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2007 U.S. Pan American Box-Offs
The 2007 U.S. Pan American Box-Offs were held in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The semi-finals and finals took place between January 20–21, 2007. The winners of these games will be part of the U.S. team in the Pan American Games, July 16–29 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. However, each still must qualify internationally before competing in the Pan Am Games. Gold medalists *Luis Yáñez (106 lbs) *Shawn Nichol (112 lbs) * Roberto Marroquin (119 lbs) *Rico Ramos (125 lbs) *Terence Crawford (132 lbs) *Karl Dargan (141 lbs) *Demetrius Andrade (152 lbs) *Shawn Porter (165 lbs){{Cite web , last=Nickson , first=Cody , date=2023-11-17 , title=Shawn Porter & Ultimate Sack , url=https://ultimatesack.com/blogs/ultimate-sack-in-the-news/shawn-porter-ultimate-sack?srsltid=AfmBOorZIyic5m0xNoQbNZWV4yjKalWZZNXC2RQy2TECl6xLhTJ507A7 , access-date=2025-02-25 , website=Ultimate Sack , language=en * Christopher Downs (178 lbs) * Adam Willett (201 lbs) * Mike Wilson (201+ lbs) See also *Boxing at the 2007 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Colorado Springs is the most populous city in El Paso County, Colorado, United States, and its county seat. The city had a population of 478,961 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, a 15.02% increase since 2010 United States Census, 2010. Colorado Springs is the List of municipalities in Colorado, second-most populous city and List of United States cities by area, most extensive city in the state of Colorado, and the List of United States cities by population, 40th-most-populous city in the United States. It is the principal city of the Colorado Springs metropolitan area, which had 755,105 residents in 2020, and the second-most prominent city of the Front Range Urban Corridor. It is located in east-central Colorado on Fountain Creek (Arkansas River tributary), Fountain Creek, south of Denver. At , the city stands over above sea level. It is near the base of Pikes Peak, which rises above sea level on the eastern edge of the Southern Rocky Mountains. The city is the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Dargan
Karl Sharif Dargan (born June 17, 1985) is an American boxer. Nicknamed "The Dynamite", Dargan is best known for winning the gold medal at the 2007 Pan Am Games in the Men's Light Welterweight. Career Amateur Dargan began boxing at age seven in 1992 and won the PAL tournament 2005 at 125 lbs, at the National Golden Gloves 2002 on points to Lorenzo Reynolds in the finals and had to settle for 2nd. In 2005, Dargan became US champion but lost twice to Anthony Peterson at the Olympic team trials. In 2007, Dargan was upset by young Javier Molina at the US championships but rebounded to win the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro against local Myke Carvalho in the semi and Jonathan Gonzalez of Puerto Rico in the light welterweight final at the Riocentro Sports Complex (9:4). After failing to qualify for the 2008 Olympic Trials, Dargan finished his career as an amateur, and turned professional. World Amateur Championship 2005 *Defeated Carl Heild (Bahamas) RSCO *Lost to Serik Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boxing At The 2007 Pan American Games
The amateur boxing, Men's Boxing Tournament at the 2007 Pan American Games was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from July 20 to July 28. It served as a qualification tournament for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China. The number one and two earned a ticket for the Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Olympic Tournament. There were three qualifying events for the Boxing Tournament at the 2007 Pan American Games: * Boxing at the 2007 Pan American Games – Qualifier 1, Pan American Games Qualifier 1 in Barquisimeto, Venezuela from February 2 to February 8, 2007 * Boxing at the 2007 Pan American Games – Qualifier 2, Pan American Games Qualifier 2 in Buenos Aires, Argentina from March 15 to March 20, 2007 * Boxing at the 2007 Pan American Games – Qualifier 3, Pan American Games Qualifier 3 in Port of Spain, Trinidad from April 23 to April 28, 2007 Medal winners Medal table External links Results {{Pan American Games Boxing Events at the 2007 Pan American Games Box ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Wilson (boxer)
Mike Wilson (born February 7, 1983) is an American professional boxer who has held the WBA- NABA cruiserweight title since 2018. As an amateur, he was a two-time U.S. National champion at super heavyweight. Amateur He started to box in 1997 and participated in the World Junior Championships 2000 where he lost in the first round to Caba Kurtusz. He upset George Garcia (the American participant at the world championships 2003) twice and Travis Kauffman several times which convinced Garcia and Kaufman to turn pro. He also has a DQ win over Mike Marrone but lost to him at the PAL championship 2003. In 2004, he lost to Jason Estrada in the Olympic qualification who had beaten him before and was only Olympic alternate, but after Estrada turned pro Wilson dominated the domestic scene. He became US champion in 2004 and 2005. Internationally his success has been mixed. At the World Championships 2005 in Mianyang, China´he dec. Amanissi Mohamed, MAR, 27-20, in first round; dec. Rus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Willett
Adam Willett (born April 4, 1982) is an American boxer Boxer most commonly refers to: *Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing * Boxer (dog), a breed of dog Boxer or boxers may also refer to: Animal kingdom * Boxer crab * Boxer shrimp, a small group of decapod crustaceans * Boxer snipe ee ... best known to represent his country at the 2005 world championships at 201 lbs. He currently freelances as a trainer/coach and security guard. Shooting On April 7, 2010, Adam was critically injured during a shooting that is believed to be a botched robbery attempt. He was in the Miracle Plaza Shopping Center in Long Island, NY when he was shot in the abdomen. External linksBio References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Downs
Christopher Downs (born November 5, 1974) is a US-American amateur boxer who won a bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games 2007. Career A member of the U.S. Army's World Class Athlete Program, Sergeant Christopher Downs only took up boxing in 2003 at an advanced age. He had to put it on hold when he served in Tikrit in Iraq from January 2004 to March 2005. Downs was a member of a 16-man platoon of which 11 men were wounded and received Purple Hearts, including four under his direct command. He says "Anybody that sees their friends and superiors put their lives on the line, knowing what can happen to you any second of the day,it changes your perspective. It opens your eyes to a lot of things and opens your mind to a lot of things you probably wouldn't try." He's still on active duty, but the military will allow him to dedicate all of his time training for Beijing. The aggressive puncher lost 2005 in the semifinal but became 2006 and 2007 US light-heavyweight champion. He won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shawn Porter
Shawn Christian Porter (born October 27, 1987) is an American sports commentator and former professional boxer who competed from 2008 to 2021. He was a two-time welterweight world champion, having held the IBF title from 2013 to 2014 and the WBC title from 2018 to 2019. Porter was particularly known for his aggressive pressure fighting style, physical strength, chin, and high workrate. Amateur career As an amateur, Porter competed mostly as a middleweight and compiled an astounding amateur record of 276–14. In 2007 he won the United States Golden Gloves Championship, but at the PanAm Games Porter was knocked out in the second round by Cuban Emilio Correa. Though he boasts amateur victories over current pro prospects Daniel Jacobs, Demetrius Andrade, Edwin Rodriguez, Shawn Estrada, Jonathan Nelson, and Oleksandr Usyk he came up just short in qualifying for the 2008 U.S. Olympics team. Porter is a graduate of Stow-Munroe Falls High School. There he earned all conferenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demetrius Andrade
Demetrius Cesar Andrade ( ; born February 26, 1988) is an American professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in two weight classes, at light middleweight and middleweight. As an amateur, he won the U.S. national championships and Golden Gloves twice each, a gold medal at the 2007 World Championships, and represented the U.S. at the 2008 Olympics; all in the welterweight division. Amateur career Demetrius Andrade obtained arguably the most successful amateur boxing reputation amongst all Rhode Island fighters in history. A Providence native of Cape Verdean descent, southpaw Andrade began boxing in 1994 at the age of 6. His nickname "Boo Boo" quickly became well known amongst the locals and he later became a recognized name across the United States. Andrade won the United States Amateur Boxing Championship in 2005, and repeated it in 2006 when he also won the National Golden Gloves. He again won the National Golden Gloves in 2007, but did not compete in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terence Crawford
Terence Allan Crawford (born September 28, 1987) is an American professional boxer. He has held multiple quadruple champion#Boxing, world championships in four weight classes, from lightweight to light middleweight, including the undisputed championship (boxing), undisputed championship at light welterweight and welterweight–and is the first male boxer in history to become the undisputed champion in two weight classes in the "four-belt era". He has held the World Boxing Association (WBA) light middleweight and World Boxing Organization (WBO) interim championship, interim light middleweight titles since 2024. In 2014, Crawford traveled overseas to fight Ricky Burns and won his first world championship, the WBO lightweight title. After two successful defenses, he moved up to light welterweight in 2015 and defeated Thomas Dulorme for the vacant WBO light welterweight title. In 2017, Crawford had a short reign as the undisputed light welterweight champion, being the first since Ko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States National Team
The United States national team or Team USA may refer to any of a number of sports team representing the United States in international competitions. Olympic teams Additionally, these teams may compete in other international competitions such as the FIBA Basketball World Cup and World Championship for Women, the Ice Hockey World Championships, the FIFA World Cup, or the World Figure Skating Championships. Teams that represent the United States at the Olympic Games include: *United States national badminton team *United States national baseball team *United States men's national basketball team *United States women's national basketball team * United States men's national 3x3 basketball team * United States women's national 3x3 basketball team * United States men's national cycling team *United States Equestrian Team *United States men's national field hockey team *United States women's national field hockey team * United States national figure skating team * United States men's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rico Ramos
Rico Dashon Ramos (born June 20, 1987) is an American professional boxer of Puerto Rican descent. He is a former WBA world super bantamweight champion. Amateur career Ramos began boxing when he was 8 years old at South LA's Broadway Boxing Gym. During his amateur career he was an Olympic alternate and won the 2007 National PAL championship. In November 2008, Ramos asked Darnell Walker to train him after he suffered a severe hand injury. While Ramos was under Walker's instruction, he went undefeated, capturing the WBO/NABO Title by defeating Alejandro Pérez. In 2007 he also was the runner up at the U.S. National Championships, losing to U.S. Olympian Raynell Williams. Professional career Currently Ramos is promoted by Goossen Tutor Promotions and managed by Al Haymon. On March 5, 2010 Rico got a 4th round K.O. over veteran Cecilio Santos, on ESPN's Friday Night Fights. On November 8, 2010 Rico got a 2nd round K.O. over Heriberto Ruiz in North Carolina. Rico then claimed h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Marroquin
Roberto Marroquin (born August 21, 1989) is an American professional boxer and was signed to Bob Arum's Top Rank. Amateur career During his amateur career Marroquin won silver medals at the 2005 National Junior Olympics, 2006 International Aliyev Cup, 2006 National PAL Championships, a Gold medal at the 2006 National Junior Olympics, and another silver medal at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials. He also has a win over Gary Russell. Marroquin finished with a record of 165–15. Professional career In the under card of Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey at Cowboys Stadium, Marroquin beat veteran Samuel Sanchez in the second round by K.O. Professional record , - style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:95%;" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="8", 29 Wins (20 knockouts), 5 Losses, 1 Draw , - style="text-align:center; margin:0.5em auto; font-size:95%; background:#e3e3e3;" , style="border-style:none none solid solid; ", Res. , style="border-style:none none solid solid; ", Record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
