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(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – A new era of Olympic-style boxing began on Monday as the USA Boxing National Championships opened competition with a full array of new rules taking affect for the 323 tournament participants. Monday’s action showcased only male participants with boxers in the elite, senior and youth divisions taking the ring for the first session at the HUB Sports Center in Spokane, Wash.
Marshall Sanchez (Houston, Texas) claimed a historic victory in his flyweight elite men’s bout with Abel Soriano (Belleveue, Neb.), taking the first Olympic-style boxing match to be contested without headgear in nearly two decades. Sanchez won a split decision victory over Soriano in the contest to advance on to a quarterfinal match-up with number one seed Shawn Simpson (Chicago, Ill.) on Thursday.
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Marshall Sanchez (Houston, Texas) claimed a historic victory in his flyweight elite men’s bout with Abel Soriano (Belleveue, Neb.), taking the first Olympic-style boxing match to be contested without headgear in nearly two decades. Sanchez won a split decision victory over Soriano in the contest to advance on to a quarterfinal match-up with number one seed Shawn Simpson (Chicago, Ill.) on Thursday.
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