Golden Gloves Finals Tonight
Olympic hopeful Lionell Thompson of Buffalo faces Geneva’s Aleem Whitfield tonight in one of the featured bouts at the Capital Management Golden Gloves Championships tonight at McKinley High School at 1500 Elmwood Ave.
With a win in tonight’s regional final, Thompson -- ranked No. 7 in the country at 178 pounds by USA Boxing – would move on to New York State Golden Gloves Championships in Syracuse on April 13 and 14. Victory there means a trip to Chattanooga, Tenn., for the national Golden Gloves, which run from May 30 to June 5. National champions earn at automatic shot at qualifying for the 2008 U.S. Olympic team.
The rest of tonight’s bouts, which begin at 7:30 p.m. (General admission is $10 in advance, $15 at the door, while ringside seats are $25 in advance, $30 at the door. Call Don Patterson at 400-9697 for more information):
125-pound novice cadet: El Hajji El Shabazz (Buffalo) vs. Justin Snead (Buffalo) 125-pound sub-novice cadet: Christian Howard (Geneva) vs. Wilfredo Justinana (Rochester) 141-pound sub-novice senior: Luis Hernandez (Rochester) vs. Christian Nunez (Rochester) 152-pound sub-novice: Darnell Barnes (Buffalo) vs. Brian Hill (Rochester); Hiram Cray (Buffalo) vs. Marcus Coles (Buffalo) 165-pound sub-novice: Brandon Campbell (Buffalo) vs. Robert Feils (Niagara Falls); Nick Milletello (Lackawanna) vs. Juan Nieves (Rochester) 178-pound sub-novice: Edward Weiser (Niagara Falls) vs. Robert Hernandez (Rochester) 201-pound sub-novice: Jose Rodriguez (Rochester) vs. Rapheal Rodriguez (Rochester) Over 201 pounds open: Johnny Davis (Niagara Falls) vs. Emmanuel Moultre (Rochester) Over 201 pounds sub-novice: Aaron Maracle (Buffalo) vs. Paul DeLong (Geneva); Guy Mabee (Salamanca) vs. Muhammad Salahudeen (Buffalo).
The following fighters advanced to the state championships after last Friday’s opening night of the regional Golden Gloves:
Miguel Lagares (Buffalo, 106 senior novice), Pat Ciccarelli (Niagara Falls, 112 sub-novice cadet), Rudy Lebron (Niagara Falls, 119 senior open), Robert Glosek (Lackawanna, 125 novice cadet), Marshawn Jones (Buffalo, 125 sub-novice), El Hajji El Shabbaz (Buffalo, 132 novice cadet), Eduardo Vega (Buffalo, 132 sub-novice), Mark Horne (Buffalo, 141 sub-novice cadet), Justin Keith (Buffalo, 152 open cadet), Larry Palmer (Buffalo, 152 sub-novice cadet), Timothy Mallory (Niagara Falls, 178 open cadet), John Beard (Buffalo, 178 novice senior); Excell Holmes (Buffalo, 201 senior open), Robert Zimmerman (Niagara Falls, 201 senior novice).
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