In baseball, a batting average of .200 even .250 won’t win a lot of games.
But in another hitting sport, 10 New Mexico amateur boxers traveled to Shreveport, Louisiana, for last week’s USA Boxing National Championships. Two of them won titles; another made the finals.
Percentage-wise, that’s a pretty good haul.
Saturday night, Las Cruces’ Ariana Carrasco overwhelmed Texan Ruby Navarro in winning the women’s Youth Division (ages 17-18) 141-pound title. The bout was stopped in the second round, giving Carrasco the victory by RSC (referee stopped contest).
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On Tuesday, Las Cruces’ Joscelyn Olayo-Muñoz defeated Californian Mia Garcia by split (4-1) decision for the women’s Intermediate (13-14) 95-pound title.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. In Shreveport, Louisiana, Albuquerque amateur boxer Sharahya-Taina Moreu’s relentless body attack propelled her to a victory by split (3-2) decision on Friday over North Carolinian Stephanie Simon at the USA Boxing National Championships.
She’ll face Boston’s Arika Scoog on Saturday for the Elite Division title in the 152-pound weight class.
Moreu joins Las Cruces’ Ariana Carrasco as a finalist.
Carrasco advanced to the championship bout in the 141-pound Youth Division without having fought. With only three boxers entered in her weight class, Carrasco, the No. 1 seed, drew a bye and will face Ruby Navarro of Mission, Texas, for the title.