AMERICA’S BEST ATHLETES
BEIJING 2008 U.S. BOXING TEAM MEDIA GUIDE
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f e a t h e r w e i g h t 125 lbs
Height: 5-6 Weight: 125 lbs Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio Birthdate: February 4, 1989 Coach’s name: Clint Martin Began boxing: 2001 22
Career Highlights 2008 U.S. Olympian 2007 Olympic Test Event Champion 2007 National Champion Two-time USA Boxing Athlete of the Month
Personal Biographical Information Has a one-year-old daughter Ray’niya
Qualified at the final possible event for the U.S. Championships, the lone qualifier for the Olympic Team Trials after wanting to quit boxing. His mother made sure that he went to the final event and raised money for him to do so.
2007 USA vs. China: lost by points to Gu Yu, 22-16 USA vs. Kazakhstan: dec. Galib Jafarov, 22-8 Beijing Test Event: dec. Hicham Ziouti, 23-8, 1st
round; won on walkover over Yang Li, quarterfinals; dec. Afansay Poskachin, 34-14, semifinals; lost by points to Arturo Santos, 31-22 for 1st AIBA World Championships: dec. Khedafi Djelkhir,
28-18, 1st round; dec. Mazat Ospanov, 28-0, 2nd round; stopped Azat Hovhannisyan, RSCO-3, 3rd round; lost by points to Albert Selimov, 25-8, quarterfinals USA vs. Australia Dual: dec. Luke Boyd, 30-21 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Boxing: dec. Robert
Rodriguez, 17-6, quarterfinals; dec. Shemuel Pagan, 22-12, semifinals; dec. Hylon Williams, 17-16; lost on points to Hylon Williams, 20-16, for 1st. U.S. Championships: stopped Derrick Murray, St.
Louis, Mo., RSCO-3 (:58); dec. Luis Del Valle, Newburgh, N.Y., 21-16; dec. Troy Wohosky, Medford, Ore., 25-3, in quarterfinals; dec. Hylon Williams, Houston, Texas, 31-21, in semifinals; dec. Rico Ramos, Los Angeles, Calif., 16-9, in finals for 1st Western Trials: dec. Victor Valenzuela, Passaic, N.J.,
30-20, in quarterfinals; stopped Efrain Esquivias, Torrance, Calif., RSCO-2 (1:40), in semifinals; stopped Daniel Martinez, Covina, Calif., RSCO-1 (:39), in finals for 1st. Golden Gloves: dec. Craig Butler, Duluth, Minn.,
5-0, in 1st round; dec. Rheno Nieto, Gulfport, Miss., 5-0, in 2nd round; dec. Bennie Tsosie, Jr., 5-0, in quarterfinals; dec. Derrick Murray, St. Louis, Mo., 5-0, in semifinals; lost on points to Hylon Williams, Houston, Texas, 3-2, in finals for 2nd. Midwestern Trials: lost on points to Luis Ramos,
Santa Ana, Calif., 20-12, in 1st round
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Always supports his teammates, yelling encouragement from ringside and serving as another assistant coach
Results