NorCal, Central Cal Fighters Enter Six Brackets at USA Boxing National Championships

By Ryan Maquiñana
Norcalboxing.net

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A record number of entrants have descended upon Fort Carson, Colo., for the 2012 USA Boxing National Championships.

The brackets for six weight classes in the men's category were drawn Saturday, with several Northern and Central California fighters in the mix.

The top four fighters in each weight class were seeded, with Avenal lightweight Jose Ramirez and San Francisco super heavyweight LaRon Mitchell receiving top slots. San Bernardino's Edgar Alvarado was seeded second in the middleweight bracket.

LIGHTWEIGHT (132 LBS.)
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NORCAL
Adam Fiel, Vacaville vs. Georgia's Bobby Hornsby
Abraham Morones, Alameda vs. Louisiana's Brandon Broussard
Andy Vences, San Jose vs. Missouri's Deontae Jordan

CENTRAL CAL
Luis Ambrosio, Fresno vs. Colorado's Ricky Rodriguez
Moises Maciel, Fresno vs. Paramount, Calif.'s Pedro Duran Jr.
#1 Jose Ramirez, Avenal - Bye (faces winner of Ohio's Tyler McCreary and Ohio's Albert Bell on Monday)

JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHT (141 LBS.)
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NORCAL
Ali Ahmed, San Jose vs. Florida's Carlos Otero

MIDDLEWEIGHT (165 LBS.)
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NORCAL
Billye Burke, San Francisco vs. North Carolina's Felix Magallanes
Aaron Coley, Hayward vs. Alabama's Ken McNeil
Michael Fernandez, San Francisco vs. Bakersfield's Daniel Valdivia
Terry Fernandez, Oakland vs. Nevada's Xavier Hayden

CENTRAL CAL
#2 Edgar Alvarado, San Bernardino vs. Georgia's Randy Foster
Daniel Valdivia, Bakersfield vs. San Francisco's Michael Fernandez

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (178 LBS.)
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NORCAL
C.J. Mills, Oakland - Bye (faces winner of Florida's Joseph Merrill and Texas' Tony Young)
Nnamdi Iwuagwu, San Jose vs. Minnesota's Manuel Contreras

HEAVYWEIGHT (201 LBS.)
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NORCAL
Michael Marshall, San Mateo vs. #1 Joseph Williams, New York
Clinton Nelson, San Mateo vs. North Carolina's Paul Dituro

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

SUPER HEAVYWEIGHT (201+ LBS.)
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NORCAL
#1 LaRon Mitchell, San Francisco - Bye (faces winner of Wisconsin's Ryan Jones 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.