2015 New Jersey Golden Gloves Exclusive Coverage

In-depth and exclusive coverage of the 2015 New Jersey Golden Gloves Tournament

New Jersey’s Hilton wins National Golden Gloves heavyweight title

Richard Quiñones (Journeymen Boxing) Trenton, New Jersey’s Michael Hilton has come along way and his story book tale continues to amaze, as he claimed the National Golden Gloves heavyweight title when he defeated Michigan’s Sardius Simmons Saturday in Las Vegas. Nicknamed the “Beast”, Hilton proved once again he is a force to be reckoned with going forward. Hilton is trained by Eric Judkins from the Ike William Boxing Academy in Trenton. Tune into…

May 18, 2015
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NJ lands in Vegas for National Golden Gloves Tourney; Stevenson gets win to kick things off

Richard Quiñones (Journeymen Boxing) The New Jersey Golden Gloves squad touched down in Las Vegas and got off to a good start as the National Golden Gloves tournament got underway Monday night. Shakur Stevenson, a hot rising amateur at 123lbs. got the boys from Jersey going with a win, in impressive style. Aadam Ali, who is a talented 141lb fighter, took a very close split-decision loss, which according to several reports could have…

May 12, 2015
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Davila on future “My only goal is to represent the U.S. at the Olympics”

May 8, 2015
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Richard Quiñones (Journeymen Boxing) Leroy Davila just might be U.S.A. Boxing’s best hope to bring home a medal in 2016, but the brilliant amateur boxer understands that his boxing days might be coming to an end after that. The 26-year-old native of New Brunswick, was just to much for rising teen Dylan Price as he captured the 108 lb. open title at the 2015 New Jersey Golden Gloves tournament several weeks…

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Photo of the Day “Eyes Wide Shut”

May 7, 2015
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BY: Shohreh Schaghaghi, Ringside, (Journeymen Boxing) – Tim Lawrence goes for broke and the knockout against Michael Lee during their 152lb open clash bout during week four of the 2015 New Jersey Golden Gloves. Lawrence (Middletown PAL) hung in there but lost a tight split-decision against the gritty Lee (Ringside). The bout was a back and forth affair but it was Lawrence that showed tremendous heart and guts as he continued to pepper…

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Duggan, Davila and Stevenson shine in NJ Golden Gloves Finals; Ali “Outstanding Boxer” of tourney

April 29, 2015
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Richard Quiñones (Journeymen Boxing) Several young boxers put on a dazzling display of talent en route to claiming titles as the 2015 New Jersey Golden Gloves finals concluded Saturday night at Pershing Ice Arena in Jersey City. Middletown PAL’s Garrett Duggan scored another gorgeous TKO win over Alberto Del Valle to win the 141lb novice final, while Shakor Stevenson (Elite Heat BC) showed why he is an Olympic hopeful by overwhelming…

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Breaking: Results from Day 1 Finals of the NJ Golden Gloves; DeJesus caps off great tourney run

Richard Quiñones (Journeymen Boxing) The first night of the New Jersey Golden Gloves finals did not disappoint as the action was non-stop at I.B.E.W 164 in Paramus, New Jersey on Friday night. Ike & Randy’s Jaime DeJesus capped off his incredible run through the tournament by defeating a very tough Anatoliy Alkhazov from Bergen County PAL to claim the 152lb novice title. Here are the rest of the results from Friday’s…

April 27, 2015
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DeJesus, Garcia and Stevenson advance to NJ Golden Gloves Finals; Bauza vs Brito earns fight of the night

BY: Richard Quiñones (Journeymen Boxing) The semifinals of the 2015 New Jersey Golden Gloves Saturday at Global Boxing Gym in North Bergen, New Jersey did not disappoint. Once again, the gym was packed with fans, who came out to see some of the best amateur action that the Garden State provides. And once again, we saw some of the usual suspects go about their business and advance into the final. For…

April 24, 2015
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First night of New Jersey Golden Gloves set for Paramus, scene shifts to Jersey City Saturday

Richard Quiñones (Journeymen Boxing) The first night of the New Jersey Golden Gloves finals are set and the action will take place at I.B.E.W 164 in Paramus, New Jersey. The titles on the line are in the novice/sub novice divisions. Weigh-ins will start at 5:15PM and the first bout is slated to start at 7PM. Please check back to JMB for full results of day one finals action. Here is the…

April 24, 2015
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Alkhazov moves past McGill; faces hard-hitting DeJesus in NJ Golden Gloves finals

BY: Richard Quiñones (Journeymen Boxing) Anatoliy Alkhzaov withheld a late rally from Dennis McGill to advance to the 152lb novice finals of the 2015 New Jersey Golden Gloves tournament Friday at Paramus, New Jersey. Alkhzaov will now face hard-hitting Jaime Dejesus, who scored another vicious knockout in the semis against Dayton Harris. Alkhzaov (Bergen PAL) displayed a crisp jab early on using his southpaw stance which seemed to confuse McGill in…

April 22, 2015
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Saint Juste sharp against Silvestre; moves in finals of NJ Golden Gloves

BY: Richard Quiñones (Journeymen Boxing) Kenby Saint Juste had a little more bounce to step and pop behind his punches to advance into the finals of the New Jersey Golden Gloves after defeating Brandon Silvestre during their 165lb sub-novice semifinal bout Saturday at Global Boxing Gym in North Bergen, New Jersey. With his sold all-around performance, Saint Juste (Adam & Eve) will face another sound boxer in Tauajah Gerald (Howell PAL)…

April 21, 2015
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