Winners of various National boxing tournaments will face off for the first round of the Olympic Trials in Mobile, AL on July 31. The winner in each weight class will represent the United States in the 2012 London Olympics.
Why is this relevant to the Capital Region? Albany's Amir Imam, of Albany City Boxing will be competing.
Fighters generally qualify for the Trials by winning one of the following tournaments: The National PAL, National Golden Gloves, USA Boxing National Championships, or the Armed Forces Championships.
Imam didn't win any of these. Despite coming close in the 2010 National PAL championship, he came up just short, taking home the silver. Instead, he had to compete at the Last Chance Qualifier Tournament early this month --literally the last chance for boxers to advance to the trials-- where he won all six bouts over the course of six days.
Imam will be competing at 152 pounds in the welterweight division. Capital Region Sports wishes our local fighter the best of luck.
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