1999News

Dominicans boxers score big in Puerto Rico

The Dominican boxing team returned home yesterday after an excellent performance in the Pan American Games trials held in Puerto Rico. Eleven of 12 Dominican boxers qualified to participate in the boxing tournament of the Pan Am Games scheduled for Winnipeg, Canada, this coming 23 July. They competed against the best boxers from 12 nations in the Americas. Trainer Ruddy Zapata said the team did better than expected. He said they had hoped eight boxers would qualify.