De Leon Falls Short Against Great Britain’s Best
Posted: November 15, 2009

Kronk’s Erick De Leon lost in his first international competition this weekend.

De Leon, 17, lost to Great Britain’s Tom Stalker in the first of two duels between the U.S. and Great Britain being held in England. Great Britain overwhelmingly defeated different American teams three times in the past month.

On Friday, eight bouts were held with the U.S. winning only one. Lenroy Thompson won over Simon Vallily. Of the seven Americans that lost, De Leon’s was the closest at 15-13.

This is the first defeat for De Leon since an August, 2007 loss at Ringside World. Since then, the Kronk boxer has gone on to win more than a handful of national titles including Junior Golden Gloves, Silver Gloves, Junior Olympics, Golden Gloves and PAL.

He is scheduled to fight in one more duel before returning home.

Results:

Khalid Yafai v. Michael Ruiz; Yafai won by RSC-2
Andrew Selby v. John Franklin; Selby won 13 – 9
Iain Weaver v. Ricky Edwards; Weaver won 28 – 6
Natasha Jones v. Patricia Manuel; Jones won 11 – 8
Savannah Marshall v. Brittany Inkrote; Marshall won 16 – 3
Tom Stalker v. Erick De Leon; Stalker won 15-13
Stephen Simmons v. Lamar Fener; Simmons won 20-6
Simon Vallily v. Lenroy Thompson; Thompson won 27-6

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