The numbers are in for this year's Cleveland Golden Gloves amateur boxing tournament. After Saturday's official registration and weigh-ins at the Brook Park Recreation Center, a total of 79 boxers are slated for bouts during the two-week, four-night run of the annual tournament.
79 boxers are slated for bouts during the two-week, four-night Cleveland Golden Gloves amateur boxing tournament. The numbers are in for this year's Cleveland Golden Gloves amateur boxing tournament.
After Saturday's official registration and weigh-ins at the Brook Park Recreation Center, a total of 79 boxers are slated for bouts during the two-week, four-night run of the annual tournament.
The breakdown was 28 entries in the open division for experienced boxers, 27 in the novice division for those with less than 10 matches and 24 in the sub-novice ranks for first-time fighters.
Certainly, the numbers could be better. But it was just a few years ago that the event, held every year since 1929, nearly came to an end when fewer than 20 boxers bothered to enter.
“We had some guys decide to go pro, and so many of our [Junior Olympic] boxers are just 16,” said tournament director Clytee Dunn, pointing out that fighters must be 17 to enter. “So, we are very much pleased.”
While the organization was hoping to get the total to 100 entries, there are enough for full cards during the preliminary rounds. A year ago, there were 84 official entries. The numbers were 75 in 2009 and 90 in 2008.
The 83rd edition of the tournament opens Friday at 7 p.m. at 17400 Holland Road in Brook Park. Boxing continues there on Saturday and April 9. Tickets are $20 reserved, $15 general admission and $10 for 12-and-under.
The finals move to the North Hall at Cleveland Browns Stadium on April 16 at 6 p.m. Tickets are $25 general admission, $15 for 12-and-under.
Open division champions advance to the national tournament in Indianapolis, April 25-30.
For more information, contact the Cleveland Amateur Golden Gloves, 4500 Lee Road, Suite 222, Cleveland, Ohio, 44128, or call 216-662-7445.
Wolfing tickets: World Boxing Council light heavyweight champ Jean Pascal (26-1-1, 16 KOs) and Bernard Hopkins (51-5-2, 32 KOs) went at it with their mouths Monday in Montreal in hyping their May 21 rematch.
Their December bout in Quebec City ended in a controversial draw, many feeling the 46-year-old Hopkins won after suffering two early knockdowns.
“I'll make sure he doesn't get up again,” said Pascal, 28, getting the rematch on his home turf. “He gave everything he had left in his body the last time.”
After the obligatory pushing and shoving, “The Executioner” let fly with his customary invective.
“Believe me,” Hopkins said during the news conference. “I gave Pascal an old-fashioned beating, and he knows what's waiting for him. It will be execution time again.”
HBO will televise the bout.
Around the ring: Yuriorkis Gamboa (20-0, 16 KOs) had little trouble defending his World Boxing Association featherweight title as he stopped Jorge Solis (40-3-2, 29 KOs) in the fourth round on Saturday night in Atlantic City, N.J. Solis was down five times. . . . On the same HBO televised card, Miguel Angel Garcia (25-0, 21 KOs) needed 10 rounds to defeat 126-pound Matt Remillard (23-1, 13 KOs), the latter not coming out for the 11th round. . . . Baltimore Ravens safety Tommy Zbikowski improved to 3-0 (2 KOs) on that show, taking a four-round decision against Caleb Grummet (0-1-1). . . . WBA super middleweight champ Andre Ward (23-0, 13 KOs) takes on former middleweight champ Arthur Abraham (32-2, 26 KOs) on May 14 in Carson, Calif. It's a semifinal in Showtime's Super Six World Boxing Classic.
Farewell: It is sad to report the death of longtime area trainer Al Brooks on March 11. Brooks won the Cleveland Golden Gloves novice bantamweight title in 1944. Condolences to his family and friends.
History: Marvelous Marvin Hagler stopped Juan Roldan in the 10th round in Las Vegas to retain the middleweight title in 1984.
Friday: The ESPN2 “Friday Night Fights” are at Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut, where Philadelphia lightweight Henry Lundy (19-1-1, 10 KOs) faces Patrick Lopez (20-3, 12 KOs) of Venezuela in the feature at 9 p.m.
To reach this Plain Dealer reporter: jmaxse@plaind.com, 216-999-5168
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/sports/index.ssf/2011/03/cleveland_has_79_in_golden_glo.html
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