LOWELL — Ding, ding.
Week three of the 76th annual Golden Gloves comes to the Lowell Memorial Auditorium this Thursday.
The first Top-Central New England preliminary round bout will begin at 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale now at lowellauditorium.com or by calling 1-800-657-8774.
The Lowell Memorial Auditorium, constructed in 1922, holds 2,800 fans and is considered one of New England’s most historic boxing venues. The Golden Gloves will run nine weeks. New England champions who rule the ring in Lowell will qualify to fight at nationals.
The first two weeks saw terrific action and enthusiastic crowds. The Golden Gloves annually draws the region’s top amateur fighters, including the cream of the crop from the famous West End Gym in Lowell. The likes of Lowell native Micky Ward, who rose the ranks to became a world boxing champion, have sharpened their skills at the tournament.
Two of the fighters scheduled to enter the ring Thursday night have local roots. Burlington’s Quinn Fallon will fight in a 165-pound men’s novice bout. In a 156-pound men’s novice fight, Matt Rideout of Wilmington will try to advance.
All 13 of the scheduled bouts are men’s novice fights.
Here is Thursday’s schedule, though bouts are subject to change.
Fight One – Men’s Novice 125 lbs.
Henri Sosof – Burlington, Ma. (Union Street Boxing) vs. Anthony Schurko – Medford, Ma. (Somerville Boxing Club)
Fight Two – Men’s Novice 125 lbs.
Shyne Fernandez-Conce – Lawrence, Ma. (Intenze/Canal Street Boxing) vs. Christian Schurko – Medford, Ma. (Somerville Boxing Club)
Fight Three – Men’s Novice 139 lbs.
Kevin Dang – Dorchester, Ma. (Red Line Fight Sports) vs. Nick Leone – Natick, Ma. (Nolan Bros. Boxing)
Fight Four – Men’s Novice 147 lbs.
Wesley Smith – Ipswich, Ma. (Gloucester Boxing Club) vs. Desmond Le – Everett, Ma. (Unaffiliated)
Fight Five – Men’s Novice 156 lbs.
Abdul Hamada – Belmont, Ma. (Nonantum Boxing Club) vs. Charles Huffman – Lynn, Ma. (Lawtown Boxing)
Fight Six – Men’s Novice 156 lbs.
Timothy Higgins – Boston, Ma. (Boston Boxing) vs. Kirby Espinal – Dorchester, Ma. (Unaffiliated)
Fight Seven – Men’s Novice 165 lbs.
Quinn Fallon – Burlington, Ma. (Union Street Boxing) vs. Barrett Hanlon – Hopkinton, Ma. (Upperkuts)
Fight Eight – Men’s Novice 165 lbs.
Chris Telson – Everett, Ma. (Broadway Boxing Club) vs. Kyle Adamson – Windham, N.H. (Southpaw Boxing Club)
Fight Nine – Men’s Novice 176 lbs.
Chris Canal – Hopkinton, Ma. (Nonantum Boxing Club) vs. Emmanuel Fils-Amie – Medford, Ma. (Somerville Boxing Club)
Fight Ten – Men’s Novice 203 lbs.
Mored Kamel – Somerville, Ma. (Somerville Boxing Club) vs. Joshue Perez – Lynn, Ma. (Broadway Boxing Club)
Fight Eleven – Men’s Novice 203 lbs.
James Arredondo – Boston, Ma. (Everybody Fights) vs. Jarrod Garcia – Haverhill, Ma. (Intenze/Canal Street Boxing)
Fight Twelve – Men’s Novice 203+ lbs.
Jareed Gaines – Framingham, Ma. (Nolan Bros. Boxing) vs. Muna Anisoke – Cambridge, Ma. (Boston Boxing)
Fight Thirteen – Men’s Novice 156 lbs.
Matt Rideout – Wilmington, Ma. (Union Street Boxing) vs Kimani Pabon– Boston, Ma. (Grealish Boxing Club)
