Navy Starts Quest for Top Boxers

Sep 04, 2008 by Navy News

Marc Rockwell-Pate

All Navy Boxing Looking for Navy and Coast Guard Servicemembers

PORT HUENEME, Calif. (NNS) -- U.S. Navy and Coast Guard male and female Servicemembers are invited to attend an All Navy Boxing mini-camp Sept. 13-14 at Naval Base San Diego (NBSD), Calif., or Oct. 11-12 at Naval Amphibious Base (NAB) Little Creek, Va.

Sailors or Coast Guardsmen who plan to attend must have previous USA Boxing experience or be current USA boxing members. According to a Navy boxing Web site, a Servicemember must have at least five bouts in their USA Boxing Passbook to be eligible for the camp.

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The top boxers from the mini-camps will be invited to attend the month-long All Navy boxing training camp Dec. 1 at Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) Port Hueneme, Calif. During the training camp, there will be a "box off" to help the program coordinators choose its 2009 Navy Boxing Team. Those Servicemembers will compete at the Armed Forces Championships Feb. 2-9 at an Army installation Fort Huchuaca, Ariz.

There is no pre-registration for the mini-camp, those interested just need to show up and sign up. Navy boxing coaches will run the events, and USA Boxing safety precautions will be enforced. The NBSD mini-camp will be held at Admiral Prout Field House, and the NAB Little Creek mini-camp will be held at Rockwell Hall Gym; both 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.


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