The best amateur boxers in the New York City metro area put up their dukes for two nights of fights: dancer vs. actress, teacher vs. student and other thrilling match-ups taking place in front of thousands of fans at the world’s greatest arena.
A total of 33 championship bouts were held over the two days, featuring 66 men and women boxers and two Bronxites, who, like the careers of world champion boxers such as Emile Griffith, Jose Torres, Floyd Patterson, Howard Davis and Riddick Bowe, may find the annual tournament as a launching pad for their future pro careers.
The best bout on the second night of action saw Laura Ramirez, a Truman High School student from the South Bronx PAL, putting on a clinic in her win over, two-time Gloves Champ, Ruth O’Sullivan with a 4-1 decision. Ramirez mixed power punches along with punches that scored well and was, also, chosen the tournament’s most outstanding female boxer.
Livingston Joseph was selected as the most outstanding male boxer. The Bronxite won the 141 lb. open on the final night of action in front of an audience that included past Golden Glove champions Emile Griffith, Iran Barkley, Junior Jones, Mark Breland and Jake LaMotta.
Nearly 700 fighters – including more than 40 women – fought in the Golden Gloves this year over 30 nights. The winners were:
132-lb. women – Camille Currie def. Lisa Tracy dec.
106-lb.novice. – Timothy Ramirez def. Jordan Rodriguez dec.
165-lb. novice – Marcus Browne def. Shaka Davidson RSC-3.
152-lb. open – Steven Martinez def. Travis Peterkin dec
114-lb. women – Keisher McLeod-Wells def. Alexis Asher dec.
178-lb. novice- Joseph Smith def. Seam Monaghan dec
154-lb women – Nisa Rodriguez def. Justine Herrera dec.
132-lb.open – Shemuel Pagan def. Vassiliy Zherebnenko dec.
119-lb. novice – Frankie Garriga def. Christian Arreaga dec
119-lb.women – Christina Cruz def Christina Rosa dec.
112-lb. open – Raul Lopez def Jose Rivera dec
141-lb. –novice – William Whitt def. Paul Diaz-Larui dec
165-lb. women – Christina Jenson def. Jennifer Egan dec.
125-lb. open – Emmanuel Gonzalez def. Marcos Hernandez RET. 1
Super-heavyweight novice – Daniel Torres def. Devone Jones dec.
176-lb women – Iris Murrillo def Tressan Dugan dec.
201-lb. open – Mitchel Balker def Norman Neely dec
145-lb. women – Dariana Casado def Ebonny Fowler dec
112-lb, novice -Anthony Carramanno def Alan Littlejohn dec
152-lb. novice – Walter Velazquez def Marlon Baird dec.
141-lb. open – Livingstone Joseph def Mike Brooks dec.
106-lb. women – Laura Ramirez def Ruth O’Sullivan dec.
132-lb.novice – Anthony Karperis def Marlon Charlton dec.
Heavyweight women – Sonya Lamonakis def Shayna Hargraves dec.
178-lb. open – Will Rosinsky def Peter Lawson dec.
110-lb. women – Amanda Walsh def Yuko Yamamoto dec.
119-lb. open – Schavez Peters def Christian Concepcion dec.
125.-lb. women – Amanda Serrano def Jody-Ann Weller dec.
165-lb. open – Phillip Jackson- Benson def Michael O’Connor RSC-2
125-lb. novice – Hassan Harb def. Dominque James dec.
138-lb. women – Chinazo Rena Anakwe def Kathleen Walsh dec.
201-lb. novice – Ngoli Okafor def. Jerry Gaspard dec.
201+-lb. open – Tor Hamer def. Adam Kownacki dec
