Gilbert Kabamba of Dorchester got here oh so near turning into a back-to-back nationwide champion.
However the Dorchester fighter was edged in a cut up resolution through the last bout of the Golden Gloves of America Event of Champions on Saturday night time in Tulsa, Okla.
Final yr Kabamba earned his title with a victory over Sardius Simmons of Flint, Mich. Simmons, a left-handed boxer, bought his revenge Saturday with a 3-2 victory of their 198+ pound battle.
“He’s undoubtedly disillusioned,” New England Golden Gloves govt director Bob Russo stated. “He had an actual good match. It was shut. It was sort of a flip of the coin kind factor.”
It was a terrific exhibiting for Staff New England because the group completed fourth out of 30 franchises. The group was put collectively following motion this previous winter on the Lowell Memorial Auditorium.
“It was a fairly good end,” Russo stated. “We haven’t completed that extremely in fairly awhile.”
Kabamba was the one New England fighter to make the finals. Two others misplaced within the semifinals.
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