Pan American Games 2011

[mike222]

Superheavyweight Quarter-Finals
Italo Perea ECU dec Christian Cabrera DOM 20-10
Geraldo Bisbal PUR dec Clayton Laurent ISV 20-11
Isiah Mena COL dec Danny Kelly USA 13-11
Jose Payares VEN stp2 Juan Hiracheta MEX
This concludes the afternoon session

[mike222]

Evening Results
QUARTER-FINALS
60 Yasnier Toledo CUB dec Fradamil Macayo VEN 24-5
Angel Gutierrez MEX dec Cobia Breedy BAH 27-7
Robson Conceicao BRA dec Toka Khan-Clary USA 21-6
Angel Suarez PUR dec Julio Cortez ECU 26-13
69 Mian Hussain CAN dec Luis Miranda PER 21-8
Oscar Molina MEX dec Carlos Sanchez ECU 13-11
Myke Carvalho BRA dec Patricio Villaraga CHI 30-8
Carlos Banteur CUB dec Gabriel Maestre VEN 20-7
81 Julio De La Cruz CUB dec Jeffrey Spencer USA 19-2
Felix Valera DOM def DQ1 Yamaguchi Falcao BRA
Semi-Finals start tomorrow

[Dennis]

Superheavyweight Quarter-Finals
Italo Perea ECU dec Christian Cabrera DOM 20-10
Geraldo Bisbal PUR dec Clayton Laurent ISV 20-11
Isiah Mena COL dec Danny Kelly USA 13-11
Jose Payares VEN stp2 Juan Hiracheta MEX
This concludes the afternoon session

Actually Hiracheta stopped Payares. I watched it online.

[Dennis]

Team USA members were all one and done. Many of the boxers had tough draws. Only 3 boxers had OK draws. We needed those boxers to win those bouts. Queen Underwood and Christina Cruz both lost on tie-breakers and Danny Kelly lost 13-11.

[Dennis]

Cuba has 9 boxers in the semis. They haven't lost a bout. They have a few tough bouts in the semis and will have a few in the finals. Worst case scenario for them is 3 gold, 3 silver, & 3 bronze medals. Any other country would celebrate that total. I predict more like 6 gold, 2 silver & a bronze. Even 9 gold is realistic.

[locoxelbox]

Tremendous dissapointment from the US team. Not one single victory for 5 male and 3 female boxers! Of course the best american boxers weren´t here but in the past the No 2 US boxers could even win a silver.
It looks like the Yamagcuhi Falcao disqualification (low blow) was overturned and he is back in supposedly.
Dennis, was the Payares stoppage "an accident"? He was leading 7-2 after the first right?

[mike222]

Valera is still listed as the winner on the official website.
Some nice fights tonight including Iglesias v Lopes

[JMac]

Tremendous dissapointment from the US team. Not one single victory for 5 male and 3 female boxers! Of course the best american boxers weren´t here but in the past the No 2 US boxers could even win a silver.
It looks like the Yamagcuhi Falcao disqualification (low blow) was overturned and he is back in supposedly.
Dennis, was the Payares stoppage "an accident"? He was leading 7-2 after the first right?

Yes it is a tremendous disapointment. The whole problem started with the way the team was put together due to a grevience that was filled by a boxer that ended up not making the team anyway. The team that was supposed to go were the US Champs but after the grevience was filed a trials tournament was quickly put together that most of the top boxers could not get to due to cost and them being involved in the local golden glove tournaments that would lead to the national GG's and an Olympic trial slot that ended up not really being an Olympic Trials but a world championship trials...seems to be a pattern here. Hopefully, one day USAB will get their act together and we start to see some results again.

[mike222]

Semi-Final results
49 Yosvani Veitia CUB dec Jantony Ortiz PUR 14-9
Joselito Hernandez MEX dec Juan Medina DOM 32-22
56 Lazaro Alvarez CUB dec Angel Rodriguez VEN 17-7
Oscar Valdez MEX dec Robenilson De Jesus BRA 23-10
First two finals Cuba against Mexico

[mike222]

Lightwelter Semi-finals
Valentino Knowles BAH dec Yoelvis Hernandez VEN 11-6
Rosniel Iglesias CUB dec Everton Lopes BRA 18-9
Iglesias defeats the current world champion convincingly

[mike222]

Middleweight Semi-Finals
Jaime Cortez ECU dec Juan Rodriguez VEN 14-8
Emilio Correa CUB dec Brody Blair CAN 30-7
Fourth Cuban into the finals

[mike222]

Heavyweight Semi-Finals
Leinier Perot CUB dec Yamil Peralta ARG 13-9
Julio Castillo ECU dec Anderson Emanuel BAR 24-6
Mens Semi-Finals resume tomorrow

[mike222]

Ladies Flyweight Semi-Finals
Mandy Bujold CAN dec Paola Benavides ARG 12-8
Ingrit Valencia COL dec Karina Magliocco VEN 17-8
That completes todays programme

[Dennis]

Tremendous dissapointment from the US team. Not one single victory for 5 male and 3 female boxers! Of course the best american boxers weren´t here but in the past the No 2 US boxers could even win a silver.
It looks like the Yamagcuhi Falcao disqualification (low blow) was overturned and he is back in supposedly.
Dennis, was the Payares stoppage "an accident"? He was leading 7-2 after the first right?

Yes Payares was easily winning. It was weird. Inn the 2nd he got hit with a good punch. The pressure was getting to him and all of a sudden he got very tired. It then appeared that he hurt his shoulder and sort of quit.

[Dennis]

Yes it is a tremendous disapointment. The whole problem started with the way the team was put together due to a grevience that was filled by a boxer that ended up not making the team anyway. The team that was supposed to go were the US Champs but after the grevience was filed a trials tournament was quickly put together that most of the top boxers could not get to due to cost and them being involved in the local golden glove tournaments that would lead to the national GG's and an Olympic trial slot that ended up not really being an Olympic Trials but a world championship trials...seems to be a pattern here. Hopefully, one day USAB will get their act together and we start to see some results again.

The boxers were some of the best in the U.S. However, Team USA is not giving boxers the best chance to win. They don't have the team together for any period of time prior to the tournament. They don't have long camps. They don't have the boxers in shape. They don't give the boxers ongoing international competition so that they are sharp for the big tournaments - Pan Am Games, the World Championships, and the Olympics. They didn't even send any boxers to the 2nd Pan Am qualifying tournament. USA should have had a full team at the Pan Am Games. 5 more male boxers would have increased the likelihood that a couple of boxers would have won medals.

[locoxelbox]

Yeah it´s incredible how the US team has reduced their participation on the international circuit. I remember in the 90'ies there were the annual duals vs Cuba (until mid 90'ies), Russia and other top countries shown on ESPN. Also american teams participated regularly in tournaments in Europe and Asia. What happened and what is the USAB doing to reverse the situation?

[mike222]

Wednesdays Semi-Finals
60 Yasnier Toledo CUB dec Angel Gutierrez MEX 13-7
Robson Conceicao BRA dec Angel Suarez PUR 27-8
52 Dagoberto Aguero DOM dec Juliao Neto BRA 21-11
Robeisis Ramirez CUB dec Braulio Avila MEX 20-7

[mike222]

Cuba gets all nine boxers into the finals (just)
69 Oscar Molina MEX dec Mian Hussain CAN 14-7
Carlos Banteur CUB dec Myke Carvalho BRA +14-14
81 Julio De La Cruz CUB dec Carlos Congora CUB 19-9
Armando Pina MEX dec Yamaguchi Falcao BRA 27-11

[boxmel]

69 Oscar Molina MEX dec Mian Hussain CAN 14-7
Carlos Banteur CUB dec Myke Carvalho BRA +14-14

Nice to see Oscar make it to the finals. He's a product of the Southern California Amateur Boxing Assn. and twin brother of Olympian
Javier Molina. If Brazil can take Cuba to a tiebreaker, maybe Carlos has a chance. 8)

[mike222]

Superheavy semis
Italo Perea ECU KO2 Geraldo Bisbal PUR
Juan Hirecheta MEX dec Isiah Mena COL 19-13
Mexico also doing well on home soil
Finals Friday and Saturday-Thursday rest day

[mike222]

Ladies Semi-Finals
60 Erica Cruz 12-6 Sandra Bizier CAN
Kiria Tapia PUR RSC4 Celeste Peralta ARG
75 Yenebier Guillern DOM 21-12 Roseli Feitosa BRA
Mary Spencer CAN 19-5 Alma Ibarra MEX

[mike222]

Oscar Molina isnt the only boxer in the Pan Ams with a US connection.Isnt Armando Pina representing Mexico here from Chicago and he is in the 178 final.

[Dennis]

Florentino beat Pina so Pina is not in the finals. He did get a bronze medal though.
Cuba won some tough bouts in the semi-finals. I had thought they might lose one of them. With 9 boxers in the finals, they are likely to have a minimum of 5 gold medals. Probably will be 6-8 gold and 1-3 silver. I just think they will lose at least one. If they win all 9 that will be very impressive.

[boxmel]

Isnt Armando Pina representing Mexico here from Chicago and he is in the 178 final.

From what I could find, he's a Mexican citizen and not eligible to compete for the US (except in Golden Gloves, who consistently breaks the citizenship rule.... 8) ).

[Dennis]

Mel, GG isn't the only one to have non-citizens in its tournaments. The National PAL has done it. USA Boxing has done it too.