ARMED FORCES BOXERS WIN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Fort Carson, CO - Boxers from across the U.S. Armed Forces competed at the 2012 USA Boxing National Championship held at Fort Carson, CO 26 February to 3 March. The 2012 Nationals were also used as a qualifier for boxers within select weight classes to earn the right to qualify their weight class for the 2012 Olympic Games, while the other weight classes were non-advancing.
Marine Corps Sgt Jamel Herring (MCB Camp Lejeune, NC) defeated Julian Rodriguez (Patterson, NJ) 14-9 in the 141-pound weight class for his first National Championship . Herring was the number one seed going into the Championship after winning his weight class at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials. Herring’s victory gives him another chance to secure a spot in the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
Army SPC Steven Nelson (Eglin AFB) was the fourth Service member to reach the finals competing in a tough 178-pound weight class. Nelson lost to the Olympic Team Trial Champion, Marcus Browne (Staten Island, NY) 20-14. Browne earned the right to qualify his weight class for the U.S. Olympic Team.
Two Army Soldiers won national championships in non-advancing weight classes.
Army SPC Fallon Farrar (Schofield Barracks, HI) defeated Olympic Trials participant Dara Shen (Alexandria, VA) in the women’s 165-pound weight class. Farrar’s 22-15 victory over Shen excited the Fort Carson crowd. While Farrar earned the National Championship, she will not advance to attempt to qualify for the Olympic Team, as that right went to Claressa Shields, who won the 165-pound division at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials a few weeks ago.
Army SPC Charles Williams (Fort Bragg, NC) captured the 114-pound National title with a 16-6 decision over Edmundo Guzman (Las Cruces, NM) in a fight that had the Army crowd on their feet as he captured his first national championship.
Herring will attempt to qualify his weight class at the 2012 Americas Qualifier this May in Brazil.
All military results from the USA Boxing National Championship:
Saturday, March 3
Championship Bouts
114 lbs/male: Charles Williams (Army), North Carolina, dec. Edmundo Guzman, Las Cruces, N.M., 16-6
141 lbs/male: Jamel Herring (USMC), Coram, N.Y., dec. Julian Rodriguez, Paterson, N.J., 14-9
165 lbs/female: Fallon Farrar (Army), Staten Island, N.Y., dec. Dara Shen, Alexandria, Va., 22-15
178 lbs/male: Marcus Browne, Staten Island, N.Y., dec. Steven Nelson, Jr. (Army), Fort Walton Beach, Fla., 20-14
Friday, March 2
Semifinal bouts
114 lbs/male: Charles Williams (Army), North Carolina dec. Eduardo Vasquez, Sheridan, Colo., 15-14
141 lbs/male: Jamel Herring (USMC), Coram, N.Y., dec. Luis Olivares, Glendale, Ariz., 20-13
178 lbs/male: Steven Nelson, Jr. (Army), Fort Walton Beach, Fla., dec. Robert Brant, Oakdale, Minn., 31-16
Thursday, March 1
Quarterfinal Bouts
5 p.m. session
114 lbs/male: Charles Williams (Army), North Carolina won on walkover over Luis Rodriguez, Montegut, La., W/O
201 lbs/male: Antwon Abron, Stockton, Calif., dec. Kent Brinson (USAF), Fountain, Colo., 18-12
11am Session
141lbs.: Jamel Herring (USMC), Coram, N.Y. dec. Rashidi Elis, Lynn, Mass., 16-14
178lbs.: Steven Nelson (Army), Fort Walton Beach, Fla. dec. Sijoula Shabazz, Las Cruces, N.M., 24-19
Wednesday, February 29
Preliminary Bouts
5 p.m. session
132 lbs/male: Jose Ramirez, Avenal, Calif., stopped Tommy Roque (USMC), Camp Lejeune, N.C., RSC
152 lbs/male: Alex Martin, Chicago, Ill., dec. Johnathan Steele (USMC), Camp Lejeune, N.C., 19-10
201 lbs/male: Kent Brinson (USAF), Fountain, Colo., dec. Willie Jake, Jr., Indianapolis, Ind., 16-11
11 a.m. session
141 lbs/male: Jamel Herring (USMC), Coram, N.Y., dec. Jamontay Clark, Cincinnati, Ohio, 23-18
178 lbs/male: Steven Nelson (Army), Fort Walton Beach, Fla., dec. Gregory Newby, Washington DC, 29-10
Tuesday, February 28
Preliminary Bouts
5 p.m. session
132 lbs: Tommy Roque (USMC), Camp Lejeune, N.C., dec. Javar Jones, Indianapolis, Ind., 31-18
152 lbs: Jonathan Steele (USMC), Camp Lejeune, N.C., dec. Sidney Williams (ARMY), Kentucky, 26-24
165 lbs: Kevin Newman II, Las Vegas, Nev., stopped Felix Magallanes (USMC), Camp Lejeune, N.C., RSCH
201 lbs: Kent Brinson (USAF), Fountain, Colo., dec. Joshua Temple, St. Louis, Mo., 19-15
201 lbs: Donald Cobb, Jr., Denver, Colo., dec. Charles Blackwell (ARMY), Tucson, Ariz., 21-16
Preliminary Bouts
11 a.m. session
141 lbs: Rashidi Ellis, Lynn, Mass., dec. Maximino Ramos (ARMY), Santa Ana, Calif., 21-11
141 lbs: Jamel Herring (USMC), Coram, N.Y., dec. Demond Brock, New Orleans, La., 27-10
178 lbs: Steven Nelson (ARMY), Fort Walton Beach, Fla., stopped Manuel Contreras, St. Paul, Minn., RSC
178 lbs: Robert Lopez, Phoenix Ariz., dec. Darnell Price II (USMC), Camp Lejeune, N.C., 12-11
178 lbs: Jerry Odom, Temple Hills, Md., dec. Jeffery Spencer (ARMY), Fort Carson, Colo., 22-19
178 lbs: Sijuola Shabazz, Las Cruces, N.M., dec. DeRae Crane (ARMY), Colorado Springs, Colo., 19-16
Monday, February 27
Preliminary Bouts
5 p.m. session
132 lbs: Tommy Roque (USMC), Camp Lejeune, N.C., stopped Nestor Contreras, Carson, Calif., RSC
132 lbs: Francisco Lopez, Taylorsville, Utah dec. Toribio Ramirez (ARMY), Bowling Green, Fla., 16-13
132 lbs: Ricky Rodriguez, Evans, Colo., dec. Dustin Southichack (USAF), San Antonio, Texas, 15-5
11 a.m. session
141 lbs: Jamel Herring (USMC), Coram, N.Y., dec. Brian Ceballo, Brooklyn, N.Y., 20-13
141 lbs: Michael Montgomery, Jr., Macon, Ga., dec. Adam Hassan (USAF), Scott Air Force Base, Ill., 20-9
Sunday, February 26
Preliminary Bouts
5 p.m. session
165 lbs: D'Mitrius Ballard, Temple Hills, Md., dec. Marquis Moore (ARMY), Ft. Washington, Md., 18-17
165 lbs: Charles Cue, Jr., Jacksonville, Fla., dec. Daniel Logan (USAF), Oklahoma City, Okla., 15-8
11 a.m. session
178 lbs: Jeffrey Spencer (ARMY),, Fort Carson, Colo., dec. Brandon Larvadain, Michigan, 15-6
178 lbs: DeRae Crane (ARMY), Colorado Springs, Colo., stopped Joshua Balbuena, Symona, Ga., RSC
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