U.S. Nationals Day 3 Results: NorCal/Central Cal Fighters Go 12-2!

By Ryan Maquiñana
Norcalboxing.net

Oakland's Cecilio "C.J." Mills (left) edged Joseph Merrill on Tuesday to advance. (Norcalboxing.net)

The third day of competition at the USA Boxing National Championships from Fort Carson, Colo., was much kinder to our local fighters on the scoreboard as NorCal and Central Cal fighters went a combined 12-2 with two stoppages on Tuesday.

The three seeded fighters in the group went 2-1, with the top-ranked pair of LaRon Mitchell of San Francisco (201+ lbs.) and Avenal's Jose Ramirez (132 lbs.) moving on in the tournament. No. 2 middleweight Edgar Alvarado of San Bernardino (165 lbs.) was upset on the cards.

Here are Tuesday's results involving local fighters. Check out Norcalboxing.net later on for Wednesday's matchups:

TUESDAY'S RESULTS

BANTAMWEIGHT (123 LBS.)
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NORCAL

Sacramento's Mario Ayala dec. Maryland's Kenneth Wesley, 29-17

CENTRAL CAL
Fresno's Gary Salazar def. Massachusetts' Jonathan Perez by RSC (TKO)

LIGHTWEIGHT (132 LBS.)
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Jose Ramirez (center) gave his mother (right) a birthday present in the form of a victory Tuesday night. (Team Ramirez)

NORCAL
Adam Fiel, Vacaville dec. Downey, Calif.'s Pedro Duran Jr., 31-18

CENTRAL CAL
#1 Jose Ramirez, Avenal dec. Ohio's Albert Bell, 18-5

WELTERWEIGHT (152 LBS.)
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NORCAL
William Blake, Newcastle dec. Arizona's Carlos Andrade Jr., 20-14
Michael Morales, Pittsburg dec. Texas' Benjamin Whitaker, 24-13

CENTRAL CAL
Mark Hernandez, Fresno dec. Maryland's Jeremy Trussell, 22-16

MIDDLEWEIGHT (165 LBS.)
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CENTRAL CAL
Ohio's Terrell Gausha dec. #2 San Bernardino's Edgar Alvarado, 19-12
New York's Peter Reyes dec. Tulare's Daniel Valdivia, 17-14

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (178 LBS.)
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NORCAL
C.J. Mills, Oakland dec. Florida's Joseph Merrill, 10-9

HEAVYWEIGHT (201 LBS.)
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NORCAL
Redwood City's Clinton Nelson def. North Carolina's Paul Dituro by RSC (TKO)

CENTRAL CAL
Stockton's Antwon Abron dec. Ohio's Donald Anderson, 19-15

SUPER HEAVYWEIGHT (201+ LBS.)
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NORCAL
#1 LaRon Mitchell, San Francisco dec. Washington, D.C.'s Danny Kelly, 10-6

CENTRAL CAL
Charles Martin, Bakersfield dec. Arizona's Dante Stone, 20-12

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.