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Augustine Anthony Sanchez (born November 17, 1977, in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.) is an American boxing trainer and retired featherweight boxer. As an amateur boxer, he was the US featherweight champion, known for being the last American to defeat Floyd Mayweather Jr. as an amateur (before losing to Mayweather twice).
All fights – professional, amateur and exhibition – must be licensed by a commission (e.g. fights in Las Vegas are regulated by the Nevada State Athletic Commission), but exhibition bouts do ...
Roy Jones Jr. and Bernard Hopkins (50–5–1, 32 KOs) met in a rematch bout, on April 3, 2010, at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, 17 years after their first fight. [108] Jones entered with a record of 5–5 in his previous ten bouts dating back to May 2004 whilst Hopkins came in 4–1 since June 2006.
1988 Flyweight Olympic Trials Champion, in Concord, CA 1988 Flyweight Olympic Trials Box-off Champion, in Las Vegas, NV 1988 Flyweight Olympic Boxing Team (advancing to the Round of 16) Johnson also held 7 Golden Glove titles in the light flyweight and flyweight division as an open fighter.
Even as the Golden Knights, Raiders, Aces and even Formula One have captured most of the attention in the local sporting scene this year, Las Vegas has quietly re-asserted itself as the boxing ...
Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Loss 17-2: Wladimir Klitschko: TKO 6 04/08/2001 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. WBO World Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:55 of the sixth round. Shufford was knocked down thrice in the bout. Win 17-1: Rodney McSwain TKO 5 17/06/2001 West Wendover, Utah, U.S. Win 16-1: Lamon Brewster: UD 10 21/10/2000 Detroit ...
The Nevada State Athletic Commission (also known as the Nevada Athletic Commission or NSAC) [1] regulates all contests and exhibitions of unarmed combat within the state of Nevada, including licensure and supervision of promoters, boxers, kickboxers, mixed martial arts fighters, seconds, ring officials, managers, and matchmakers.
It is one of the four premier amateur boxing tournaments, the others being the National Golden Gloves Tournament, which crowns its own amateur lightweight champion, the Police Athletic League Tournament, and the United States Armed Forces Tournament, all sending champions to the US Olympic Trials. 1888 – T. Thompson, NYAC