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Boxing
Halcyon Charities supports the Old School Boxing Club and Cleveland Amateur Golden Gloves. As a part of our efforts to help the youth of Cleveland we built a new training facility for The Old School Boxing Club inside the West Side Masonic Temple. (see photos below) Amateur boxing has made an unbelievable comeback in the greater Cleveland area. In 2007 three of our Golden Gloves Champions went on to qualify for the Olympic Trials. With two becoming Olympic alternates and one, Raynell Williams, going all the way and becoming the U.S.A. 125lb representative for the 2008 Olympics in China. The last time Cleveland had an Olympic Boxer was 1952 (Nate Brooks). The boxing talent we have here in Cleveland is recognized all over the country. Cleveland Amateur Golden Gloves, Inc (CAGG) is committed to providing an important service to talented young athletes in Greater Cleveland and its surrounding areas. It gives our communities youth a productive outlet for the usage of their time and energy.
GOLDEN GLOVES Sunday, April 06, 2008 Eddie Alicea got the best of both boxing worlds. Not only did he earn the decision against very game LaVonta Green in their 152-pound open-division bout on the opening night of the 80th Golden Gloves amateur boxing tournament, Alicea got the win in his home ring. Alicea, 17, represented the Old School Boxing Club, which is located in the West Side Masonic Temple in Cleveland's Ohio City neighborhood where the preliminary rounds are being held. "He was a very good boxer and I just listened to my coach," said Alicea, a junior at Max Hayes High. "I was satisfied." Alicea used his 6-0 height advantage and quickness, especially with the jab, to earn points. But Green, representing Cleveland's Empire B.C., had his moments as he tried to get inside his taller opponent. There were nine sub-novice matches for first-time boxers on the 17-bout show. Elvis Torres from the West Side B.C. and Matthew Trem from Mentor's Griffon Rawl Club staged a good one at 141 pounds, Torres earning the decision. The tournament continues Saturday at 6 p.m. Call the GG office at 216-662-7445.
Evieanna Santiago, team Engergetic
Golden Gloves weigh-in
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