USA Boxing brings home six medals from 2020 Strandja Tournament

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By Robert H Kelly
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SOFIA, BULGARIA (January 25, 2020) Houston's Virginia  Fuchs led the contingent of medal winners for the United States at the 2020 Strandja Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria, with USA Boxing bringing home three gold, two silver and one bronze medal.

In the first match of the finals, Fuchs faced off against fellow American Christina Cruz (Hell's Kitchen, New York) in the women's flyweight division, pulling out a 4-1 decision for the gold medal. Fuchs and Cruz fought in the finals of the U.S.A. Olympic Trials in Lake Charles, Louisiana, with Fuchs coming away with a unanimous decision.

 

Welterweight Osha Jones (Toledo, Ohio) picked up another gold medal for the United States after downing France's Emilie Sonvio with unanimous decision.Naomi Graham (Fayetteville, North Carolina), who was the2019 Standja Tournament champion  closed out the day by taking her second straight Strandja title with her 3-2 decision against Davina Michel of France.

Andrea Medina (San Diego, Calif.) fell short in her first international championship bout, 4-1, to Ukraine’s Iuliia Tsyplakova in the second bout of the final day of competition. picking up the silver medal

The sixth and final medal for Team USA, a bronze, was won by flyweight Anthony Herrera (Los Angeles, California). The tournament marked Herrera’s first international tournament and international medal.

The American delegation began the tournament with 24 boxers competing in the 71st edition of the Strandja Tournament to conclude the selection process to determine the 13 boxers who will represent Team USA at the upcoming Olympic Qualification tournaments.