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Team USA Secures Three Gold Medals at the 2024 World Boxing U19 Championships
PhilBoxing.com
Sun, 03 Nov 2024
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (November 2, 2024) -– Team USA goes undefeated in the gold round on Friday, November 1 and brings home three gold medals. USA already secured three bronze medals before the start on Friday and now has a total of six medals and will have an opportunity to gain two more gold medals on Saturday, November 2.
Lorenzo Patricio (Waianae, Hawaii) was the first bout for Team USA against Mohamed Al Manouchi out of Germany. Patricio would go on and win gold on a unanimous decision. Patricio with a dominating performance in his first international tournament won two of his three bouts on unanimous decision and the other decision was a 4-0 decision.
Team USA power hitters, Joseph Awinongya (Joliet, Ill.) and Elijah Lugo (Marietta, Ga.) took care of business and dominated the gold round and brought gold home. Awinongya defeated Mustapha Abdou out of Algeria on a 4-1 split decision. Awinongya had a dominant run in the World Boxing U19 Championships as is his previous bouts leading up to the finals was won by a unanimous decision and an RSC victory in the first round.
As for Lugo, he was the last American to box yesterday and dominated from start to finish over Nikita Prohovskis out of Latvia. Lugo continued to demonstrate his strength and power in the finals and led him to win on a unanimous decision. Lugo with an impressive run to gold as he won on an RSC in the third round, 3-2 split decision and a unanimous decision in the finals.
Emmanuel Chance (East Orange, N.J.) and heavyweight, Rishon Sims are back at it for gold November 2. Chance is in the second bout and will face Fuma Kumamoto out of Japan. As for Sims, he will face Hemant Sangwan out of India, and it is the tenth bout of the day.
USA Boxing is led by National Development coach Chad Wigle (Colorado Springs, Colo.). Assisting Wigle will be three assistant coaches in Danilo Garcia (Oakland, Calif.), Edward Fonteneaux (Fayetteville, N.C.), and Blanca Gutierrez (Pacifica, Calif.).
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