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King's coach for the past eight years, Cleveland Burgess, said he feels that King has a good chance of making the 1984 U.S. In the ring, King is a street-style scrapper and hustler who relies on punching power rather than boxing skills. The 106-pounder has a 98-7 record and was impressive in the recent USAFB championships, bowing in the championship match on a 5-2 decision. King, meanwhile, has come on faster than expected by his coach and others. 'When I graduate from high school this year, I plan to prepare myself for life in something else other than boxing.'

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'It also inspires me when I see past amateurs like Wilfredo Gomez and Salvador Sanchez go on to do well in the professional ranks.'įavors says he does plan to turn professional. 'The motivation is the work you put in and then seeing the product in the form of winning,' Favors replied. So what is the motivation for a boxer like Favors? The sport gives them an opportunity to travel, but no monetary reward. In amateur boxing, all that the winners take home are bruises, trophies and the thrill of victory. Favors pursued his foe relentlessly, continually pounding his body. In his championship bout, which was nationally televised, Favors displayed his all-around boxing skills and superb defense, dominating his opponent during all three rounds.

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Favors needs one victory to become a full team member. I think the basic difference was that I trained much harder and didn't take my experience for granted.'įavors left last week for Colorado Springs, Col., to participate in a USAFB tournament that will select a team to represent the United States in Munich, West Germany, in May. 'I learned to benefit from my mistakes of years past. 'Each time, I seemed to get a little closer to the title,' Favors said.

In national Golden Gloves competition, he advanced once to the quarterfinals and twice to the semifinals.įavors says that his victory in the USAFB's 119-pound championship match is particularly sweet. Gaining valuable experience with each match, Favors has won several regional Golden Gloves and Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) titles. During his seven years of amateur competition, the youthful boxer has compiled a 108-13 won-lost record. He lost in the preliminaries.įor their impressive display of boxing, Washington's fighters were awarded the team trophy.Ĭurrently, the D.C.-Maryland area has about 300 amateur fighters from 7 to 35 years of age who work out in 12 boxing clubs.įavors' title victory came as no surprise to those who have watched his career. * Elwood Woodland, 22, a graduate of Anacostia and former student at the University of the District of Columbia, fights at 139 pounds. * Ozzie Silas, 22, of Hillcrest Heights, is a Metro mechanic who lost in the preliminaries of the 165-pound competition. * Roy Sapp, 21, of Hillcrest Heights, a construction worker who fights at 156 pounds. Other Washington fighters who competed at Charlotte were:

James Johnson, a 17-year-old junior at Cardozo High, is ranked fourth in his class in the United States by Ring magazine. Boxing in the 125-pound class, Johnson was knocked out in the semifinals by the eventual champion, Orlando Johnson of Chicago. He is ranked fifth in the United States in the 106-pound class by Ring magazine. King, 17, is a junior at Archbishop John Carroll High School and a resident of Northeast Washington. Fighting at 106 pounds, King made it to the championship match where he lost on a decision. The 18-year-old boxer lives in Capitol Heights, Md., and fights out of the Eastern Branch Boys Club in Northeast Washington. A senior at Suitland High School, Favors won the USAFB's 119-pound title. Three local fighters recently battled their way into the finals of the United States Amateur Federation of Boxing (USAFB) tournament in Charlotte, N.C. While the attention of boxing fans has been focused on Sugar Ray Leonard, a new crop of young fighters-amateurs and professionals-has

Special to The Washington Post April 28, 1982

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