LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas –
Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine boxers square off during preliminary bouts of the Armed Forces Boxing Championships held at Lackland Feb. 15-18.
Preliminary Bouts (Feb. 15)
Female 110 lbs: Patricia Cuevas (civilian) defeats Navy MA Rhonda McGee, Whidbey Island Naval Air Station, Wash., 14-13
Male 165 lbs: Marine Cpl. Damarias Russell, Camp Lejeune, N.C., defeats Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Antonell Padilla-Cruz, Naval Health Clinic, Hawaii, 24-4
Male 165 lbs: Army Spc. Zacchaeus Hardrick, Fort Carson,Colo., defeats Air Force Staff Sgt. Gary Griffin, Stewart Air National Guard Base, N.Y., 13-5
Male 201 lbs: Army Sgt. Charles Blackwell, Tucson, Ariz., defeats Marine Lance Cpl. Norman Watford, Camp Lejeune, N.C., by RSC 2:25 (2nd Round)
Male 201 lbs: Senior Amn. Kent Brinson, Fort Carson, Colo., defeats Navy IT Sean Hedgeman, Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station, Va., 28-5
Preliminary Bouts (Feb. 16)
Male 152 lbs: Benjamin Whitaker (civilian) defeats Air Force Senior Amn. Daniel Logan, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., by RSC 2:02 (3rd round)
Male 165 lbs: Air Force Staff Sgt Gary Griffin, Stewart ANGB, N.Y., defeats Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Antonell Padilla-Cruz, Naval Health Clinic, Hawaii, 9-7 (For third and fourth place)
Male 132 lbs: Marine Lance Cpl. Tommy Roque, Camp Lejeune, N.C., defeats Navy SH Keston Williams, USS Laboon, Va., 28-1
Male 152 lbs: Marine Lance Cpl. Joel Bolden, Camp Lejeune, N.C., defeats Air Force Staff Sgt. James Beck, Langley Air Force Base, Va., 12-11
Male 152 lbs: Army Sgt. Samuel Vasquez, Fort Carson, Colo., defeats Navy ABH Troy Browning, USS George W. Bush, Va., 18-4
Male 178 lbs: Army Spc. Jeffrey Spencer, Fort Carson, Colo., defeats Marine Lance Cpl. Felix Magallanez, Camp Lejeune, N.C., by RSC 2:14 (3rd round)