IBA Elite Women’s World Champion Rashida Ellis (Lynn, Mass.) and 2021 Junior Pan Am Games bronze medalist Donte Layne (Elmont, NY) scored two wins for Team USA during the second day of boxing at the 2022 USA Boxing International Invitational in Pueblo, Col.
Layne made an impressive elite international debut to start the day for the Americans. Layne took all five judges’ scorecards against Rehemandu Halimulati of China to advance to tomorrow’s light heavyweight semifinals against 2020 Olympian Tanglatihan Tuohetaerbieke of China.
Ellis made her return to the ring since winning the World Championships in May with a strong performance, drawing four of the five judges cards against Wenlu Yang of China, the 2016 IBA Elite Women’s World Champion.
Arjan Iseni (Staten Island, NY) fought hard against Kevin Schumann of Germany, however, he failed to advance to the semi-finals.
Light flyweight duo Jazzelle Bobadilla (Ewa Beach, Hawaii) and Jennifer Lozano (Laredo, Texas) saw their tournament run come to an end tonight after coming up short against Chinese Meiyi Hu and Filipino Aira Cordero Villegas, respectively. Bobadilla and Lozano will leave Pueblo with bronze medals.
Jajaira Gonzalez (Glendora, Calif.) won Team USA’s third bronze medal after coming up short in a close 3-2 decision against China’s Chengyu Yang to finish with the bronze medal in the heavyweight division light.
Tomorrow will be a busy day for Team USA as 13 boxers take to the ring in search of advancing to the final. There will be two sessions, 11:00 am and 5:00 pm MT
Day 2 Results
50kg: Meiyi Hu/CHN dec. on Jazzelle Bobadilla – Ewa Beach, Hawaii/USA,
50kg: Aira Cordero Villegas/PHI dec. over Jennifer Lozano, Laredo, Texas/USA, 3-2
60kg: Rashida Ellis, Lynn, Mass./USA. USA, Dec. over Wenlu Yang/CHN, 4-1
60kg: Chengyu Yang/CHN December. over Jajaira Gonzalez, Glendora, California/USA, 5-0
80kg: Kevin Boakye Schumann/GER dec. on Arjan Iseni, Staten Island, New York/USA. USA, 5-0
80kg: Donte Layne, Elmont, NY/USA USA, Dec. over Rehemandu Halimulati/CHN, 5-0
semi-final bouts
51 kg: Richard Fernandez Jr., San Antonio, Texas/USA; Xinming Ma/CHN
54 kg: Shera Mae Patricio, Waianae, Hawaii/USA, vs. Yan Cai/CHN
57 kg: Jahmal Harvey, Oxon Hill, Maryland/USA. USA, against Julius Ballo, San Diego, California/USA. USA
57 kg: Daisy Bamberger, Hayward, California/USA. USA vs. Zichun Xu/CHN
63.5 kg: Emilio Garcia, Laredo, Texas/USA; Rongyao Bai/CHN
63.5kg: Jonathan Mansour, San Diego, California/USA USA, vs. Vershaun Lee, Rock Island, Illinois/USA. USA
66 kg: Morelle McCane, Cleveland, Ohio/USA. USA vs. Liu Yang/CHN
66kg: Stephanie Simon, Miami, Fla./USA USA, vs. Stephanie Pineiro/PUR
71 kg: Omari Jones, Orlando, Florida/USA. USA, vs. Nabi Isgandarov/AZE
71kg: Quincey Williams, Washington, DC/USA USA, against Magomed Schachidov/GER
80kg: Donte Layne, Elmont, NY/USA; Reading Tuohetaerbieke/CHN
