Sunday, October 10, 2010

2010 PAL Open Champions Secure 2012 Olympic Boxoff Slots


After a tumultuous week of boxing in San Antonio, the PAL Nationals are complete and these Open Class boxers have won $1000 but more importantly the first of 8 slots in their weight classes including DC area boxer D'mitrius Ballard, who continues an impressive year after winning the Under-19 Nationals.

108lbs. "King" Louie Byrd - I have to call him by his nickname that after three consecutive US National Championships and three consecutive National Golden Gloves titles.
114lbs. Raushee Warren - two-time US Olympian
123lbs. O'Shanique Foster
132lbs. Kenneth Simms - 2010 National JO Silver Medalist, only 16 years old!!
141lbs. Pedro Sosa - 2010 US National Champion
165lbs. D'mitrius Ballard - 2010 Under-19 National Champion
178lbs. Marcus Browne - 2010 US National Silver Medalist
201lbs. Steve Geffard - 2010 US National Champion, 2010 National Golden Gloves Champion
201+ Lenroy "Cam" Thompson - 2009 and 2010 US National Champion , 2009 and 2010 National Golden Gloves Champion

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Congrats D'mitrius!! Stay focused and humble and the sky is the limit for you Champ!!

Anonymous said...

I think u have the 123b wrong

Anonymous said...

O' shanique Foster beat Luis Cruz 14-6 to win the 123lb title

DC Boxing said...

Yeah, I had that wrong and forgot to change it. It's fixed now. Sorry about that one

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