Damon “Pistol” Flores is turning heads as he picked up another national title at AIBA event in Mexico last weekend, as the Ceres, California native picked up gold in an event that was essentially Mexico versus the United States of America Flores showed off his boxing skills as the fighters

Per usual, this is my cheat sheet for who I am currently following, this is by no means a ranking or whatever you call it, it is simply fighters I am drawn to, and achieving great things in the amateurs, and my observation upon them. Below are the seven fighters

These are my observations on the week-and-a-half-long USA Boxing national tournament, from my limited viewing of the event. This is not intended to be the be all, end-all of amateur boxing, but simply an entry-point for those who have a passion for boxing, and want to follow young amateur fighters.

San Francisco’s Steve Johnson won his opening bout against Emilio Garcia of Laredo, Texas in the youth male 132 lbs division. Antioch, Ca’s Amari Jones won his first bout at youth male 152 against Samuel Arnold of Saint Louis, Missouri. Sacramento, CA’s Cain Sandoval beat Sacramento rival Lorenzo Powell in

This past weekend in Reno, Nevada, USA Boxing held the western qualifiers for the Olympic Games, which is a national tournament. In December of last year, the one and two seeds were decided by those who made it to the finals and the winner of the tourney, the three and