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Winning the 2007 Golden Gloves Championship was the highest point of his life, said 30-year-old Glen Cove resident and amateur boxer Raul Nuncio.
This year, Nuncio is striving for gold yet again, and after competing in his first fight in over a year on Feb. 16 at the Hempstead Recreation Center, he has stepped up his training for the 2011 tournament in April.
While Nuncio won his most recent fight, he said he wasn't satisfied with his performance: "I don't feel like I did too good," he said. "I felt like I should have done a lot better."
After winning 165 pound gold in the novice division in the 2007 NY Daily News Golden Gloves tournament, Nuncio said he was on top of the world. He'd fought and won six fights to win gold, including a stop in Glen Cove. He'd even sparred five rounds with former world champion Zab Judah at Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn, shortly after Judah challenged pound-for-pound Floyd Mayweather Jr. in a furious spectacle.
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This year, Nuncio is striving for gold yet again, and after competing in his first fight in over a year on Feb. 16 at the Hempstead Recreation Center, he has stepped up his training for the 2011 tournament in April.
While Nuncio won his most recent fight, he said he wasn't satisfied with his performance: "I don't feel like I did too good," he said. "I felt like I should have done a lot better."
After winning 165 pound gold in the novice division in the 2007 NY Daily News Golden Gloves tournament, Nuncio said he was on top of the world. He'd fought and won six fights to win gold, including a stop in Glen Cove. He'd even sparred five rounds with former world champion Zab Judah at Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn, shortly after Judah challenged pound-for-pound Floyd Mayweather Jr. in a furious spectacle.
Read the rest @ http://patch.com/A-dPqd
I tried to write it a bit in the 24/7 fashion. Good story though, check it out!