Maui boxers bring home six titles from Arizona | News, Sports, Jobs

Publish date: 2024-05-04

South Side Boxing Club boxers pose with their championship belts won at the Gene Lewis Invitational, held Nov. 11-13 in Mesa, Ariz. Courtesy photo

South Side Boxing Club’s Piny Warren Bicoy-Garcia was named the outstanding boxer of the 47th Gene Lewis Invitational Boxing Tournament, the largest amateur boxing tournament in Arizona, that was held Nov. 11-13 in Mesa, Ariz.

The 23-year-old Mauian won the 119-pound title and was the outstanding boxer out of more than 650 in the tournament.

SSBC won six championships in the event and had three other finalists. South Side finished third in the team points race in the tournament that had featured teams from across the U.S. and Puerto Rico.

The coaches for SSBC were Nante Manangan, Rico Manangan and Lani Visesio, who also served as Ring 3 supervisor appointed by USA Boxing for 24 bouts on Nov. 11.

Kaydrin Isale Visesio-De La Nux, 17, won the 132-pound female title for SSBC.

Other champions from the club based in Kihei included: Kaya Duldulao-Kahoohanohano, 14, won the male 125 class; Haylee Lurendez, 14, won the female 95 title; Aeson Jay Gorospe, 13, won the male 110 class; and Anthony Farias-Vazquez, 13, won the male 101 class.

Etienne Hardy, 18, who served as team captain with Visesio-De La Nux, was runner-up at male 149; Shaylee Lurendez, 15, was runner-up at female 110; and Zariah Visesio-Ganga, 9, was runner-up at male 65.

Naishma Farias-Vazquez and Elijah Visesio-Ganga also competed in the event.

South Side Boxing Club boxers pose with their championship belts won at the Gene Lewis Invitational, held Nov. 11-13 in Mesa, Ariz. Courtesy photo Maui Junior Golf Association team members Christopher Chung-Salem (from left), Anson Cabello, Ben Cafferio and Renner Chumley pose with the trophy after helping Maui defeat Hilo in the Hilo-Maui Cup held last weekend at The Dunes at Maui Lani. Courtesy photo

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