Team USA’s road to gold at the 2022 USA Boxing International Invitational, which kicks off tomorrow at 11:00 am MT in Pueblo, Colorado, is known for the brackets being drawn. The full parentheses can be found here.
Light welterweight Emilio Garcia (Laredo, Texas) will kick off the Americans in the opening bout of the competition against Puerto Rican Dennis Caban.
Jonathan Mansour (San Diego, Calif.) and Vershaun Lee (Rock Island, Ill.) will step into the ring in bouts three and four during the first session of the day against China’s Mingke Fu and Azerbaijan’s Malik Hasanov, respectively.
Welterweight Morelle McCane (Cleveland, Ohio) will be the last member of Team USA to step into the ring in the fifth fight against two-time European champion Stefanie Von Berge of Germany.
The second session, which begins at 5:00 pm MT, will see featherweight Julius Ballo (San Diego, Calif.) be the first member of Team USA during the second bout of the session against Keith Colon of Puerto Rico. Rich.
Light middleweight Quincey Williams (Washington, DC) will step into the ring in the fifth bout of the session with Germany’s Deniel Krotter, while Amelia Moore (Colorado Springs, Colo.) will close the session in the final bout of the night against Zichun. Porcelain Xu.
The event, which features boxers from six different countries in addition to the United States, runs through Thursday and includes numerous continental, world and Olympic medalists and is free to the public.
Day 1 matches
57 kg: Julius Ballo, San Diego, California/USA. USA vs. Keith Colon/PUR
57 kg: Amelia Moore, Colorado Springs, Colo./USA. USA vs. Zichun Xu/CHN
60kg: Jonathan Mansour, San Diego, California/USA USA vs. Mingke Fu/CHN
60kg: Vershaun Lee, Rock Island, Illinois/USA. USA, vs. Malik Hasanov/AZE
63.5 kg: Emilio Garcia, Laredo, Texas/USA; Dennis Caban/PUR
66 kg: Morelle McCane, Cleveland, Ohio/USA. USA, vs. Stefanie Von Berge/GER
71kg: Quincey Williams, Washington, DC/USA USA, vs. Deniel Krotter/GER
