Ald. Cochran, WE CAN, INC. to honor teen National Golden Gloves champion
By Chinta Strausberg
The WE CAN, INC. and Ald. Willie Cochran (20th) are honoring National Golden Gloves Tournament champion Shawn Simpson Saturday, November 3, 2012, at 1 p.m., at the Beverly Woods Restaurant, 11532 S. Western, Chicago, Illinois.
“Shawn has demonstrated a level of tenacity and commitment that it takes to be a champion in the early stages of his career. It is an honor for me to be associated with an individual and an organization who are and makes champions,” said Ald. Willie B. Cochran (20th).
Florence Cox, president of the WE CAN, INC. Committee, said, “His level of achievement is a testament to the capability that not only him but many of our youth. His achievement is also a testament of what can be achieved when youth like Shawn chooses a career path and have people who support and believe in him or her aspirations. It shows what many of our youth are capable of achieving.”
Kublai Khan Muhammad Toure, a mentor of Simpson, 18, said they want to acknowledge his success.
In winning the National Golden Gloves title, Simpson defeated Hector Valdez of Texas, Jesus Cerda of Wisconsin and Ja’rico O’Quinn of Detroit to advance to the final.
Simpson is trained by 1996 Olympic Heavyweight Bronze Medalist Nate Jones who is part of pound-for-pound champion and former Olympic teammate Floyd Mayweather’s training team. He won the Chicago Golden Gloves 114 pound championship last year and in 2012. He was named the Chicago Golden Gloves “Best Boxer” in 2012 and in 2009 he was the Junior Olympic National Flyweight Champion.
Having won more than 100 boxing matches since the age of 10 when he fought in Kansas City, Mo. and including this recent tournament where he defeated four opponents, Simpson has set yet another goal—to go the USA Boxing Training Camp in Colorado Springs just after he graduates on June 9th.
In four-years, he wants to win the Olympics, but in the interim Simpson said, “I will be training and staying in shape.”
Simpson recently won the National Police Athletic Leagues tournament in Toledo, Ohio in October. There are only a select number of tournaments recognized by the USA Boxing as being elite. This tournament is one where all of the top boxers participated.
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