Regional Jr Olympic Results

Main St Gym’s Calixto Brothers Invade Va. 

With the Maryland State Jr. Olympic Boxing tournament wrapped up, three Maryland Champions from the Main St Gym advanced to the Regional Tournament in Chesapeake VA. It happens that they are all brothers and it created a little confusion when they got to the tournament. 

The registration people could not seem to understand that there can be two brothers in the same weight class but in different ages division. Still the young boxers, along with Coach Hal Chernoff, took it in stride and can expect much more of that in the future since the three fightingCalixto brothers, Ivan, 15, Rudy,13, and Adams, 11, will more than likely continue their rise through the ranks in USA Boxing’s Jr competitions. 

Ivan Calixo the oldest has been working very hard since the day he came in the gym and is really starting to make a name for himself. “Each time he fights he gets better and better so he contunes to advances. As he does he meets up with better and higher caliber boxers with more experience. Yet Ivan continues to show that his hard work is paying off. In Chesapeake VA last weekend he lost a very close decision against a very tough and highly experienced Troy Isley of Virginia. The two battled for three round with Calixto throwing solid body shots that caused Carpenter to lose his mouthpiece three times. In the third round the Referee stopped the bout to disqualify Isleyfor the three mouthpiece viloations, however a meeting of officials ensued the stoppage and adecision was made to let the bout continue, due to a technical rule stating that the referee did not give the appropriate caution warning for the first time that Carpenters mouthpiece came out. The bout continued and went to scorecards where Isley had the slightest edges to win the bout and move on to theNational Championshipsto be held in Mobil Alabama. “Evan definitely stepped up anther notch and with a fraction of the experience he made it a very close bout against one of the top guys in USA”said Coach Hal Chernoff. “ What I liked was that Ivan was listening better and kept very focused through the bout. That has been a problem in the past and sometimes he would just choose to battles and forget game plans. He didn’t do that this time and he said that he felt more relaxed and focused. The fact that he did so well against a past National Champion shows that his time is coming, I guarantee it”. Added Chernoff. 

Younger brother Rudy Calixto, matched up again the best young boxer from Washington D.C,’s PotomacValley Association on Friday night and put together a very slick performance to earn him the right to fight in the Championship bout on Saturday. He met Virginia’s top 90lb boxer Travion Carpenter in the 13-14 year old division and put on a boxing clinic, as he used constant head movement to evade punches, then fakes and faints to set up clean one-two combinations, landing time after time. In the second round the doctor was called to the ring to check Carpenter’s nose, after a barrage of punches left his face bloodied. After a quick assessment the doctor allowed the contest to continue but Calixto continued hisassault on Carpenter winning on all 5 judges scorecards. With his fist place Gold medal in hand, Rudy Calixto had advancement as far as he could,since only 15 & 16 year old boxer are eligible to advance to the national level. But his performance this year is good indication that he is someone to watch closely in the future.

Adam Calixto the youngest of the three won his way to the Regional level and was awarded a walk over victory. So the three Main St Gym boxers came home with two gold medal and a fire to train harder for the next time. 

Main St Gym will spend much of June competing in club shows around the east coats as the Calixtos and others boxers from the gym continue to gain more and more experience.