PORT HUENEME, Calif. (NNS) -- The Navy won one and lost two during the second night of the Armed Forces Boxing Championships at Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) in Port Hueneme, Calif., April 21.
More than 300 people watched as Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Anthony Padilla of Naval Hospital Oak Park defeated Air Force Senior Airman Jose Gonzales of Elmendorf Air Force Base in the 152-pound welterweight class.
Hospitalman Brandon Wicker, of Camp Lejeune, was defeated by Army Spc. Jeffrey Spencer, Fort Carson, Colo., in the 178-pound light/heavyweight class.
Here are the results of the other two April 21 night bouts:
- Army Spc. Samuel Vasquez defeated Marine Corps Cpl. Angel Garcia in the 152-pound weight class.
- Civilian Spencer Scott of University of Southern California defeated Leonel Rodriguez of the U.S. Air Force in the 178-pound weight class.
Eight Navy boxers are competing against boxing teams from the Marines, Army and Air Force in the championships. The individual winners of these championships will comprise the U.S. Boxing Team and will compete in the World Military Boxing Championships Oct. 8-17 at Camp Lejeune, N.C.
The finals will be held April 23 at the NBVC Port Hueneme Warfield Gym.
The Armed Forces Championships are conducted under the auspices of the Armed Forces Sports Council, which is responsible to the senior military advisor for all matters pertaining to the organization and administration of armed forces participation in national and international sports competitions. The purpose of this program is to promote understanding, goodwill and competition among the armed services through inter-service sports competition and to provide the means of selecting teams and individuals to represent the armed services in national and international competition.
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