(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Following four full days of elite Olympic-style boxing action, the number of 2010 USA Boxing National Championships competitors has dwindled to only 40 boxers. Semifinal action was contested on Thursday at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., and the day’s competition determined the event finalists who will vie for a national championship on Saturday.
The consolation bouts will take place on Friday at 4 p.m. at the U.S. Olympic Training Center. Final round competition will be contested on Saturday with the women’s seven non-Olympic weight classes taking place at 4:00 p.m. and the men’s and women’s Olympic weight classes beginning at 7:00 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Ballroom.
The tournament finalists will all take part in a press conference on Friday, July 16 at 2:30 p.m. at the Visitors Center on the U.S. Olympic Training Center complex.
Thursday, July 15 Semifinal Results
106 lbs/Female: Marina Ramirez, Parma, Idaho, stopped Natalie Martinez, Las Cruces, N.M., RSC-1 (1:57)
106 lbs/Female: Jessica Ponce, Napa, Calif., dec. Corina Ishikawa, Ewa Beach, Hawaii, 15-14
108 lbs: Louie Byrd, Denver Colo., dec. Erros Correa, San Jose, Calif., 36-7
108 lbs: Diego Hurtado, Sparks, Nev., dec. Santos Vasquez, Sparks, Nev., 26-12
112 lbs/Female: Tyrieshia Douglas, Baltimore, Md., dec. Alex Love, Monroe, Wash., 8-5
112 lbs/Female: Marlen Esparza, Houston, Texas, dec. Cynthia Moreno, Phoenix, Ariz., 15-4
114 lbs: Miguel Cartagena, Philadelphia, Pa., stopped John Franklin, Fort Carson, Colo. RSC-3 (1:58)
114 lbs: Rau’Shee Warren, Cincinnati, Ohio, dec. Adam Lopez, San Antonio, Texas, 23-3
119 lbs/Female: Lauren Fisher, Indiana, Pa., dec. Rosa Rodriguez, Miami, Fla., 13-4
119 lbs/Female: Sacred Downing, Trenton, N.J., dec. Karla Herrera, Los Angeles, Calif., 15-6
123 lbs: Ricky Rodrigues, Evans, Colo., dec. Toka Kahn, Providence, R.I., 16-7
123 lbs: Joseph Diaz Jr., Elmonte, Calif., dec. Roman Morales, San Ando, Calif., 18-15
125 lbs/Female: Jody-Ann Weller, Pamona, N.Y., dec. Shanne’ Ruelas, Fresno, Calif., 23-13
125 lbs/Female: Liz Leddy, Portland, Maine, won on walk over, Alexandria Cardenas, San Antonio, Texas, W/O
132 lbs/Female: Patricia Manuel, Gardena, Calif., won on DQ over Stephanie Han, El Paso, Texas, DQ R4 0:19
132 lbs/Female: Queen Underwood, Seattle, Wash., dec. Caroline Barry, Fort Carson, Colo., 16-9
132 lbs: Jose Ramirez, Avenal, Calif., dec. Duran Caferro, Helena, Mont., 17-13
132 lbs: Eric Flores, Ingle, Calif., dec. Tommy Roques, Camp Lejeune, N.C., 18-9
141 lbs: Pedro Sosa, Bronx N.Y. won on a walk over Adam Castillo, Lubbock, Texas, W/O
141 lbs: Michael Reed, Waldorf, Md., dec. Abel Ramos, Eloy, Ariz., 19-8
141 lbs/Female: Vanessa Jackson, Columbus, Ohio, dec. Stefanie Taylor, West Hills, Calif., 12-6
141 lbs/Female: Cashmere Jackson, Cleveland, Ohio, dec. Brittany Inkrote, Red Lion, Pa., 20-9
152 lbs/Female: Andrecia Wasson, Centerline, Mich., dec. Jennifer Duea, Bend, Ore., 22-3
152 lbs/Female: Latarisha Fountain, Lindenhurst, N.Y., dec. Tiffanie Ward, Hacienda Heights, Calif., 19-17
152 lbs: Errol Spence, Desoto, Texas, dec. Luis Olivares, Jr., Glendale, Ariz., 16-3
152 lbs: Alex Martin, Joliet, Ill., dec. Shakor Jackson, Newark, N.J., 4-2
165 lbs/Female: Tiffanie Hearn, Louisville, Ky., dec. Alyssa Defazio, Peoria, Ariz., 7-4
165 lbs/Female: Lisbet Vargas, Hillsboro, Ore., stopped Tara Wood, Dania, Fla., RSC 4 (1:59)
165 lbs: Luis Arias, Milwaukee, Wis., dec. D’Mitris Ballard, Temple Hills, Md., 12-10
165 lbs: Jesse Hart, Marquette, Mich., dec. Daquan Arnett, Orlando, Fla., 15-5
178 lbs: Jeffery Spencer, Fountain, Colo., dec. Caleb Plant, Ashland City, Tenn., 18-8
178 lbs: Robert Brant, Oakdale, Minn., dec. Marquice Weston, Tacoma, Wash., 12-10
178 lbs/Female: Tika Hemingway, Bethel, Pa., dec. Traynora Locke, Lexington, Ky., 11-8
178+ lbs/Female: Denise Rico, Los Angeles, Calif., dec. Raven Barnes, Ypsilanti, Mich., 28-9
201 lbs: Sijoula Shibazz, Las Cruces, N.M., dec. Mitchell Pernell, Melbourne, Fla., 20-18
201 lbs: Steve Geffrard, Boca Raton, Fla., dec. Joshua Temple, St. Louis, Mo., 16-6
201+ lbs: Danny Kelly, Washington, D.C., dec. Juan Goode, Canton, Mich., 24-12
201+ lbs: Lenroy Thompson, Lenexa, Kansas, dec. O’Jayland Brown, Sacramento, Calif. 16-10




