Golden Gloves finals rescheduled for March 13
The tournament that wouldn’t end may finally have an ending. One month after it started.
The finals of the San Antonio Regional Golden Gloves tournament, postponed on Feb. 14, the first day of the recent winter storm, has been rescheduled for March 13. Tournament officials wanted to hold the final round on Feb. 20, but the issue was finding an available venue.
“We also needed to give boxers and their families more time to recover (from the storm),” tournament director Ellis Johnson said. “Some of the gyms needed time to get back on their feet as well.”
Tournament officials were two days and about 40 bouts into the three-day event when weather forecasts calling for ice on Valentine’s Day prompted Johnson to postpone the final round.
Turns out it will be held at the place it started, the George Gervin Wellness Center on the Northeast Side, beginning at 1 p.m.
Twenty-five title bouts will be contested, mostly in the men’s senior novice division.
Due to a lack of entries, only four men’s senior open division title bouts will be contested at 125, 138, 152 and 165 pounds.
Four senior open women are advancing to state unopposed in the 112-, 119-, 125- and 132-pound divisions. The four are Victoria Trabysh at 112, Devany Cuevas at 119, Bianca Ortega at 125 and Ravven Brown at 132.
Three senior open males are advancing unopposed: Christian Martinez at 108 pounds, Dequint Hill at 178 and Scott Kujak at super heavyweight.
With layoff over, Cardenas wins
San Antonio super bantamweight Ramon Cardenas (19-1, six knockouts) ended a 14-month layoff by defeating Angel Antonio Contreras (10-4-1, six KOS) of Mexico in an eight-round split decision Feb. 20 in Orlando for the vacant NABA-USA title.
Medina to face Cobo in Mexico
San Antonio super featherweight Rick Medina (8-0, six KOS) is scheduled to take on Jose Alfredo Cobo (7-3) Saturday night in an eight-round bout in Reynosa, Mexico.
Tanajara set to fight in Puerto Rico
San Antonio lightweight Hector Tanajara Jr. (19-0, five KOS) is scheduled to return to the ring March 18 against Alberto Machado (22-2, 18 KOS) of Puerto Rico in a 10-round bout for the vacant WBO NABO lightweight title at the Albergue Olimpico in Salinas, Puerto Rico.