2/25 Golden Gloves Results

From L to R  Thomas Mottingerm Russell Giffith (Champions) Jordan Brown, Gavin Brown (Champion) Brendan Narranjo (Champion) Markeeses Hines,  James McMurdo,  Corey Moore.

In the 2nd week of the famed Golden Gloves Boxing Tournament, four Main St boxers went to battle with two of the four winning the Washington, D.C. Golden Gloves Championship.

Gavin Brown of Delmar won the 8yr & 9yr old, 95lb division Championship after taking on a very tough Khyrie Proctor from the D.C. area. Brown had the best outing to date as he landed numerous jabs and right hands throughout the fight. The ringside doctor intervened to stop action and clean the blood from Proctors nose and let the bout continue. In the end Brown received a unanimous win for his work.

In Main St.’s second bout of the night Russell Griffith stepped up to outpoint a very tough Owen Pannucci, of Bowerhouse Gym in Frederick MD... It was only Griffith’s second fight, he moved very well in the ring and landed solid punches to dominate and grab the title of 2017 Washington, D.C. 110lb Golden Glove Champion. The bout was awarded to Griffith on points after ringside doctor checked damage to Pannicci’s nose and number of times throughout the fight.

Jordan Brown of Delmar fought the best fight of his career, but lost by a 3-2 split decision.

Brown looked very solid throughout the fight, but came up just short of the victory.

The last boxer up for the Salisbury crew was Markeese Hines in the 152lb novice division. Hines was in with a very hard hitting Davonte Warren of Odenton Boxing.

After getting caught with a hard shot early in the bout, Hines started moving side to side and landing clean combinations then ducking out unscathed. He continued to land and move through round 1 and well into round 2. At the end of the 2nd round Warren trapped Hines in the corner and landed 2 solid punches which brought the referee in to check Hines’ ability to continue.

It was the opinion of the referee to stop the bout, though Hines wanted to continue. Coach Hal Chernoff said, “It was a good stoppage and I have no problem with it. Markeese does not have a lot of experience yet and did not understand that when a referee is checking on your condition, you have to convince them leaving no doubt that you are ready and willing to continue. Even the slightest hesitation will cause a ref to stop a bout in the name of safety. The next time Markeese fights he will know that he has to prove his readiness to the ref if he want to continue. He came out of the bout unhurt and with a lot of knowledge that will serve him well in his next fight, mainly that when you are doing something that is working, you have to keep your focus to continue doing it. But Markeese showed us some very impressive skills in this bout. We are very proud of all kids tonight; they fought their hearts out and gave 100%. Our whole coaching staff is seeing these kids turning a corner and grown mentally as well as physically.

Saturday March 4th, 152lb open class, Corey Moore is our only bout. It’s a very tough division but Corey has great speed, so we are looking for good performance from him. Still left to compete are Thomas Mottinger and James McMurdo.

The month and a half long tournament is being held at the Rosecroft Raceway in Fort Washington MD. And will move on to the Golden Glove Regional finals in April.