Team USA Boxing Trials Get Underway in Chattanooga
Chattanooga-(WDEF) The best amateur boxers in America are fighting this week in Chattanooga.
It’s the USA Boxing Team Trials.
The bouts are now underway at the Trade and Convention Center.
Two local fighters will be participating in Roger Hiller and Avious Griffin.
Griffin is a former East Ridge football player.
He’s expected to fight around 8:30 on Monday night.
Y-Cap director Joe Smith says the kids fighting this week could wind up in the Olympics.
"The winners that come out of here. Be ten different weight classes. They will be Team USA in the WSB, which is the World Series of Boxing. They will also compete in the World Championships. They’ll also compete in the Continental Championships, which are all Olympic qualifiers. So this is the first step on the pathway to the podium in Rio."
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