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(CHICAGO, ILL.) – Flyweight Rau’shee Warren (Cincinnati, Ohio) took home the gold in a gutsy performance on Saturday at the 2007 World Championships in Chicago, Ill. Warren won a 13-9 decision over Thailand’s Somjit Jongjohor despite having his tooth knocked out with a Jongjohor head-butt in the second round.
Flyweight Rau’shee Warren (Cincinnati, Ohio) put on a show for his hometown crowd on Friday afternoon, winning a 26-13 decision over Azerbaijan’s Samir Mammadov to advance to final round action.
(CHICAGO, ILL.) – Welterweight Demetrius Andrade (Providence, R.I.) moved on to the semifinal round with a 30-9 win over Germany’s Jack Culcay-Keth. Quarterfinal action wasn’t as kind to three members of the team on Thursday evening as both light flyweight Luis Yanez (Duncanville, Texas) and bantamweight Gary Russell, Jr. (Capitol Heights, Md.) dropped quarterfinal bouts. Yanez lost a 17-7 decision to the Philippines’ Harry Tanamor, Russell dropped a 16-6 bout to Russia’s Sergey Vodopyanov and Hunter dropped a 22-15 decision to Russia’s Islam Timursiev.
(CHICAGO, ILL.) – Flyweight Rau’shee Warren (Cincinnati, Ohio) officially made history on Wednesday, becoming the first U.S. boxer since 1976 to go to two Olympic Games with a 25-11 victory over the Philippines Violito Payla. Light flyweight Luis Yanez (Duncanville, Texas) had to wait over a week, but he enjoyed a successful debut, winning a second round stoppage over Australia’s Stephen Sutherland. The victory guaranteed Yanez a berth in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, bringing the U.S. total to three.
(CHICAGO, ILL.) – Bantamweight Gary Russell, Jr. (Capitol Heights, Md.) became the first member of the U.S. team to officially earn a spot in Beijing with a 22-14 decision over fellow 2005 World Championships bronze medalist and 2004 Olympian Ali Hallab of France. Featherweight Raynell Williams (Cleveland, Ohio) followed quickly with an outstanding third round stoppage of Armenia’s Anat Hovhannisyan,
(CHICAGO, ILL.) – A trio of outstanding coaches will lead the United States boxing team at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China next summer. USA Boxing National Director of Coaching Dan Campbell (Colorado Springs, Colo.) will be joined by William “Willy” Price (Peshtigo, Wis.) and Robert Martin (Washington DC) in coaching the squad in Beijing.
(CHICAGO, ILL.) – Welterweight Demetrius Andrade (Providence, R.I.) grabbed his second victory of the 2007 World Championships, winning a 19-3 decision over Dmitrijs Sostaks of Latvia. Lightweight Sadam Ali (Brooklyn, N.Y.) suffered the second loss for the U.S. team, dropping a 20-16 decision to Hrachik Javakhyan of Armenia in second round action on Sunday at the 2007 AIBA World Championships in Chicago, Ill. Light flyweight Luis Yanez (Duncanville, Texas) finally got the opportunity to walk to the ring for his first bout at the 2007 World Championships. Yet that is the only work out that Yanez would get as his opponent, Simanga Shiba of Swaziland, did not report to the ring for their second round contest. Shiba made weight earlier in the morning but didn’t appear at the venue for the bout.
(CHICAGO, ILL.) – Flyweight Rau’shee Warren (Cincinnati, Ohio), featherweight Raynell Williams (Cleveland, Ohio), and middleweight Shawn Estrada (E. Los Angeles, Calif.) all recorded victories in second round action on Saturday at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Ill.
Bantamweight Gary Russell, Jr. (Capitol Heights, Md.) opened Friday’s World Championship action, needing only three minutes to stop Israel’s Peter Moyshenzon. Russell’s victory sets up a third round bout with fellow 2005 bronze medalist Ali Hallab of France on Tuesday, October 30.
(CHICAGO, ILL.) – 2007 World Championships action moved into the seventh session on Thursday afternoon at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Ill. Lightweight Sadam Ali (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and welterweight Demetrius Andrade (Providence, R.I.) both notched victories in their World Championships debut to bring the U.S. win total to eight. Ali recorded a 25-17 final over Jose Pedraza of Puerto Rico and Andrade won a 22-11 decision over Georgia’s Kakahaber Jvania.