The third day of action at the PanAmerican Boxing Confederation (PBC) Continental Championships saw 25 bouts contested across two sessions in Puebla, Mexico, on Tuesday, 20 October, with 13 boxers securing medals and semi-final places.
The afternoon session featured preliminary action in the women’s and men’s 65kg divisions, before the evening session saw quarter-finals across the women’s 57kg and 70kg and men’s 75kg and 80kg categories.
The afternoon began with the women’s 65kg preliminaries, where Mexico’s Darianne Hernandez secured a 4:1 victory over USA’s Marie Rosendo. Argentina’s Lucia Muello and Canada’s Bourdon Rachel both advanced with unanimous 5:0 victories against Ecuador’s Maria Jose Palacios and Puerto Rico’s Tayshka Gonzalez respectively.
Guatemala’s Maria Chiroy completed the division’s action with a third-round stoppage victory over Venezuela’s Youly Mena, with the referee ending the contest at 1:30.
In the men’s 65kg preliminaries, Brazil’s Yuri Falcão and Mexico’s Hugo Barron both progressed with unanimous decisions against Colombia’s Harol Martinez and Panama’s Cristofer Filos respectively.
Venezuela’s Joise Oropeza secured a second-round stoppage victory over Puerto Rico’s Walter Martinez, while the Dominican Republic’s Miguel Angel Encarnacion also advanced by stoppage against Haiti’s Treyvyen Diamond Barthelus.
Canada’s Gabriel Labrie and Guatemala’s Antony Ramirez recorded 5:0 victories, before Nicaragua’s Andy Javier Caballero Lopez edged Curaçao’s Fabian Williams by a 3:2 split decision. Cuba’s Luis Vinet closed the afternoon session with another narrow 3:2 victory over USA’s Marcus Luther.
The evening session opened with the women’s 57kg quarter-finals, where Venezuela’s Omailyn Alcala and Argentina’s Delfina Arancibia secured unanimous 5:0 victories over Paraguay’s Minerva Montiel and Canada’s Victoria Vergos respectively.
USA’s Alyssa Mendoza defeated Mexico’s Guadalupe Torres by the same margin, while Brazil’s Juci Cerqueira completed the semi-final line-up with a 4:1 victory over the Dominican Republic’s Genesis De La Rosa.
In the women’s 70kg quarter-finals, USA’s Isabella Winkler produced one of the standout performances of the evening, stopping Puerto Rico’s Stephanie Pineiro in the second round. Colombia’s Deyaneira Casas advanced with a 4:1 decision over Canada’s Maeva Montemiglio, while Cuba’s Dayira Mesa defeated Uruguay’s Ailen Cabrera 5:0.
Brazil’s Viviane Pereira secured the final semi-final place in the division with a closely contested 3:2 split-decision victory over Venezuela’s Juliannys Alvarez.
Canada’s Parminder Pannu progressed in the men’s 75kg quarter-final, defeating Mexico’s Hugo Padilla by a 4:1 decision to guarantee himself a medal.
The men’s 80kg quarter-finals saw Brazil’s Wanderley Pereira edge Venezuela’s Diego Pereyra by a 3:2 split decision. The Dominican Republic’s Noel Pacheco Noel, Ecuador’s Abel Mina and Canada’s Josh Ofori then completed the evening with unanimous 5:0 victories over Nicaragua’s Wilberth Jose Vega Rocha, Cuba’s Jorge Cuellar and Puerto Rico’s Eliezer Brito respectively.
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Press release issued by PBC and adapted by World Boxing.