Nationals Day 2: Ramirez, Fiel Advance; Tuesday's Brackets

By Ryan Maquiñana
Norcalboxing.net

Avenal's Jose Ramirez, the top-seeded lightweight, scored a stoppage in his opening bout. (Armando Mancinas)

Local fighters went 2-3 in Monday's bouts at the USA Boxing National Championships in Fort Carson, Colo.

While top-seeded lightweight Jose Ramirez of Avenal overcame an early 5-4 deficit to stop Virginia's Karin Zaiden in the second round, and fellow 132-pounder Adam Fiel of Vacaville outpointed Georgia's Bobby Hornsby, the other NorCal and Central Cal fighters didn't fare as well.

In a rematch of last year's National PAL lightweight semifinals, San Jose's Andy Vences ended up even on the scorecards with Toka Kahn Clary, but would lose via tiebreaker on total punch count. Fresno's Moises Maciel and Alameda's Abraham Morones would also fall by points.

Below are Monday's results in addition to Tuesday's slated fights. As stated before, if you don't see your fighter here, it's because he's not fighting tomorrow. The women's tournament has not started yet.

MONDAY'S RESULTS

LIGHTWEIGHT (132 LBS.)
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NORCAL
Adam Fiel, Vacaville dec. Georgia's Bobby Hornsby, 18-15
Louisiana's Brandon Broussard dec. Alameda's Abraham Morones, 18-14
#2 Toka Kahn Clary, Rhode Island dec. Andy Vences, San Jose, 18-18 (67-56 tiebreaker)

CENTRAL CAL
Paramount, Calif.'s Pedro Duran Jr. dec. Fresno's Moises Maciel, 45-25
#1 Jose Ramirez, Avenal def. Virginia's Karin Zaiden by RSC-2

JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHT (141 LBS.)
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NORCAL
Minnesota's DeLorien Carraway dec. San Jose's Ali Ahmed, 20-13

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TUESDAY'S MATCHUPS

BANTAMWEIGHT (123 LBS.)
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NORCAL

Sacramento's Mario Ayala vs. Maryland's Kenneth Wesley

CENTRAL CAL
Fresno's Gary Salazar vs. Massachusetts' Jonathan Perez

LIGHTWEIGHT (132 LBS.)
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NORCAL
Adam Fiel, Vacaville vs. Downey, Calif.'s Pedro Duran Jr.

CENTRAL CAL
#1 Jose Ramirez, Avenal vs Ohio's Albert Bell

WELTERWEIGHT (152 LBS.)
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NORCAL
William Blake, Newcastle vs. Arizona's Carlos Andrade Jr.
Jelame Garcia, San Pablo vs. Georgia's Justin DeLoach
Michael Morales, Pittsburg vs. Texas' Benjamin Whitaker

CENTRAL CAL
Mark Hernandez, Fresno vs. Maryland's Jeremy Trussell

MIDDLEWEIGHT (165 LBS.)
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CENTRAL CAL
Edgar Alvarado, Fresno vs. Ohio's Terrell Gausha
Daniel Valdivia, Tulare vs. New York's Peter Reyes

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (178 LBS.)
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NORCAL
Oakland's C.J. Mills vs. Florida's Joseph Merrill

HEAVYWEIGHT (201 LBS.)
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NORCAL
Redwood City's Clinton Nelson vs. North Carolina's Paul Dituro

CENTRAL CAL
Stockton's Antwon Abron vs. Ohio's Donald Anderson

SUPER HEAVYWEIGHT (201+ LBS.)
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NORCAL
S.F.'s LaRon Mitchell vs. Washington, D.C.'s Danny Kelly


Boxing correspondent Ryan Maquiñana is a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America and Ring Magazine’s Ratings Advisory Panel. E-mail him at rmaquinana@gmail.com, check out his blog at norcalboxing.net, or follow him on Twitter: @RMaq28.