By Michael Marley - If you learn anything after decades of sports-writing, you learn that the "grabber" is more often than not who won and who lost the fight, the game or the race. It's the story behind the story that makes the (Olympics) Games that young people play so fascinating.
Naturally, everyone at Dallas' go-to boxing gym, Arnie Verbeek's well-appointed Maple Avenue Boxing Gym, is thrilled about 22 year old welterweight and gym member Errol Spence's 16-8 victory over the older three time Brazilian Olympian Myke Ribeiro de Carvalho in the London Games on Sunday.
Shifty southpaw Spence, a bright and personable boxer of Jamaican descent, won his "Round of 32" event by a decisive 16-8 margin. No question that three time USA amateur champ Spence won each round, chalking up 5-3 and then 7-4 scores to take a 12-7 advantage into round three. Spence was cautious in the final round but won it also to advance to the "Round of 16." [Click Here To Read More]
Naturally, everyone at Dallas' go-to boxing gym, Arnie Verbeek's well-appointed Maple Avenue Boxing Gym, is thrilled about 22 year old welterweight and gym member Errol Spence's 16-8 victory over the older three time Brazilian Olympian Myke Ribeiro de Carvalho in the London Games on Sunday.
Shifty southpaw Spence, a bright and personable boxer of Jamaican descent, won his "Round of 32" event by a decisive 16-8 margin. No question that three time USA amateur champ Spence won each round, chalking up 5-3 and then 7-4 scores to take a 12-7 advantage into round three. Spence was cautious in the final round but won it also to advance to the "Round of 16." [Click Here To Read More]
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