By Ryan Maquiñana
CSNBayArea.com
FRESNO, CA — A blistering right uppercut from Aaron “Heavy Metal” Coley stopped Joey Perez of Clovis in the second round and netted the Hayward resident the Central Pacific Regional middleweight title last Saturday at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club.
Coley, who trains at SFC Boxing Gym on 7th St. in San Francisco, now advances to the prestigious USA Boxing National Championships, which take place June 20-25 in Colorado Springs, and serve as the next step toward qualifying for the 2012 Olympics.
“It feels good to see my hard work pay off,” said the 20-year-old southpaw, currently ranked the No. 6 amateur middleweight in the nation. “There are so many people out there at the 165-pound weight class at nationals, so I have to take it one fight at a time.
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