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Friday, September 14, 2007
Andrade Targets AIBA Tourney
PROVIDENCE– Fresh off of his thoroughly dominating performance at the US Boxing Trials, where he qualified for the 2008 United States Boxing Team, amateur boxing star Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade has shifted his sights on the AIBA Men’s World Championships, October 23-November 3, at the University of Illinois in Chicago.
Andrade, the No. 1 rated welterweight in the U.S., is the two-time U.S. National Championships and National Golden Gloves champion. The 19-year-old southpaw blitzed the opposition at the US Boxing Trials—defeating in order David Lopez (RSCO-2), Charles Hatley (RSCO-3), Keith Thurman (27-13) and Thurman (21-13) again in the championship bout – to secure a position on Team USA.
All of the members on Team USA, however, need to qualify for the Olympics by finishing among the top eight in The Worlds or by placing in two other International tournaments. “It feels good to be on the team,” Andrade said. “I’ve worked very hard to get there but my goal is to win a gold medal at the Olympics. I trained super hard with my father (Paul) and David (Keefe). They prepared me to do well. I knew what I had to do and did it. It was easy.”
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Saturday, August 25, 2007
Ten Crowned Olympians at 2008 US Team Trials
HOUSTON — Ten U.S. Olympians were crowned on Saturday night at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Boxing at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. Two bouts will be contested on Sunday at 2 p.m. in the bantamweight and featherweight divisions to determine the remaining two spots.
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Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Eight Named to USA Boxing Board of Governors
Eight new members were named to USA Boxing’s Board of Governors on Tuesday in hopes of transforming the organization so it can better it’s job of developing world-class athletes to participate in Olympic and international competition.
Two professional boxers will also be named to the Board later this week.
The United States Olympic Committee placed USA Boxing on probation in November 2002 and was asked to reform the organization this past Spring.
The following are the new members of the Board of Governors:
Robert Blaha
Andy Geiger
Alan Rothenberg
Thomas Coulter
Kevin Franklin
Dr. Thomas Virgets
David Swavey
Jim Beasley