(JULY 19) COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. – The American winning streak remained in tact on Friday at the 2014 Pan American Olympic Festival in Mexico City. Lightweight Queen Underwood (Seattle, Wash.), middleweight Claressa Shields and super heavyweight Cam F. Awesome (Lenexa, Kansas) all won their semifinal match-ups to join flyweight Marlen Esparza (Houston, Texas) in tonight’s
[By Julie Goldsticket] (JULY 18) (COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Team USA is off to a great start at the 2014 Pan American Olympic Festival with three American boxers claiming opening bout wins on the first two days of competition in Mexico City. Lightweight Queen Underwood (Seattle, Wash.) and super heavyweight Cam F. Awesome (Lenexa, Kansas)
By Julie Goldsticker/photo by Mary Ann Owen (COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – USA Boxing’s top female athletes in the elite division are traveling to Colorado Springs, Colo., today for their first training camp of the year at the U.S. Olympic Training Center. A squad from Canada will travel south to the Pikes Peak region as
(FEB 16) Team USA’s elite athletes kicked off 2014 international action in gold medal fashion with an outstanding showing at the 2014 Independence Cup in Santiago, Dominican Republic. Four American boxers took gold in the tournament with one international newcomer winning silver in his global debut. The U.S. squad’s efforts earned them the team
USA Boxing officially opened 2014 national competition on Tuesday with two action-packed sessions on the first day of the Junior and Youth Open at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nev. Following an extensive general weigh-in and the tournament draw, 48 preliminary contests took place in the junior and youth men’s divisions. The men’s youth
Boxing: Tough New American Opponent For Katie Taylor at Mansion House by Michael O’Neill – November 11, 2013 (NOV 11) Plans for Katie Taylor’s next two bouts on home soil have now been completed and as we previously reported she meets Europe’s no. 3 Finland’s Mira Potkonen at the Ballywaltrim Community Centre in Bray on November 30th.
In a media teleconference, originating from Colorado Springs, USA Boxing introduced Queen Underwood as the newest addition to the 2012 Olympic female boxing squad. Underwood, who will compete as a lightweight, joins flyweight Marlen Esparaza and middleweight Claressa Shields on the three woman US squad that will compete in London in July. The Seattle
[by Michael O’Neill] The 7th edition of the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships got under way at the Qinhuangdao Olympic Stadium, in Qinhuangdao, China Friday where some 343 contestants from 77 are scheduled to take part, a new record for the event . In three weight categories, Flyweight 51kg, Lightweight 60kg, and Middleweight 75kg, there