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Show r ! rHF."tf Vis rtfrri . ... I i (t ' i- '( APt;''ri The three boxers from Cedar City's David Piper, Tex Carter and Arnold Elk's Boxing Club invited to last Pleasant. Piper and Pleasant both week's Utah Golden Gloves Cham- won state championships, pionships in Salt Lake City: (1 to r) - 2 Cedar boxers win SALT LAKE CITY -Three members of Cedar City's Elk's Boxing Club competed in the Utah Golden Gloves competition com-petition here Friday and Saturday, and two returned home with state championships. Arnold Pleasant took his 165-pound novice division, while David Piper won his Junior Olympics 178-pound class by default. The tournament at the Utah State Fairgrounds Coliseum saw Cedar City's 147-pounder Tex Carter lose his first bout by split decision to Michael Antone of Salt Lake City. The loss ousted the 16-year old from further competition. Pleasant later followed with a unanimous decision over Scott Hatch, son of Utah Senator Orrin Hatch. Hatch represented the well-known Sheriff's Department club of Salt Lake City. The 21-year-old Cedar City boxer then won another unanimous decision over Salt Lake City's Troy Young to claim the championship. Piper was to have squared off against two other competitors in his class, but both backed out before the matches, defaulting the championship cham-pionship to the 15-year-old. "David went up there with somewhat of a reputation," said Cedar boxing coach Kent Hoyt, "and the other coaches pulled their kids out of the competition rather than face him." Piper will next compete in the regional championships cham-pionships in Santa Fe, N.M., in June. Should he be victorious there, he'll be invited to box at the Golden Gloves nationals, held this year in Phoenix, Ariz. Hoyt also announced that a combined program, the first Southern Utah Amateur Boxing Championship and the fourth annual Utah Arm Wrestling Championship, will be held in the SUSC Gym Mar,. 12, The boxing card will include fighters from St. George, Kanab, Hurricane, SUSC and Cedar City, as well as individual fighters from other southern Utah towns. |