{"id":69736,"date":"2017-11-30T15:46:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T20:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=69736"},"modified":"2017-11-30T15:46:37","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T20:46:37","slug":"2017-usa-boxing-womens-elite-national-championships-dec-5-9-in-salt-lake-city-utah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=69736","title":{"rendered":"2017 USA Boxing Women’s Elite National Championships Dec. 5-9 in Salt Lake City, Utah"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Team USA women’s boxing hopefuls will be competing in the prestigious USA Women’s Elite National Championships, December 5-9, in Salt Lake City, Utah.<\/p>\n

This year’s field is stacked with talent, including 2016 Olympic Trials Champion Virginia Fuchs (Kemah, Texas), who will be looking to close out an impressive 2017 year that included four international titles and an undefeated 16-0 record, and two-time World Champion and 2014 Youth Olympic Champion Jajaira Gonzalez (Fountain, Colo.)<\/p>\n

Other top contenders include featherweight Christina Cruz (New York, N.Y), lightweight Rashida Ellis (Lynn, MA), as well as middleweight Naomi Graham (Colorado Springs, CO) and welterweight Oshae Jones (Toledo, Ohio)<\/p>\n

Following a year of highly-competitive national events, the best U.S. female amateur boxers are set to compete in the 2017 USA Boxing Elite National Championship. With up to six spots in each division already secured, based on the results of the 2016 Elite National Championships, 2017 Elite Western Qualifier and 2017 Elite Eastern Qualifier, the remaining spots have been filled based on the wild-card application process to complete the field of elite boxers.<\/p>\n

A total of 88 boxers applied for a wild card qualification with 35 allocations awarded to finalize the Elite National Championships brackets.<\/p>\n

“With this being the first year of the new elite athlete selection process, we are excited to see the top talent in the country compete to represent Team USA in 2018,” said Matt Johnson, USA Boxing High Performance Director. “We are looking forward to a high level of competition during these championships, and are confident that the increased competitiveness at the national stage will translate to further improvement of USA’s performance internationally on the road to Tokyo in 2020.”<\/p>\n

Below is the final list of elite boxers, in order of ranking, who will contend for the title of national champion:<\/p>\n

USA BOXING ELITE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD<\/p>\n

LIGHT FLYWEIGHTS (106 lbs.)<\/p>\n

Jacquelyn Cuddleback – 2016 National Championships
\nHillary Perez – 2016 National Championships
\nMia Valdez – 2017 Western Qualifier
\nJazzelle Bobadilla – 2017 Eastern Qualifier
\nVeronica Rodriguez – 2017 Western Qualifier
\nElimarie Torres – 2017 Eastern Qualifier
\nMonica Lazadale – Wild Card Selection
\nSabrina Slattery – Wild Card Selection<\/p>\n

FLYWEIGHTS (112 lbs.)<\/p>\n

Virginia Fuchs – 2016 National Championships
\nKristyn Juarez – 2017 Western Qualifier
\nMaryquenn Vellinga – 2017 Eastern Qualifier
\nIndeya Smith – 2017 Eastern Qualifier
\nLeslis Rosas – Wild Card Selection<\/p>\n

FEATHERWEIGHT (119 lbs.)<\/p>\n

Christina Cruz – 2016 National Championships
\nDacia Jacquez – 2016 National Championships
\nMikiah Kreps – 2017 Eastern Qualifier
\nMariana Gonzalez – 2017 Eastern Qualifier
\nKristen McMurtree – 2017 Eastern Qualifier
\nJayda Davis – 2017 Eastern Qualifier
\nMelanie Costa – Wild Card Selection<\/p>\n

BANTAMWEIGHTS (125 lbs.)<\/p>\n

Trudy Li – 2016 National Championships
\nCarmen Vargas – 2016 National Championships
\nEliza Peralta – 2017 Western Qualifier
\nNephateria Miller – 2017 Eastern Qualifier
\nBrittany Sims – 2017 Western Qualifier
\nClarice Morales – 2017 Eastern Qualifier
\nRianna Rios – Wild Card Selection
\nLeslie Soto – Wild Card Selection<\/p>\n

LIGHTWEIGHTS (132 lbs.)<\/p>\n

Rashida Ellis – 2016 National Championships
\nJajaira Gonzalez – 2017 Eastern Qualifier
\nLupe Gutierrez – 2017 Eastern Qualifier
\nStacia Suttles – Wild Card Selection
\nDiana Estrada – Wild Card Selection
\nWendy Casey – Wild Card Selection<\/p>\n

LIGHT WELTERWEIGHTS (141 lbs.)<\/p>\n

Amelia Moore – 2016 National Championships
\nWhitney Gomez – 2016 National Championships
\nAnnalicia Sustaita – 2017 Western Qualifier
\nDestiny Jones – 2017 Eastern Qualifier
\nNargis Shanghais – 2017 Eastern Qualifier
\nRaven Brown – Wild Card Selection
\nAshleigh Moore – Wild Card Selection<\/p>\n

WELTERWEIGHTS (152 lbs.)<\/p>\n

Stephanie Malone – 2016 National Championships
\nOshae Jones – 2017 Eastern Qualifier
\nDeseree Jamison – 2017 Eastern Qualifier<\/p>\n

MIDDLEWEIGHTS (165 lbs.)<\/p>\n

Naomi Graham – 2016 National Championships
\nLeah Cooper – 2016 National Championships
\nBrooke Mullen – 2017 Eastern Qualifier<\/p>\n

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (178 lbs.)<\/p>\n

Krystal Dixon – 2016 National Championships
\nAmber Montoya – 2017 Eastern Qualifier
\nKristen Leija – 2017 Eastern Qualifier
\nFallon Farrar – Wild Card Selection<\/p>\n

HEAVYWEIGHTS (178+ lbs.)<\/p>\n

Danielle Perkins – 2016 National Championships
\nShadasia Green – Wild Card Selection<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Team USA women’s boxing hopefuls will be competing in the prestigious USA Women’s Elite National Championships, December 5-9, in Salt Lake City, Utah. This year’s field is stacked with talent, including 2016 Olympic Trials Champion Virginia Fuchs (Kemah, Texas), who will be looking to close out an impressive 2017 year that included four international titles […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[17572,7921],"class_list":["post-69736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-2017-usa-boxing-womens-elite-national-championships-dec-5-9-in-salt-lake-city","tag-utah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69736"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69736\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}