(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – The National Golden Gloves Championships showcased a full night of action-packed amateur boxing competition on Wednesday night as 80 boxers earned berths in the quarterfinal round at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis.

Competitors in all 10 weight classes took the ring in an evening session which featured numerous upsets and close contests. 2009 Junior Olympic National Champion Daquan Arnett (Orlando, Fla.) staked his claim on a talent laden middleweight division, defeating the nation’s top ranked middleweight Luis Arias (Milwaukee, Wis.) in their second round showdown. Yet Arias wasn’t the only former middleweight national champion to fall on Wednesday night. 2009 USA Boxing National Champion Terrell Gausha (Cleveland, Ohio) dropped his second round contest to Paul Littleton (Chicago, Ill.) in their showdown.

Former Golden Gloves champion and new American citizen Erick DeLeon (Lincoln Park, Mich.) pulled out a victory over 2011 Pan Am Box-offs champion Toka Kahn-Clary (Providence, R.I.) in their lightweight contest to move on to quarterfinal round competition. In welterweight action, Texas’ Cesar Villa (Corpus Christi, Texas) upset defending champion David Grayton (Washington DC) to advance to Thursday’s quarterfinals.

The surprises continued into the light heavyweight division as former National Golden Gloves champion and 2008 Olympic Training Partner Siju Shabazz (Las Cruces, N.M.) lost his second round bout to Armando Pina III (Chicago, Ill.) in Wednesday’s competition.

2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials super heavyweight champion Michael Hunter (Las Vegas, Nev.) made sure he didn’t fall victim to the night’s trend in his first national tournament at his new heavyweight division. For the second straight time at the 2011 National Golden Gloves, Hunter put an early end to his night with a third round stoppage over Terry Carter (Niagara Falls, N.Y.) to advance to the quarterfinal round.  

2011 National Golden Gloves quarterfinal round competition will take place tonight at the Indiana Convention Center with all of the victors advancing to semifinal round action on Friday.

Wednesday’s Preliminary Results

108 lbs: Oscar Mojica, Texas dec. Stephen Fulton Jr, Pennsylvania

108 lbs: Jeremy Morales, Washington DC dec. Eddie Dean, Michigan

108 lbs: Santos Vasquez, Nevada dec. Carlos Suarez, Toledo

108 lbs: Kalen Sumler, Knoxville dec. Cody Stone, Indiana

108 lbs: David Carlton, Cincinnati dec. Moses Aguilar, Chicago

108 lbs: Ricky Lacefield, Omaha dec. Adam Rangel, Rocky Mountain

108 lbs: Norberto Torres, Florida dec. Thomas Yang, Upper Midwest

108 lbs: Leroy Davila, New Jersey stopped Oscar Atanacio, New England, RSC-3

114 lbs: Hector Colon, Florida dec. Phillip Acuna, Iowa

114 lbs: Oscar Vasquez, Nevada dec.  Abel Soriano, Omaha

114 lbs: Gabriel Montoya, Rocky Mtn dec. Kevin Harper, Upper Midwest

114 lbs: Louie Byrd, Colorado, N Mexico dec. Maurice Adams Jr., Washington DC

114 lbs: Shawn Simpson, Chicago dec. Carlos Santos, Wisconsin

114 lbs: Juan Roman, New York Metro dec. Emmanuel Folly, Pennsylvania

114 lbs: Adam Lopez, Texas dec. Keenan Evans, Mid-South

114 lbs: Stephon Young, St. Louis stopped Rondarrius Hunter, Knoxville, RSC-3

123 lbs: Antonio Nieves, Cleveland dec. Trayon Smith, Toledo

123 lbs: Gary A Russell, Washington DC dec. Tyshawn Jones, New Jersey

123 lbs: Kiun Evans, Mid-South stopped Justin Christian, Indiana, RSC-2

123 lbs: Zachriah Shamoun, Detroit dec. Jerrell Barbour, Nevada

123 lbs: Dennis Galarza, Florida dec. Ricky Rodriguez, Colorado, New Mexico

123 lbs: Edwin Sandoval, California dec. Aaron Hollis, Cincinnati

123 lbs: Tramaine Williams, New England dec. Kendo Castaneda, Texas

123 lbs: Demetrius Johnson, St. Louis dec. Jaime Estrada, New York Metro

132 lbs: Louis Cruz, New York Metro dec. Anthony Donald, Omaha

132 lbs: Damon Allen, Wisconsin dec. Albert Bell, Toledo

132 lbs: Erick DeLeon, Detroit dec. Toka Kahn Clary, New England

132 lbs: William Flenoy, Cleveland dec. Lavisas Williams, Buffalo

132 lbs: Kenneth Sims Jr, Chicago dec. Christopher Lopez, Florida

132 lbs: Edgar Javalera, Kansas City dec. Brandon Douglas, Kansas-Oklahoma

132 lbs: Adam Castillo, Texas dec. Tyrome Jones, Indiana

132 lbs: Kevin Rivers Jr, Washington DC dec. Anthony Burgin, Pennsylvania

141 lbs: Cristino Ceballo, New York Metro dec. Kevin Cruz, Iowa

141 lbs: Amir Imam, Buffalo dec. Samuel Teah, Pennsylvania

141 lbs: Robert Easter Jr, Toledo dec. Jose Guadarrama, Kansas, Oklahoma

141 lbs: Javonn Barnes, Michigan dec. Thomas Hill, Wisconsin

141 lbs: George Rincon, Texas dec. Zachariah Ramsey, New England

141 lbs: Ed Brown, Chicago dec. Thomas Mattice, Cleveland

141 lbs: Michael Reed, Washington DC dec. Preston Freeman, St. Louis

141 lbs: Manuel Lopez, Colorado, N Mexico dec. Andre Keys, Nevada

152 lbs: Anthony Gangemi, New Jersey dec. Terrence York, Knoxville

152 lbs: Clayton Pitts, California dec. Cruse Stewart, Iowa

152 lbs: Christopher Galeano, N Y Metro dec. Sardan Lukic, Buffalo

152 lbs: Alex Martin, Chicago won on walkover over Raul Chavarria, Omaha, W/O

152 lbs: Tony Harrison, Detroit dec. Miguel Cruz, Florida

152 lbs: Cesar Vila, Texas dec. David Grayton, Washington DC

152 lbs: Arturo Trujillo, Pennsylvania dec. Tony Losey, Kansas, Oklahoma

152 lbs: Chris Gilbert, New England dec. Darnell Parker, Wisconsin

165 lbs: Martez Jackson, Knoxville dec. Ivey Nixon IV, Kansas-Oklahoma

165 lbs: Paul Littleton, Chicago dec. Terrell Gausha, Cleveland

165 lbs: Antoine Douglas, Washington DC dec. Lawrence King, Buffalo

165 lbs: Peter Reyes, New York Metro dec. Dale Davis, Cincinnati

165 lbs: Jesse Hart, Pennsylvania dec. Anthony Campbell, Mid-South

165 lbs: Marcus Chapman, Indiana dec. Daniel Mattoon, Rocky Mountain

165 lbs: Daquan Arnett, Florida dec. Luis Arias, Wisconsin

165 lbs: Leandre White, Detroit dec. Kenton Sippio Cook, Texas

178 lbs: Julius Butler, St. Louis dec. DeVaun Lee, New York Metro

178 lbs: Caleb Plant, Knoxville dec. Sean Daniels, New Jersey

178 lbs: Malcolm Jones, Indiana dec. Ryan Forbes, Cleveland

178 lbs: Armando Pina III, Chicago dec. Siju Shabazz, Colorado, New Mexico

178 lbs: Craig Duncan, Florida  stopped Sean Bettencourt, New England, RSC-2

178 lbs: Anthony Barnes, Detroit  stopped Eddie Chavez, Kansas-Oklahoma, RSC-3

178 lbs: Jerry Odom, Washington DC stopped Ryan Riley, Mid-South, RSC-3

178 lbs: Corey Richards, Texas dec. Manny Contreras, Upper Midwest

201 lbs: Michael Hunter, Colorado-New Mexico  stopped Terry Carter, Buffalo, RSC-3

201 lbs: Josh Himes, Pennsylvania dec.  Bryan Daniels, New England

201 lbs: James Shorter, Indiana  won on retirement over Angelo Buchanan, Wisconsin, RET

201 lbs: Jake Sahlaney, Detroit  stopped Jalen Williams, Mid-South, RSC-3

201 lbs: Jordan Shimmell, Michigan dec. Jonathan Thrasher, Knoxville

201 lbs: Paul Parker, Toledo dec. Joseph Williams, New York Metro

201 lbs: Robert Jekabson, Chicago dec. Charles Saunders, Iowa

201 lbs: Vardan Khachatrian, California dec.  Juan Hollingsworth, Kansas-Oklahoma

201+ lbs: Brian Houston, Omaha dec. Lucas Downs, Tri-State

201+ lbs: Donavan Dennis, Iowa dec. Hasim Rahman, Wisconsin

201+ lbs: Lenory Thompson, Kansas City dec. Josiah McCormick, Texas

201+ lbs: Michael Lowery, New Jersey dec. Jerrell Reeves, Washington DC

201+ lbs: Jonathan Hamm, Upper Midwest dec. Elijah Thomas, New York Metro

201+ lbs: Trevor Bryan, Jr., Buffalo dec. Jonathan Guidy, Mid-South

201+ lbs: Edward Latimore, Pennsylvania dec. Cameron Glenn, Michigan

201+ lbs: Juan Ramos Jr, Colo.-New Mexico dec. Juan Goode, Detroit

 * Please note that the geographical descriptors following the athlete names note the boxers’ Golden Gloves franchises rather than the hometowns.