USA Boxing Converts Abandoned Department Store Into National Training Gym for Preparations for Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.(January 21, 2021 – When the boxers of the USA Boxing Olympic Qualification Team arrived in Colorado Springs, Colorado.… read full article “USA Boxing Converts Abandoned Department Store Into Training Gym”
By Bernard O’Neill – USA head coach Billy Walsh has urged America’s top prospects to gain international experience before turning professional.
The American chief seconds has talked to his team and they’ve agreed to remain for the Tokyo 2021 Olympics.… read full article “Billy Walsh urges top prospects to gain international experience before turning pro”
.. and waiting another year for Olympics show
Amateur boxing, as in the professional ranks, has been shut-down worldwide due to the Coronavirus pandemic. USA Boxing members are adjusting to these challenging and trying times all across the country.… read full article “Top USA amateur boxers adjusting to life without fights …”
Sixty-four of the nation’s top male amateur boxers will compete at the upcoming 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Boxing in Lake Charles, Louisiana, December 9-16.
A total of 479 boxers competed in the four qualifying tournaments with hopes of advancing to Lake Charles.… read full article “Men’s Field for 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Boxing Set”
Former pro basketball player Danielle Perkins shifted to boxing five years ago, when her hoops career ended, and ever since she’s been making up for lost time in the ring.
The Brooklyn-born Perkins, who is a personal training manager living in Houston, is a fan-friendly, boxer-puncher who adjusts to her opponent, usually starting rounds conservatively before aggressively applying pressure as the round goes on.… read full article “2020 USA Boxing Olympic Team Hopeful: Danielle Perkins”
The American teams time in Lima, Peru at the 2019 Pan American Games came to a close tonight after six intense days of boxing action at the Miguel Grau Coliseum.
Team USA captain Virginia Fuchs (Houston,Texas) met a familiar foe in tonight’s flyweight championship bout, Ingrid Valencia of Colombia.… read full article “Team USA Closes 2019 Pan American Games with Four Silver Medals”
Brooklyn lightweight Bruce Carrington will be looking for revenge and added credibility at the Pan American Games, starting July 27 in Lima, Peru, as one of the elite fighters on Team USA.
Carrington qualified for the Pan American Qualifier by winning the 2019 Pan Am Box-Off Championship.… read full article “From the hood to the Olympic Training Center: Brooklyn lightweight Bruce Carrington shooting for stardom”
Graham and Torrez Jr. Win Gold; Coe Takes Silver in Finals of 2019 Strandja Tournament
The 70th edition of the Strandja Tournament came to a close today with Team USA winning two gold and one silver to add to the five bronze medals they won in yesterday’s semifinals in Sofia, Bulgaria.… read full article “Team USA Boxing Leaves Sofia, Bulgaria with eight medals”
Two-time Olympic gold medalist Claressa Shields not only is spearheading a new wave in women’s boxing, she has developed into a true role model for countless youths.
Shields will be inducted into the USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame this Friday night in Salt Lake City, along with Class of 2018 members Roy Jones Jr.… read full article “Claressa Shields: “USA Boxing is family!””
The Americans came up short of advancing to the finals of the 2018 Elite Women’s World Championships in New Delhi, India, but will leave these championships with three bronze medals and a great deal of experience and knowledge of what to work on for next year’s World Championships.… read full article “Team USA Leaves 2018 World Championships with Three Bronze Medals”