s Zeddie Adams and Dynamic’s Josh Ivezaj (112 lbs, Senior) lost a split decision to Jamar Boyd of Ohio. Eduardo Duran (165 lbs, Intermediate) lost by walkover to Ohio’s Raheem Hinton. Four Michigan boxers were unopposed: Jasmine Hampton (80 lbs, Junior Female); Maycee Frey (90 lbs, Junior Female); Patricia Reeves (105 lbs, Junior Female) and Tyler Phillips (70 lbs, Intermediate). In total, fourty-seven champions were crowned from the five state area: Ohio, which won the team trophy, had 27 champions (16 were unopposed); Michigan had 14 (4 were unopposed); Pennsylvania had three (one was unopposed); Indiana had two champions (0 were unopposed) and Kentucky had one champion, who was unopposed. Winners
advance to the national championships in Independence, Missouri,
January 30-February 2.
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