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By TRICIA WHARTON
Gamecock Staff Writer
Two Carolina boxers will advance (
as USC's boxing club placed second
Eastern Collegiate Boxing Assoc:
Saturday night.
Club president Robbie Collingwood
Lehigh University in the 126 weight
who received the Outstanding Lower
decision over West Chester's Terry C
Eastern titles.
COLLINGWOOD GAINED entry i
byes the first two rounds. McNultj
defeating Mark Farrell of St. F
Charleston's Tommv Walker.
USC, with nine entries, had four bo
Juan Montez, the ECBA and nations
division, defeated Clark Hare after <
the title. USC's Art Smarr, 156-pound<
Chester.
USC coach Chris Hitopoulos said
boxers, and said Collingwood "work
problems with his hand (was broken a
and his nose from last year and could
he kept plugging in there and really w
"McNulty is a young man who ha
together three nights with three goc
Valuable Boxer. He deserved it; the 1
and is well-known in the league. He's i
Some have one or the other, but he's g
WEST CHESTER, host of the na
brought two ECBA champions, Joe B
190-pound and heavyweight divisii
pounder Joe Gery, last year's Nati
nament this year. Winning six of
dominated the upper weight divisions
156 weight division and up. Gary W
Boxer Award in the upper weight d
3 qualify
il event
0 the Nationals next weekend
to West Chester State in the
iation (ECBA) tournament
1 defeated Dave O'Brien from
division, and Billy McNulty,
Weight Boxer Award, won by
oyne in the 147 division to win
into the finals after drawing
advanced to the finals by
rancis and the College of
xers in the finals. Villanova's
il champion in the 139 weight
dropping weight to 132 to win
;r, lost to Tim Murphy of .West
he was "proud" of all his
ed real hard. He had a lot of
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I have hung up the gloves, but
anted it."
id the determination. He put
>d fighters and won the Most
Doy's developed over the year
a boxer and has got the power,
ot both," Hitopoulos said.
tional tournament Saturday,
ucelli and Bruce Blair, in the
ans, respectively, and 180onal
champion, to the toureleven
bouts, West Chester
wun live 01 uiose wins in the
Dodring won the Outstanding
ivision.
(Upper left) Toronto's
Jason Lo receives instructions
from his coach
while he waits for the next
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Regional Boxing Championships
held Saturday
night at Carolina Coliseum.
Lo won a decision over
Larry Li of West Chester
State in the 112 pound weight
class.
(Left) USC boxer Art
Smarr exchanges punches
with West Chester State's
Tim Murphy during their
match Saturday night.
Murphy won a decision
over Smarr in the 156
pound weight class. Two
Carolina boxers, Robbie
Collingwood and Billy
McNulty, won their
matches and will advance
vo uie nationals balurrtay
at West Chester State.
Photos by Mark
Alexander
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