Michigan Golden Gloves

[Dennis]

Open class results:
East MI GG semi-finals:
165: Spencer Weiss, Irish Hills BC dec. Jesse Addison, Saginaw BC
178: Charles White, Unity BC dec. Chad Malmo, Prodigy BC

West MI GG prelims:
152: Nick Klein, MLK d. Ali Dixon, Bobo Brazil
152: Antonio Urista, Big House d. Javon "Pinkie" Barnes, Trigger
152: Elijah Hoffert, Wolverine d. Travis Watson, MGGA
165: Michael Mosley, MLK d. William Hight, MGGA
165: Kurt Berry, Trigger d. James Smith, Rosario's
165: Mark Bailey, Hoose's d. Dorian Hatcher, Rosario's
165: Niall Shimmell, MGGA d. Delbert Shipp, MLK

[Dennis]

As usual the West MI GG had a lot of entries. Over 150 boxers entered the tournament. This includes the Open, Novice, Sub-Novice, Junior, Masters, and Female boxers. We only had 1 Masters boxer enter. He won't be competing. We do have a couple of female bouts scheduled.

The venue was packed, probably 2,000+ fans in attendance. The next round of competition for the West MI GG tourney is Wednesday, March 25, 2009.

There were 8 junior bouts, 14 novice bouts, and 7 open bouts.

[Dennis]

The open-class competition for March 25th at the W MI GG is:
141: Brian McKinney, Bobo Brazil vs. Johnny Garcia, Muskegon
152: Nick Klein, MLK vs. Antonio Urista, Big House
152: Elijah Hoffert, Wolverine vs. William Johnson, MLK
165: Michael Mosley, MLK vs. Kurt Berry, Trigger
165: DeAnthony Walker-Hadley, Bobo Brazil vs. Travis Bussel, Manistee
165: Germaine McKinney, MLK vs. Brandon Larvadain, Crown
165: Mark Bailey, Hoose's vs. Niall Shimmell, MGGA
178: Antwon Herndon, Bobo Brazil vs. Dan Glaspie, Hoose's
178: Jarvis Edwards, MLK vs. D'Qwan Harper, Rosario's
201: Travis McMillan, Hoose's vs. Rafael Hinton, Big House
201: Brian Banducci, Crown vs. Jordan Shimmell, MGGA
201+: Ryan Bolen, MGGA vs. Dave Mbah, Unattached
201+: Kyle McNutt, Rosario's vs. Ryan O'Neal, MGGA

[miboxref]

178: Charles White, Unity BC vs. Chad Malmo, Prodigy BC, winner-???

Dennis, Charles White won a 2-1 dec.

[Dennis]

178: Charles White, Unity BC vs. Chad Malmo, Prodigy BC, winner-???

Dennis, Charles White won a 2-1 dec.

Thanks Ron. I'll correct my prior post.

[Dennis]

The open division bouts scheduled for the East MI finals on Saturday, March 28, 2009:
125 — Ernesto Garza (Saginaw) vs. Merrill Martinez (Bay City)
141 — Anthony Lindsay (Port Huron) vs. Arnold Smith (Unity)
152 — Jose Bernal (Saginaw) vs. Trevor O'Connell (Byrd)
165 — Spencer Weiss (Irish Hills) vs. Fabian Ramirez (Bay City)
178 — Charles White (Unity) vs. Vernon Washington (Saginaw)
Ernie Garza (119# unconsted champ) and Merrill Martinez (125# uncontested champ) are having a match bout in the 125# division. The other missing weight classes are either vacant or have uncontested champs.

[Legend616]

What are the lower weights looking like in W. Michigan? 112-132

[Dennis]

Open class, W MI has at least one boxer in every weight class from 119 to Shvy. Tomorrow night are the semi-finals of the W MI GG. The finals are on Saturday.

[Unit]

keep an eye out on my boy chazz mcdowell now currently attending NMU......he has dropped back to 125 ilb....gonna be hard to beat...relentless stalker and throws punches in bunches....gave shemuel pagan all he could handle 2 out of the 3 times they fought....but the last time pagan was too strong and the weight difference showed

[Dennis]

Partial results for the W MI GG semi-finals:
Open class:
141: Johnny Garcia d. Brian McKinney - pts.
152: Nick Klein d. Antonio Urista - pts.
152: William Johnson d. Elijah Hoffert - pts.
165: Kurt Berry d. Michael Mosley, MLK - pts.
165: DeAnthony Walker-Hadley vs. Travis Bussell, Manistee - ????
165: Brandon Larvadain, Crown d. Germaine McKinney, MLK - pts.
165: Niall Shimmell, MGGA d. Mark Bailey, Hoose's - RSC-1
178: Antwon Herdon vs. Dan Glaspie, Hoose's - ????
178: Jarvis Edwards d. D'Qwan Harper, Rosario's - pts.
201: Rafael Hinton, Big House d. Travis McMillan - pts.
201: Jordan Shimmell, MGGA d. Brian Banducci, Crown - walkover
201+: Dave Mbah, unattached d. Ryan Bolen, MGGA - walkover
201+: Kyle McNutt, Rosario's d. Ryan O'Neal, MGGA - pts

Urista had defeated the 2007 NGG semi-finalist Barnes and then loses a close bout to Klein. Too bad this one wasn't in the W MI finals as the potential for a rematch in the State finals would be exciting. My son Niall looked great. His opponent had stopped his guy on Saturday, while Niall's opponent failed to show up for his physical. Last night Niall showed his skills. My other son, Jordan, had an opponent who also failed to show last night. I hope Hinton shows on Saturday.

Unfortunately, a second NGG semi-finalist, Ryan O'Neal, is out of the tourney as he lost a close bout last night.

[chasity]

Do you by any chance know the bout sched. for saturday?

[Dennis]

Yes I do. I have the tentative bout schedule. It is easy to figure out. Start with the Sub-novice bouts and go from lightest to heaviest weight classes. Then do the same thing for the novice class and finally the open class. The female novice bouts are #8 and #10. Just remember it could change if someone doesn't show for weigh-ins. Currently there are 25 bouts scheduled.

[Dennis]

There are 4 sub-novice bouts, 12 novice bouts and 9 open bouts.

[Dennis]

I wasn't there so I can't say how Pinkie looked. I've heard from other people that they thought Pinkie lost. The fans booed him when he boxed out of his previous gyms, including both MGGA and MLK (Grand Rapids gyms).

[Legend616]

The Pinkie fight is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmHiPlUjg00

[Dennis]

OK, I watched the Pinkie vs. Urista bout on video. From that camera angle, I had Antonio winning by a total of 7 points. The first 2 rounds were 2 minute rounds, but the 3rd round was just over 3 minutes. It didn't really seem to help Pinkie to have the longer round.

[region 8]

how did garza do?

[chasity]

Garza won, martinez seemed to tire out, and got his head rocked a few times. There was no second guessing this time about who won. but he and martinez are going to state in different weight classes.

[rocabye]

i heard Johnny Garcia got rock a lil in the fight last week but the ref did nothing. Garcia is a ok am fighter i hope he go far this year. anyone got that on film

[Legend616]

i heard Johnny Garcia got rock a lil in the fight last week but the ref did nothing. Garcia is a ok am fighter i hope he go far this year. anyone got that on film

He got hit with a couple good shots in the first round, I would not say he got rocked. Garcia dominated the fight and it was a good stop by the corner.

[random]

i watch the fight, not a fan of pinkey, but i thought he won

[Dennis]

It was very appropriate for the corner to throw in the towel in White's bout against Johnny Garcia. White is good, but he just wasn't ready for Johnny's endless pressure. Johnny deserved the Most Outstanding Boxer of the West MI GG tournament award. However, I do think the trophy should be presented after the last bout. Yes, Kyle didn't look spectacular against Ryan O'Neal so he probably wasn't going to win it, but at least wait and see. What if he had looked amazing on Saturday? Just my 2 cents.

Pinkie clowns too much and got hit with obvious scoring blows when his hands were down. If he would keep his hands up and use his jab more, he could score more and keep his opponents score down. It is simple.

[Dennis]

A coach told a boxer that he had the answer to all of his problems. "Just don't get tired." Amazing! Now there isn't any need to go to the gym anymore.

[Dennis]

West Michigan Golden Gloves tentative team for the Michigan State Championships:
Open
119: Tyler James
Alex Newton
125: Ryan Schmidt
Vincent Jennings
132: Raeese Aleem
141: Johnny Garci
Michael White
152: Nick Klein
William Johnson
165: DeAnthony Walker-Hadley
Brandon Larvadain
178: Jarvis Edwards
Antwon Herndon
201: Jordan Shimmell
Rafael Hinton
201+: Kyle McNutt
Dave Mbah

[mr. detroit]

detroit golden glove team is:
119-james smith
125-???
132-eric de'leon
142-andray staynkavich
152-leandre "blue" white
165-j'leon love
178-dwayne williams
200-???
201-craig lewis