Open Bouts for US Olympic Trials Set

7 DC Area boxers will compete today including two facing each other (Shaborn Ryals and Jerry Odom in the 178lbs. division). The trials are a double elimination tournament with winners continuing to the winners bracket and boxers who lose their 1st bout advancing to the determine who will face the winners bracket champion in the finals. DC area boxers are highlighted in red below.

1 p.m. session
108 lbs: David Carlton, Cincinnati, Ohio vs. Marco Rangel, Scottsdale, Ariz.
108 lbs: Eros Correa, San Jose, Calif. vs. Norberto Torres, Orlando, Fla.
108 lbs: Gregory Outlaw, Glenarden, Md., vs. Santos Vasquez, Sparks, Nev.
108 lbs: Michael Benedosso, Fort Carson, Colo. vs. Louie Byrd, Denver, Colo.
123 lbs: Joseph Diaz, Jr., El Monte, Calif., vs. Joe Perez, Fountain, Colo.
123 lbs: Isaac Torres, Mission, Texas vs. Luis Feliciano, Milwaukee, Wis.
123 lbs: Antonio Nieves, Cleveland, Ohio vs. O’Shanique Foster, Orange, Texas
123 lbs: Tramaine Williams, New Haven, Conn., vs. Joet Gonzalez, Glendora, Calif.
141 lbs: Semajay Thomas, Chicago, Ill., vs. George Rincon, Carrollton, Texas
141 lbs: Pedro Sosa, Bronx, N.Y. vs. Gary Allan Russell III, Capitol Heights, Md.
141 lbs: Michael Reed, Waldorf, Md., vs. Duran Caferro, Helena, Mont.
141 lbs: Jamal Herring, Camp Lejeune, N.C. vs. Thomas Duquette, Waltham, Mass.
165 lbs: Chris Pearson, Trotwood, Ohio vs. Jesse Hart, Philadelphia, Pa.
165 lbs: D’Mitrius Ballard, Temple Hills, Md., vs. Martez Jackson, Valdosta, Ga.
165 lbs: Antoine Douglas, Burke, Va., vs. Damarius Russell, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
165 lbs: Luis Arias, Milwaukee, Wis., vs. Edgar Alvarado, Jr., San Bernadino, Calif.
201 lbs: Jordan Shimmell, Hudsonville, Mich., vs. Robert Jekabson, Chicago, Ill.
201 lbs: Charles Blackwell, Tucson, Ariz., vs. Joseph Williams, Far Rockaway, N.Y.
201 lbs: James Shorter, Elkhart, Ind. vs. Steve Geffrard, Boca Raton, Fla.
201 lbs: Michael Hunter, Las Vegas, Nev., vs. Andrew Tabiti, Las Vegas, Nev.

6 p.m. session
114 lbs: John Franklin, Fort Carson, Colo., vs. Rau’shee Warren, Cincinnati, Ohio
114 lbs: Stephon Young, St. Louis, Mo., vs. Gabriel Montoya, St. Louis, Mo.
114 lbs: Emilio Sanchez, Pacoima, Calif., vs. Shawn Simpson, Chicago, Ill.
114 lbs: Adam Lopez, San Antonio, Texas vs. Oscar Cantu, Kingsville, Texas
132 lbs: Jose Ramirez, Avenal, Calif., vs. Toribio Ramirez, Jr., Bowling Green, Fla.
132 lbs: Erick DeLeon, Lincoln Park, Mich., vs. Kenneth Sims, Jr., Chicago, Ill.
132 lbs: Damon Allen, Philadelphia, Pa., vs. Raynell Williams, Cleveland, Ohio
132 lbs: Luis Cruz, Bronx, N.Y. vs. Toka Kahn Clary, Providence, R.I.
152 lbs: Errol Spence, Desoto, Texas vs. Samuel Vasquez, Fort Carson, Colo.
152 lbs: Bryant Perrella, Lehigh Acres, Fla., vs. Regis Prograis, Houston, Texas
152 lbs: Willie Jones, Charlotte, N.C., vs. Arturo Trujillo, Easton, Pa.
152 lbs: Amir Imam, Albany, N.Y. vs. Luis Olivares, Glendale, Ariz.
178 lbs: Caleb Plant, Ashland City, Tenn., vs. Jeffery Spencer, Fort Carson, Colo.
178 lbs: Marcus Browne, Staten Island, N.Y., vs. Sean Bettencourt, Stoughton, Mass.
178 lbs: Sijuola Shabazz, Las Cruces, N.M., vs. Robert Brant, Oakdale, Minn.
178 lbs: Shaborn Ryals, Capitol Heights, Md., vs. Jerry Odom, Bowie, Md.
201+ lbs: Jonathan Hamm, St. Paul, Minn., vs. Brett Rather, Las Vegas, Nev.
201+ lbs: Andrew Shepherd, Fort Carson, Colo., vs. O’Jayland Brown, Sacramento, Calif.
201+ lbs: Dominic Breazale, Alhambra, Calif., vs. Donovan Dennis, Davenport, Iowa
201+ lbs: Lenroy Thompson, Lenexa, Kansas vs. Laron Mitchell, San Francisco, Calif