North Carolina Boxing Talk Radio Show; Monday, June 24, 2013

This Show: Your host Paco Rivera discusses the participation of women in boxing in our state. * Did anyone know about the upcoming boxing event in Raleigh on Friday, June 14th? * Greensboro boxing event on Saturday, June 22nd cancelled. * Ruffin event June 14 moved to June 28. * Boxing programs in colleges and trying to bring the NCBA (National Collegiate Boxing Association) tournament to North Carolina. * 2013 Junior Olympic National Championships in Alabama has just one athlete from North Carolina competing (TreQuan Whitley).

Special Mentions

Walter Johnson, Josh Tufte, Noel Echevarria, Coach Al Simpson, Dungeon Boxing Club, Shawn Stinson, McKayla Ard, Kimberly Pittman, Brittany Winburn, Holly Wantuch, Port City Boxing, Antoinette Smith, Shaniqua Marshall, Lateshia Darden, Coach Andre, Adrien Broner, Pauli Malignaggi, Richie Rivers, James Winchester, "Blake L" (Twitter: @ToyBullDog), UNC Carolina Boxing, Junior Olympic National Championships, TreQuan Whitley.

2013 Junior Olympic National Championships in Alabama - Trequan Whitley, Red Springs, N.C. to Compete

        The 2013 Junior Olympic National Championships will be taking place at the Arthur R. Outlaw Convention Center in Mobile, Alabama beginning this Wednesday, June 26. The competition runs through Saturday the 29th.

Thus far, 202 male and female athletes between the ages of 15 and 16 from around the country are registered to compete. Just one is from North Carolina; flyweight (110 pounds) Trequam Whitley of Red Springs, N.C. [Note: it appears the athlete's name was misspelled in tournament registry. Other sources show his name as TreQuan Whitley of Raeford, North Carolina.]
 
Winners of the tournament may go on to represent the U.S. in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Paco Rivera, GAR1680 N.C. Boxing Talk
Twitter: @GAR1680

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UPDATE: JUNE 26, 2013

Result for Thursday, June 26, 2013 Junior Olympic National Championships, Alabama

110 pounds/male: Bruce Carrington of Brooklyn, N.Y. won on walkover over TreQuan Whitley of Red Springs, N.C.

Win by Walkover: Where the boxer presents themselves in the ring fully attired for boxing and the opponent fails to appear after the opponent’s name has been called out by the public address system, the bell sounded and a maximum period of two minutes has elapsed, the referee shall declare the first boxer to be the winner by a walkover. The referee shall first inform the judges to mark their score cards accordingly, collect them and then summon the boxer to the center of the ring. After the decision is announced, the referee raises the boxer’s hand as the winner.

On Monday’s Radio Show: Boxing Women of North Carolina – June 24 on BlogTalkRadio

On our next North Carolina Boxing Talk radio show on BlogTalkRadio, your host Paco Rivera will be discussing the participation of women in boxing in our state.

Also, did anyone know about the upcoming boxing event in Raleigh on Friday, June 14th?

Greensboro boxing event on Saturday, June 22nd cancelled.

Ruffin, NC event June 14 moved to June 28.

Boxing programs in colleges and trying to bring the NCBA (National Collegiate Boxing Association) tournament to North Carolina.

Don’t miss it! Monday, June 24. 6:30PM on Blog Talk Radio. GO HERE TO LISTEN

Will be taking calls during the show.

The GAR1680 LIVE Chat Room will open at 5:30pm (1 hour before show starts) – Find Chat Room link button on this blog site (upper right column).

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Following is a video called: “Extraordinary People: Girls with Gloves Knock out Stereotype”.

A really wonderful piece about some North Carolina women training out of Port City Boxing in Wilmington. Learn how some young women such as Antoinette Smith, Shaniqua Marshall, and two-time Golden Gloves champion Lateshia Darden, all whom train at Port City under the tutelage of Coach Andre, have turned their life into something positive with their boxing training and skills.

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Following is the portion of an article published by Richmond County Daily Journal. Note: this will also be mentioned during the GAR1680 Boxing Talk radio show.

Brittany Winburn           -           McKayla Ard

Boxers victorious in Wilmington

WILMINGTON — Two members of the Dungeon Boxing Club pulled out wins during the North Carolina Invitational Saturday [June 1st] in Wilmington.

McKayla Ard improved to 2-1 in her career with a victory over Kimberly Pittman from Wilson. Ard was awarded the win when the referee stopped the bout in the second round. Brittany Winburn defeated Raleigh’s Holly Wantuch by unanimous decision.

To read the full Richmond County Daily Journal article by correspondent Shawn Stinson, go HERE.

RESULTS: Boxing at The Ritz in Raleigh, N.C. – Friday, June 14, 2013

FINAL RESULTS AT THE RITZ (RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA), FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2013

Promoter: Walter Johnson Promotions

Two North Carolina fighters appeared on the card. Others flew in from as far away as Latvia and Greece.

Cruiserweight Julius “K.O.B” Fogle (17-8) of Cary, North Carolina defeated Tiwon Taylor (26-24-1) of Las Vegas, Nevada by TKO in Round 3.

Making his debut in the heavyweight division, Evgenios Lazaridis (1-0) of Athens, Greece defeated Brandon Bowens (0-3) of Wilson, North Carolina by TKO in Round 1.

Heavyweight Mairis Briedis (9-0) of Riga, Latvia defeated Jonathan Felton (6-27-1) of Virginia by TKO in Round 2.

Middleweight Deandre Neal (9-0) of Columbia, South Carolina defeated Delvin Gist (0-2), also of South Carolina.

Paco Rivera, GAR1680 Boxing Talk
Twitter: @GAR1680

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