2021 Washington, D.C. Golden Gloves Regional Championships

The purpose of this letter is to make you aware of the recent developments pertaining to the Washington, D.C. Golden Gloves Regional Tournament. 

Due to constraints and various issues related to the pandemic, it was determined that the best move forward is to hold our Regional Tournament in the Fall/October (dates TBA). 

While every effort was made to organize this Tournament under very challenging circumstances, we regret having to make this decision. 

We wish boxers, coaches and officials good luck. Stay safe and stay strong! 

 Thank you, 

 Washington, D.C. Golden Gloves

Hard Work Pays Off For The Debuting Washington, D.C. Born Fighter, Jalil Hackett!

Jalil Hackett of Washington, DC scored a first-round knockout of his opponent Angelo Diaz only 61 seconds of their scheduled four round welterweight fight. He landed a left jab followed by a hard straight right hand to send Diaz to the canvas to end the fight. Hackett made his professional debut on the Mayweather vs. Logan Paul undercard that took place Sunday night, June 6. 

Jalil Hackett:

"It’s great, I’ve been working hard for this since I was 8 years old. So for the hard work to pay off, is good.”

"This is a once-in-a-lifetime experience fighting on the same card as Floyd Mayweather," Hackett said. "To fight on his card and to win, how I won is just great."

"I come home tomorrow, I'm right back in the gym Tuesday, I'm still working and I'll stay ready so I don't have to get ready," he said. 

Luis Arias Gives "Swift" Jarrett Hurd His Second Defeat!

On Sunday night, June 6, Jarrett Hurd lost by split decision in a 10-round middleweight contest to Luis Arias on the Floyd Mayweather vs. Logan Paul undercard at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida.

Arias landed hard right hands throughout the early rounds of their bout to establish a lead on the judges scorecards. Hurd spent a lot of time trying to do some inside work where he land a few of his famous uppercut that normally would end fights for him. That strategy worked in favor for Arias because most of Hurd's shot were smothered and not as effective. When Hurd kept his distance he was able to land some good jabs that backed up Arias. Unfortunately for Arias a slip was scored as a knockdown for Hurd midway through the bout. As the tenth round drew near Hurd and Arias had some good exchanges. Both fighters battled until the final bell sounded. 

Judge John Rupert scored their fight 95-93 for Hurd, but he was overruled by judges Mark Streisand (97-93) and Toby Tamarkin (96-93) giving Arias the split decision win.

Hurd suffers the second defeat of his career and now is 24-2, (16 KO's) while Arias improves to 19-2-1, (9 KO's). 

Beltway Boxers Get Two Out Of Four Wins In Philly!

It was an up and down night for local Beltway area fighters that participated on a Kings Promotions day-night doubleheader at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia on Saturday, June 5.

(Photos by Daniel Cork)

In the main event of the second Kings Promotions card Hagerstown, MD's Genc Pllana stopped Brandon Robinson of Upper Darby, PA by KO at 33 seconds of the eighth round.

Pllana is know for his awkward boxing style and Saturday night he made it work to his advantage by using his jab finally get the distance he needed to land a hard right hand in the corner that put Robinson down to end the fight.

Pllana improves his record to 9-3-1, (5 KO's) and Robinson is now 15-3, (10KO's).

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Frederick, Md's Devar Ferhadi won by eight-round unanimous decision over Blake Mansfield of Burlington, NC in another super middleweight contest that took place Saturday night on that Kings Promotions action packed card. 

(Report from photographer Daniel Cork), Devar impressive throughout. Mansfield got in several tough exchanges but Devar rolled with them very well. Judges scored the the bout 80-72 and 79-73 twice for Ferhardi. 

Devar Ferhardi keeps a undefeated record of 9-0, (7 KO's) while Mansfield falls to 7-4-1, 4 KO's).

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Bowie, MD's Greg Outlaw suffers his first defeat to Andrew Rodgers of Elkhart, IN. (Report from photographer Daniel Cork), Outlaw was really sharp early on but faded in the middle rounds. Outlaw was knocked down in round 5. Rodgers won by unanimous decision with scores of 57-56 and 58-55 twice.

Outlaw now has a record of 8-1, (3 KO's) while Rodgers adds a win to his record of 5-9-2, (2 KO's).

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Edgar Torres of Woodbridge, VA gets stopped at 46 seconds into round one of a scheduled six-round welterweight bout by Kashan Hutchinson of Reading, PA. Hutchinson landed a number of head shots and then added more power to send Torres into the ropes that caused the fight to be stopped. Hutchinson is now 8-5, (2 KO's) while Torres has a disappointing return and falls to 8-8-1, (4 KO's).

Edgar Torres, not much to add beyond that which I posted. Hutchinson came on strong from the start and troubled Edgar early, getting the stoppage at 0:46 of 1 on what would’ve been the first knockdown, Torres held up by the ropes