By Pattee Mak.
On Saturday, January 29, 2011, I attended the second week of the Western New England Championships Round 2 competition that was held at Nomads Adventure Quest, 100 Bidwell Road, South Windsor, Connecticut.
This is an amateur boxing event and is scored on a point system and not on a round basis.
Amateurs boxer are also required to wear a sleeveless athletic shirt along with protective headgear. Bouts were comprised of 3 rounds with a one-minute interval between rounds.
The winners are as follows:
Boxer’s Name Club they are affiliated with:
Nate Green Boxing in Faith
George Naclerio Ring One
Miguel Soto Whaling City
Tommy Trotta Champions of Life
Chordale Booker Revolutions Fitness
Luis Sanchez New Britain Boxing
Alejandro Rendron Waterbury PAL
Steve Rodriquez Ring One
Akintunde Sogunro New Britain Boxing
Joshua Figueroa Hartford PAL
Donte Longwa Ortiz Boxing
Jerod Gaskins Champions of Life
Chris Medina Whitley’s Boxing
Jesus Escalera Bare Bones Boxing
Wieslav Zagaja Revolutions Fitness
Emmanuel Andujar did not fight tonight but advanced to the next round due to his opponent not making weight. I spoke with Emmanuel and he stated that he didn’t fight today apparently James Gibson didn’t make weight so he got disqualified but he got to advance to the finals so next week you can come and check him out. So far Emmanuel said the fights tonight went pretty good. He knows if he becomes the Golden Gloves Champion he gets to advance to the national tournament. That is where the best of the best fighters come to fight.
I spoke with a few other individuals and this is what they had to say:
Jerod Gaskins: I think the judges are scoring each fight very well so hopefully I’ll go in there and do what I’m supposed to do and hopefully I’ll come out with a knock out or a decision.
Mike “The Machine” Oliver: I used to fight in the Golden Gloves. It’s a good show today and next Saturday will be better because it’s the last night. Everybody wants to be the Golden Gloves Champion.
Donte Longwa: I think my fight was kinda of sluggish. I’m getting used to this weight class. I came in 10 pounds under the weight that I was suppose to be in, so I defininately lost the weight advantage but for the most part I was able to give some clean effective punches and I finished strong.
Lamar Longwa: Over all, all of the fights are going pretty good. Respectively Dante’s fight. I liked it a lot. Doing what he can do in his division. He’s naturally a welterweight. He came in 10 pounds less than the guy he was fighting and he got the job done and I’m proud of what he did. Another day in the office.
Next week Saturday, February 5, 2011, competitors will compete to see who will move from this event to the New England Championship Tournament, which will be held in Lowell, Massachusetts.
As in September, I once again ran out of gas in the 10th & 11th championship rounds of October & November with this column, but I recovered to complete them and will unleash a few more flurries to close out the 12th and final round.
In the first week of October, Hassan N’Dam won a UD over Curtis Stevens in an eliminator for the right to challenge Jermaine Taylor who defeated aging Sam Soliman to regain the IBF Middleweight title. How Taylor even earned this title shot is another story altogether, but it is all irrelevant as he is now the champion. However he will not have too much time to savor his victory as he has assault and battery charges pending against him and an upcoming court fight that may turn out to be the toughest fight of his life, just when things started to look up for him in boxing, we wish him luck.
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