Gamboa vs Rios

For both fighters this will be the biggest competition each has ever faced. Gamboa dominated the featherweight class and decides to jump up two weight classes to take on Brandon Rios. Rios lost his title back in December when he failed to make the 135 pound limit up in New York against John Murray. Yuriorkis Gamboa is an offensive fighter that never had to worry about getting hit because he is so fast. Will this style work with the bigger and stronger Brandon Rios? This is something that the Gamboa camp will have to think about. April 14 on HBO from Mandalay Bay Event Center in Las Vegas will show who trained for who.

Scooter Davis looking forward to the Golden Gloves

Today Scooter Davis and his coach Flip Johnson had an intense workout at the Old School Boxing Gym. Coach Johnson spent time inside the ring tonight giving Scooter some mitt work as his dad, mom,and sister stood ringside. Scooter after 4 fights looks to be more relaxed inside the ring. He is starting to like the crowds and boxing atmosphere. The Sugar Ray Leonard Gym in Palmer Park Maryland always has a huge turnout every time they put on a show. This Saturday will be one of those times. This is where Scooter will be fighting in the Golden Glove Semi Finals. 

                                                                                 

Keystone Boxing Presents World Class Professional Boxing on March 10!

Gene Molovinsky of Keystone boxing has made a great decision by bringing professional boxing back to the Washington DC Convention Center following the HBO Khan vs Peterson fight last December. That fight drew a large crowd and hopefully that trickles down to the March 10th Keystone show. With the main event being Dusty Harrison who was on the under card of the Khan vs Peterson bout, selling tickets shouldn't be a problem. Harrison (The Youngest Professional Fighter in the United States of America) has a large local fan base and can sell well over a few hundred tickets on just his name alone. Ty Barnett with 18 wins and 12(KO's) is also another featured bout. So boxing is making its way back to the DMV and hopefully the fans will come out to support Keystone Boxing and all the local fighters.

10 Days until Jeter vs Felix Rematch

It's getting tense and the excitement is building at Club One Fitness!!!  Jeter has revenge on his mind and is focusing in Jose Felix. It's going to be a huge night of boxing February 25, 2012. So if you don't know, you better ask somebody. Call Club One Fitness 1131 Benfield Blvd.Ste M-Q, Millersville, MD 21108 for your tickets (410) 729-3900. General Admission $50 and Ringside $75.

Professional boxing talent in the DMV.

If you sit back and think of all the boxing talent right here in the Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia areas you will see that this area  had and still very much has a long list of boxing hopefuls. There are notable names like Sugar Ray Leonard, Mark "Too Sharp" Johnson, Keith Holmes, Andrew Council, Sharmba Mitchell, Riddick Bowe, Lamont Pearson, Darryl Tyson, Derrell Coley, William Joppy, and current fighters like, Lamont and Anthony Peterson, Gary Russell, DeMarcus "Chop Chop" Corley, Tony Thompson, Seth Mitchell, Thomas Snow, Dusty Harrison, Alantez Fox, Ty Barnett, Brandon Quarles, Tony Jeter, Jimmy Lange. I can't forget about our Lady WBC and WIBA Middleweight Champion Tori "Sho Nuff" Nelson and many more. Out of the names I listed, there are some former and current title holders. Now you tell me why boxing isn't as large in our own home town. Let me start. For one and I think this is the biggest reason, the people here do not support local fighters like they should. 2. SOME but not all the fighters train like they should be training to become and stay champions. 3. SOME but not all the fighters go out to promote themselves to get the home crowd interested in the sport. Now this is only what I think. The people who are reading this might have other reason or might even disagree to what I wrote. Leave me a comment and let me know what you think.

Women's Olympic Trials Begin in Spokane, WA Tonight!

Four local young ladies will represent the Beltway at the first-ever Women's US Olympic Team Boxing Trials in Spokane, WA beginning tonight. The entire double-elimination tournament will be shown on a live stream provided by Universal Sports beginning each night at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT on this page:


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Here is how the locals look on the bout sheet:

Baltimore, MD's Tyrieshia Douglas will be in the fourth bout of the evening (112 Pounds winners bracket) against Latonya King (Wingate) of Harrison Township, MI.

DC's Asia Stevenson will participate in the seventh bout of the evening (132 Pounds winners bracket) and take on N'yteeyah Sherman of Barberton, OH.

The ninth bout of the night (165 pounds winners bracket) will feature Baltimore's Franchon Crews who will battle Flint, MI's Claressa Shields. Crews is the reigning national champion at 165 pounds.

Alexandria, VA's Dara Shen will follow in the 10th bout (165 pounds winners bracket) when she faces Andrecia Wasson of Centerline, MI.


In other bouts on this first night of competition, six-time 112-pound national champion Marlen Esparza of Houston, TX will open the card with her bout against Cynthia Moreno of Phoenix, AZ. Bout two will have Taversha Norwood of Marietta, GA against Alex Love of Monroe, WA. The third bout of the night will be another 112-pound bout between Christina Cruz of New York City and Virginia Fuchs of Kemah, TX.

In the 132-pound bracket, reigining national champ Queen Underwood of Seattle, WA will have a home-crowd advantage when she battles Bertha Arcil of Yonkers, NY in bout number five. Bout six is an all-California affair as Lisa Porter of Northridge takes on Mikaela Mayer of Los Angeles. Moving to bout eight, Tiara Brown of Lehigh Acres, FL faces Patricia Manuel of Long Beach, CA.

The two other bouts in the 165-pound division are the last two bouts of the evening. Tiffanie Ward of Hacienda Heights, CA takes on Tiffanie Hearn of San Diego, CA. The final bout of the night will be between Tika Hemingway of Pittsburgh, PA and Raquel Miller of San Francisco, CA.

The champions in each of the three weight divisions at the Olympic Trials will move on to the 2012 Women’s World Championships in Qinhuangdao, China, where they will need to place in the top eight to earn berths in the 2012 Olympic Games.

Going For Olympic Gold

Luis Olivares Jr began his boxing journey at the age of 8 and has had a lot of support to perfect his craft.  Originally trained by Mario O’Francis, Luis began his road to boxing.  Now, under the training of the Bahamas Olympic Boxing Trainer and BoxWoB Fitness Instructor, Floyd Seymour, Luis is continuing to make his mark. With over 100 fights and an impressive 170 wins and 15 lost under his belt, Luis has his sights set on being an Olympic Boxer.

Together, Luis and Floyd are fighting to go for the gold.  Luis has already earned a Silver medal and was ranked #2 in the U.S. Now, Luis and Floyd are a couple of weeks away from attending the U.S Olympic Trials in Colorado Springs, CO

Luis calls Phoenix, AZ his home and when he’s not boxing you can find him performing as a magician.

Story sent from Ransom Washington

REVENGE IN MILLERSVILLE

Club One Fitness is a 18,000 square foot full service health club, but Tony Jeter will only need just a little over 20'x20' to gain back the 5th round TKO loss to Jose Felix. That was only 2 months ago so revenge is the only thing on the mind of Tony Jeter. He's bringing it to the fans in Millersville and plans to put on one heck of a show!!!!! So come out to Club One Fitness and focus your attention on what Tony will do in the 20'x20' square. Fight date is February 25, 2012. Time 7pm. General Admission $50.00 / Ring Side $75.00 1131 Benfield Blvd. Ste M-Q, Millersville, MD 21108 Contact Club One Fitness (410) 729-3900 CLUBONEFITNESS@EARTHLINK.NET