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Show Koers from t't,in. Colorado and Wvomini! 'iU cU,sh in Uuts sPnSl,rtHi -It the Vernal Boxing Club at Uintah w -h SchxJ Saturday at 7 p.m. The 'wul consist of H of 18 fights. The C yeds will be used to run the Vernal -Ming Club and to purchase tniip-N tniip-N I jv trophies will be sponsored by j e vernal Ell Uxfce. I yit iU 'O' t0 nave An' Siintio of 5 fort Duchesne as the main event .juse h is our niost experienced fighter. Eugene Woody of Jensen and Lucas Santio, Fort Duchesne, will also be featured," stated Hutch liurr and Harold Langley, Vernal Boxing Club coaches. "Eugene has been looking Rood. Me had two TKOs in his first two fights of the year. Me stopped Joe Pena of the state prison twice. He's one of their best fighters. Woody knocked him out in the third round in Prove, and they were rematched at West Valley and Woody knocked him out in the first round." "Andy lost to Nadan Mosea of the Police Athletic League on a decision in the USA-ABF State Boxing Tournament Tourna-ment in Salt Lake City. Mosea went on to place first in the meet. Suntio knocked knock-ed out nationally ranked Vince Palmasona of Mayden in the first round. Santio was a 156 pounder and Palmasona weighed 179 pounds. Palmasona was third ranked in the nation na-tion by the Amateur Boxing Association. Associa-tion. Andy slipped in a right cross and hit him right on the button. Palmasona was sitting in the middle of the ring after the punch. He got up, but he couldn't continue. His father, who is also his coach, threw in the towel to end Die fight, lie kept Jabbing with his left and waited for the right opening and decked him with the right cross." Burr and Langley added, "Lucas Santio won two fights in the USA-ABF tournament, but lost to the eventual 1 I ' -v-..., . : X N I J y ' ' . V -'.4 ' " "V V'J:' '- I) v. ll,' ' ") ill , ( - i . 1 I ;; . . : ' A SHOT TO THE head is delivered by Benme Moore, right, to : John Culpepper, left, as the two fighters prepare for a Vernal ; Boxing Club sponsored meet Saturday at Uintah high School in pc. VERNAL BOXING CLUB members are: front left to right, Jason Langley, Jimmy Lee, Jj; eston Burr, Jay Burr and back row, Butch " i Burr, coach; John Culpepper, Harold Langley, It 1 ch; Bennie Moore. Missing when the picture Vernal. The meet will begin at 7 p.m. Fighters from Utah, Colorado Col-orado and Wyoming will compete in the met. T m - w I - -- : y F - - - .....' . v v : ' '' I: ., , ,-' - t , -" v A u " ... X.. u J j MO.-.. . ; ( v" L zz s .; fi ! ... ' , i ' V i - -a fi k .5 f f iV . yZf It; y'l . -,' ; Zssz.: si'. . . ..s.-.-- f-t. ; was taken were: Chris Crites, Lucao Santio, Andy An-dy Santio, Eugene Woody, Danny Carnegie, Scott Carnegie, Flynn Paulson and Darrell Mecham. champion, Lamont Green of the Marshall Mar-shall White Club, on a close decision in the semi-finals. Santio downed Marten Quevas of the Police Athletic League and thumped Kevin Fullmer of West Jordan on a wide decision. Santio knocked out Fullmer, who is related to former professional fighter Gene Fullmer, in the third round and forced him to take a standing eight count. Santio San-tio was tired in the fight with Green." Other members of the Vernal Boxing Club are: Flynn Paulson, Danny and Scott Carnegie, Darrell Mecham, Chris Crites, Preston Burr, Jay Burr, John Culpepper, Jimmy Lee, Jason Langley and Bennie Moore. Larry Harrison is a member of the Vernal Tigers Club. His coach is Keith Harrison. Culpepper is 13 years old and has been fighting for two years. When asked ask-ed to comment on which fight was his favorite, Culpepper remarked, "My favorite fight was when I fought for the state championship in the USA-ABF tournament in Salt Lake City against Ronnie Montoya. I chased him around the ring, but I still lost. I hit him in the head, body and knocked him into the ropes. The third round was my best. I connected with his ribs and his entire body with my gloves." Culpepper lost on a loudly booed decision. Vernal's Culpepper added, "I decided to box because it sounded good and it is a good sport. It's fun to do it instead of watching it." "My first fight this year is my favorite. He was a big kid and I won due to a TKO in the second round. I hit him in the face and everytime I hit him he went back. I hit him and he went back to the other side of the ring. The referee started counting and told him to get back in the corner and called it off," said Moore, who is 13 years old. "I have been boxing for two years. I knew it was a fun sport and I wanted to get some action." ac-tion." Jimmy Lee's favorite fight is when he defeated an opponent at Hayden, Colo. "I beat him on a TKO. I hit him in the stomach and face and he took an eight count. The referee stopped it," said eight year old Lee. "My favorite fight was in Provo. I hit his face a couple of times and I lost on a decision. It could have gone either way," stated Preston Burr, 8. " "Trophies are what I like about boxing." box-ing." "I have had two fights. I had one two years ago and one this year. I fought at Hayden and I ran out of breath in the second se-cond round. I did real good in the first round, but I got tired because I was fighting a ten year old and I'm only seven years old," said Jason Langley. "I don't have any brothers, so I joined the Vernal Boxing Club because I wanted to beat up someone else's brother." Jay Burr has had 14 fights in three years of boxing. Burr's favorite fight was when he defeated Eddie Bennett of Hayden last year. "I downed Bennett due to a TKO in the third round and I won 9 out of 11 fights last year. I hit him in the nose with my right and he got a bloody nose. The referee stopped the fight. I fought Frank Madrid of Salt Lake City and lost three close decisions. I lost to Madrid in the USA-ABF championship," cham-pionship," said Burr. "I like to fight is the reason I decided to go into boxing." Crites won a championship contest in the Junior Olympics State Meet Feb. 5 and 6 and lost to David Butterfield of West Jordan in a USA-ABF championship champion-ship fight. Harrison won the 85 pound title ti-tle at Salt Lake City when he downed Jamie Hernandez of Salt Lake City. "Larry is looking good and he won at state. He is a member of the Vernal Tigers," said Burr and Langley. "Danny and Scott Carnegie are just beginners and Paulson has had one fight. Mecham, 156, Roosevelt, has had one fight. He knocked his guy down in the first round. Mike Green of Clearfield Clear-field took an eight count. Mecham went back to finish him off and left himself open and got knocked out in the first round. He walked into one. He hit him right square on the chin," stated Langley. The Vernal Boxing Club will have another boxing card April in Fort Duchesne. u P i f .' .; THE BAG GETS attacked by Vernal Boxing Club member John Culpepper, right. Keeping the bag from moving around are Preston Burr and Jay Burr. Fourteen to eighteen bouts will be scheduled Saturay. |
