The BOXER'S BEAT

March 1, 2010: Mission Bout Prelims day one

10 matches 20 kids fought their hearts out, proud of every one of them. March 2nd day two of prelimies 11 matches scheduled, stop by Aquinas and suport "students fighting for the missions"

Finals Friday March 5th, first bell 7:00 PM.

February 27, 2010: checkout article about match Aq and Cincy.

http://www.maxpreps.com/news/_FP_SSGQEd-UswAcxJTdpg/new-york--aquinas,-c...

February 20th Aquinas vs. Cincinnati High School Boxing:

Today the Aquinas boxing team met Cincinnati High School  Boxing which is made up of nine different high schools from Cincinnati Ohio. Aquinas won most of the matches, most importantly was the high level of respect and sportsmanship displayed by both Teams. This is the 7th meeting of both teams, a very unique event because these are only 2 High School programs in the country.

Results;

Aquinas VS> Cincinnati High School boxing

Christian DeJesus (AQ) d. Jim Breitenbach

Dylan Cup (AQ) d. John Conrad

Aarika Kaester (AQ) d. Sami Newcomer

Joseph Battisti (AQ) d. Johnny Kuprionis

Andrew Zgoda (C) d. Mark Zajac

Will Leonardo (AQ) d. Pat Hunt

Kyle Haselmyer (C) d. Adam Loss

Luke Larison (C) d. Anthony Schnieder

John Lucas (C) d. Frank Insalaco

Jeff Cullen (AQ) d. Joe Kuliifay

Michael Witfield (AQ) d. Tyler Nunn

George Doughtery (AQ) d. Kyle Costa

Sean Scott (C) d. Tommy Fornarola

Jon Carlo Caliea (AQ) d. Cody Dryer

2010 SILVER GLOVES:

Ten Rochester-area youth boxers claimed Region I Silver Gloves championships and have advanced to the National Silver Gloves competition Feb. 3-6 in Independence, Mo. They are as follows:Gracious Richards (55 pounds, St. Martin Boxing), Mark Garcia (65, St.Martin), Kieshawn Stone (75, St. Martin) and Messiah Miles (105, FutureBoxing) won junior (ages 10-11) titles; Hoshuan Sambolin (95, ROC Boxing), Robert Jiles (119, ROC) and Nicholas Dovidio (201, Future Boxing) claimed intermediate (12-13) titles,  and Carlens Wright (105, ROC Boxing )  D'Andres Hockerson (106, St. Martin) and Shawn Johnson (201, St. Martin) won senior (14-15) championships.

This years crop of Region 1 Champions( NY, NJ, VT, NH, CT, MA, ME and RI ) have beaten the best in the 8 states that comprise the entire North East.  A state that has 10 boxers qualify for the Nationals is impressive, especially having a city with the population of Rochester.  Sending 10 Regional Champions to the Nationals is front page news!! It has been in effect for 21 years. Fighers like Oscar DeLahoya fought in the Silver Gloves.

Good luck to all our boxers!!!!

DAY ONE UPDATE:

The team arrived at the Silver Gloves safe and sound. Weigh ins were this morning and a total of 285 kids were weighed in. The first bell is at 6:00 pm tonight. Our on location contacts say the young men are LOOKING GOOD!

Watch Nino's warmup. Must have been a good one because it helped him with his first WIN of the tournament!!!

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdJCXBtPl5I

Watch Bobo's warmup!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT_XJuWOjKY

This is Pooh getting ready!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdQ0vP2Rq7g

DAY TWO UPDATE:

After an exciting first day, and some very, very close bouts, Rochester has 4 fighters left in the tournament. Nick Dovidio wins belt. Nino fights tonight at 6:00 pm.Shawn Johnson's last fight is later tonight as well. All our boxers are champs, but we're sending lots of good luck to these 4 as they continue on in this tournament.

Congratulations to  D'andres Hockerson who dominated opponent in his 3:00 fight, and wins his fight advancing in the tournament! Nino fought awesome and had his way with his opponent in the third round, but not enough points in the first two rounds to win. He looked great!

Nino getting ready for fight number 2!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4svAsHStcOQ

DAY THREE UPDATE:

There were 44 final bouts on day three, one of which included Rochester's boxer D'andres Hockerson which was a decision in his opponents favour. But while D'andres was getting ready for his big fight, some of our other boxers were celebrating all their hard work in style!! Congratulations to all these boxers for making it to this competition. You guys are very inspiring. Keep up the awesome work.

Congratulations to Don Carlo Clauss (MMA) on his win last Saturday night!!!!! He's been working out with Coach Dom and that Sweet Science seems to be paying off for him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgZFxbelH40

AMATEUR TEAM:

This past weekend, Saturday January 30th, 7 boxers representing the ROC Amateur Team, travelled to the Syracuse Golden Gloves Center to box. It was a great day with 2 wins (Kam Buroughs and Keith Smith) and overall very close bouts for our other competitors (Mark Denesha, Tim Kelly, Robert Diaz, Geo Dougherty, and Andrew Grecco).

MISSION BOUTS:

The Aquinas Mission Bouts have been in existence for over 70 years. As the story goes, they found their origin in the early 1930's when a faculty member helped two students settle a "friendly" dispute by donning a pair of boxing gloves and "blow off some steam" the old fashioned way. This competition gave rise to an annual event, which provided opportunity for students to learn the sweet science of boxing. The program has an emplasis on eduation  that reinforces the Aquinas educational mission, promotes school pride, teaches life skills to its participants, positively influences the growth and development of the students involved, and supports and encourages academic and personal achievement.

The head coach says the kids learn a lot during the 14 weeks of training. "They learn about how important hard work is to be successful," said Dom Arioli, boxing head coach. "We emphasize that and in this event, we also show off to to their parents and fellow students what they've learned during the 14 weeks." The money at the event benefits the Basilian Fathers Mission. Aquinas is only one of three high schools in the country to have a boxing program.

This kids have been training getting ready for the 78th annual Mission Bouts and have their first challenge with visitors from Cincinnati, OHIO on February 20th.