World Youth Championships 2012

[mike222]

The US have announced their qualifying requirements for boxers to represent the USA at these championships to be held in Armenia in November.
The following boxers have reached their qualifying standard and to these will be added boxers who do well in the National Pals
Stephen Fulton
Edmundo Guzman
Riccardo Kerns
Gervonta Davis
Meliek Montgomery
Erickson Lubin
Julian Rodriguez
Jamontay Clark
Anthony Sims
Michael Reid
Demarkus Minter
Alberto Fundura
Gary Salazar is perhaps the best boxer not yet on the short list

[mike222]

Gary Salazar and Malik Montgomery can be added to the short list.Shaping up to be a strong team.

[DCAmateurBoxing]

Gary Salazar and Malik Montgomery can be added to the short list.Shaping up to be a strong team.

Davis has the spot at 123 and Malik already has spot at 132. Lubin at 141. No spot for Gary unfortunately unless he can make 114 if that is available.

[mike222]

Cristian Williams,I believe,has also made the short list at 114.
It looks like it might be
108 No Qualifiers
114 Cristian Williams
123 Crescencio Ramos
132 Malik Montgomery
141 Erickson Lubin
152 Jamonyay Clark
165 No Qualifiers
178 Anthony Sims Jr
201 DeMarkus Minter
+201No Qualifiers
It is a pity Salazar and Rodriguez will miss out-they are very talented. Unfortunately Nico Hernandez is too young.
If I was a selector I would probably have a few box-offs.

[nazie]

Steed woodall Eastside abc is representing England at light heavy weight!

[DCAmateurBoxing]

Cristian Williams,I believe,has also made the short list at 114.
It looks like it might be
108 No Qualifiers
114 Cristian Williams
123 Crescencio Ramos
132 Malik Montgomery
141 Erickson Lubin
152 Jamonyay Clark
165 No Qualifiers
178 Anthony Sims Jr
201 DeMarkus Minter
+201No Qualifiers
It is a pity Salazar and Rodriguez will miss out-they are very talented. Unfortunately Nico Hernandez is too young.
If I was a selector I would probably have a few box-offs.

Priority goes to the following (in this order): All must be born in 1994 or 1995: US Olympic Team member, 2011 Pan Am Games team member, US National 1st or 2nd place, National PAL 1st or 2nd place, US National 3rd or 4th place, US Golden Gloves 1st or 2nd, Junior Olympic 1st or 2nd. If no athlete accepts then spot is open until winner of JOs at neighboring weight. Here's what I have:

108 is Scooter Fulton from Philadelphia
114 is Edmundo Guzman's spot to defer as he placed 2nd at US Nationals.
123 goes to Riccardo Kerns who placed 2nd at US Nationals, then Gary Salazar I believe as he won the PAL at 123.
141 Julian Rodriguez as he placed 2nd at US Nationals which trumps Lubin's PAL win right?
178 Anthony Sims as he placed 3rd at US Nationals

[T Duquette]

It would be a shame if that Lubin kid was not on that team. Either he just had a spectacular, one time only showing at the PAL's, or this kid is the real deal!!! I'm going with the latter.

[mike222]

Fulton has been boxing at 114-so probably cant make 108.

[DCAmateurBoxing]

It would be a shame if that Lubin kid was not on that team. Either he just had a spectacular, one time only showing at the PAL's, or this kid is the real deal!!! I'm going with the latter.

He won he JOs and had a great showing this week. But Julian made it all the way to the finals of the Olympic trials last year and lost a close last round after it was all tied up. That was a rough week of boxing. Very impressive IMO, but Hammer won last week so I think there's arguments either way. But the way the selections are done USAB weighted the spots so the US Nationals finalists received preference over the PAL which is why I believe Julian gets that spot. Most likely because of the number of entrants and the high stakes. Just my two cents.

[T Duquette]

It would be a shame if that Lubin kid was not on that team. Either he just had a spectacular, one time only showing at the PAL's, or this kid is the real deal!!! I'm going with the latter.

He won he JOs and had a great showing this week. But Julian made it all the way to the finals of the Olympic trials last year and lost a close last round after it was all tied up. That was a rough week of boxing. Very impressive IMO, but Hammer won last week so I think there's arguments either way. But the way the selections are done USAB weighted the spots so the US Nationals finalists received preference over the PAL which is why I believe Julian gets that spot. Most likely because of the number of entrants and the high stakes. Just my two cents.

Don't get me wrong, I think Julians an excellent boxer, Im a fan (he didnt fight in the Olympic Trials though, your reffering to his performance in the re-load tournament which was quite impressive).

Im just saying that Lubin looked spectacular. I was only out there for 3 days for the meeting but in those three days he stopped every opponent. He was making it look easy out there. In situations like this I think they should have a box-off.

[mike222]

Of course the boxers may not wish to go to Armenia in November.

[locoxelbox]

The cuban team for the World Youths:

49 kg: Andy Cruz
52 kg: Jorge Luis Cordero
56 kg: Alexei Guibert - one of the best youth boxers I have seen.
60 kg: Luis Oliva - beat out Armando Martinez Jr for the spot
64 kg: Kevin Brown
69 kg: Osnay Bencomo
75 kg: Eduardo Dinza
81 kg: Anyelo Morejon - beat out Felix Savon Jr for the spot
91 kg: Herich Ruiz
91+ kg: Yoandy Toirac - another strong candidate for gold

[boxmel]

According to Gary Salazar's dad, as of yesterday Gary made the team at 123 Lbs.

[T Duquette]

The cuban team for the World Youths:

49 kg: Andy Cruz
52 kg: Jorge Luis Cordero
56 kg: Alexei Guibert - one of the best youth boxers I have seen.
60 kg: Luis Oliva - beat out Armando Martinez Jr for the spot
64 kg: Kevin Brown
69 kg: Osnay Bencomo
75 kg: Eduardo Dinza
81 kg: Anyelo Morejon - beat out Felix Savon Jr for the spot
91 kg: Herich Ruiz
91+ kg: Yoandy Toirac - another strong candidate for gold

Wait, so the Cubans have a fighter named Kevin Brown?

[mike222]

Strange as it seems he is.Kevin Bayler Brown Bazam -2009 and 2011 National Champion

[mike222]

British team
49 Jack Bateson
52 Oliver Simpson
56 Pat McCormack
60 Ted Cheeseman
64 Joshua Kelly
81 Steed Woodhall
91 Danny Williams
+91Hughie Fury
Irish team
49 Keith Flavin
52 Kurt Walker
56 Chris Nevin
60 Hughie Nevin]
64 David Roche
69 Stephen Mulholland
81 George Boylan or J J McDonagh
Azerbaijan team
52 Tural Ahmadov
56 Nasriddin Mammadov
64 Parvis Bagirov
69 Sagi Salahli
75 Orkhan Maayilli
81 Raul Rahimov

[thecoach]

Do They know whos going foreal now? for US

[mike222]

Wales are sending a four man team
Jamie Viscount-52kg
Aaron Bird-75kg
Ricky Rowlands-64kg
Kody Davies-91kg

[moorser]

Irelands Gary Sweeney last years Euro silver medalist at 81kg and Anthony Coyle 75kg probably the best boxer in Ireland at this level both miss out through injury ! JJ McDonagh goes at 81kg I think .

[mike222]

Canadian Team
49 Evan Gillard
52 Michael Montgomery
60 Michael Abbruscato
64 Artur Biyarslanov
81 Cyrus Taylor

Russian Team
49 Pavel Gunchenko
52 Bahotar Nazirov
56 Evgeni Balakshin
60 Husein Baysangurov
64 Sergey Soblinsky
69 Igor Kharitonov
75 Magomed Madiyev
81 Idris Shakhmanov
91 Andrey Stotskiy
+91Ivan Kabatov
This squad is packed with European Champions

[moorser]

Irelands David Roche another very good boxer has had to pull out think because he joined the army and has been replaced by Thomas Waite.

[mike222]

Revised Irish squad
49 K Flavin
52 K Walker
56 C Nevin
60 H Nevin
64 T Waite
69 S Mulholland
81 J J Mcdonagh

Number of boxers in Tournament
49 44
52 45
56 53
60 48
64 51
69 41
75 39
81 33
91 31
+91 21
Gold medals will be hard to get
Countries per continent
Africa 6
Americas 10
Asia 20
Europe 33
Oceania 2.

[rocky2010]

Irelands Gary Sweeney last years Euro silver medalist at 81kg and Anthony Coyle 75kg probably the best boxer in Ireland at this level both miss out through injury ! JJ McDonagh goes at 81kg I think .

Sweeney would have been tiped for a medal,has gone up to 91kg weights in friday for intermediteds
didnt see him this year,word around got vary big and still only 18,could we have second joe ward

[mike222]

Prelims
49KG J Bateson ENG v N Torres USA-winner meets R Murukkuwa SRI
K Flavin IRE BYE-then P Guncenko UKR
E Gillard CAN BYE-then G Mungun-Erdene MGL
52KG E Guzman USA v A Suguro INA-then O Melenyuk UKR
O Simpson ENG BYE then S Mcksimming NZL
K Walker IRE v G Gabodze GRG-then S Masuk THA
M Montgomery CAN v K Ubaydulley UZB-then I Batusta PHI
56KG
C Mcintyre SCO v K A-Ezirej IRQ-then M Pietruczuk POL
G Salazar USA v S Negmatov TJK-then A Ghosoun SYR
P Mccormack ENG BYE-then M Dzhabrailov RUS/O Alkasbeh JOR
C Nevin IRE v M Berc CRO-then L S Lin TPE
60KG E Cheeseman ENG v A Gnahim IRQ-then N Kharare IND
H Nevin IRE BYE-then C Heytiarachi SRI
M Montgomery USA v S Aybay GER-then L Mazar CRO
M Mckeown SCO BYE-then Y Yilmaz TUR/E Rakhmatov KGZ
M Abbruscato CAN BYE-then H Buseyngarov RUS/A Darchinyan ARM
64 KG
J Rodriguez USA v A Biyarslanov CAN-then J Shalamberidze GRG
J Kelly ENG BYE-then S Cherkesov TKM
R Rowlands WAL bye-then N Azizov TJK/L Martinez GUA
T Waites IRL v E Stanionis LIT-then S Khatuev NOR
More to follow

[mike222]

69KG SMulholland IRE BYE-then Z Zhadi CHN
J Dickie SCO BYE-then J Cardoso BRA
75KG A Bird WAL BYE-then M Madiyev WAL
81KG S Forrest SCO BYE-then N Saipawar IND
C Taylor CAN BYE-then M Malovichko ISR
J Mcdonagh IRE bye-then A Jankovic DEN
S Woodall ENG bye-then H Henrikson SWE
A Sims JR USA BYE-then E Liman LTU
91KG K Davies WAL v K Samadov TJK
D Williams ENG v R Vilcans LAT-then F Yilmaz TUR/N Mutavskiy BUL
+91 H Fury ENG v G Vianello ITA-then A Abdisamatov KGZ
Not too bad a draw for the above