Joseph Almadji

Giancarlo Rodriguez puts Carrizo Springs on the map, advances to finals

Carrizo Springs is a town of about  5,000 located 45 miles north of the Mexican border just over an hour's drive from Laredo.  If you have not heard of it, you're about to.  It's the home of Giancarlo Rodriguez. Rodriguez scored a unanimous decision points victory to secure a spot in the finals of the USA Boxing National Championships in the finals of the 110-pound junior division. Scoring with a second-round counter left hand from the southpaw dropped his opponent Jallen Young of Tampa Florida. The South Texan remained very active on his toes firing combinations from the outside and then getting on the inside in a fan-friendly style and unleashing with lightning-quick combinations on the inside. The victorious South Texan calls his style Mexican-Style. Young down on all cards after two came out storming and the two combatants exchanged heated shots on the inside throughout a fan-friendly third round. It was not enough tho as Rodriguez rolled to a wide points decision. He will fight Ra-leek born in the finals who defeated Jose Artiga of Houston Texas in the semi-finals. 

  Moises Rodriguez of El Paso moves to Finals kicks off the day strong for Texas in the opening bout in ring 3 dominating Yedrian Otero of Kissimme FL. Working his body and breaking him down with a consistent left hook to the body that kept finding its mark. The bodywork took its toll as Otero, clearly down on points, stepped up the aggression and started walking into more power shots that caused an eight-count and sealed the deal for Rodriguez who moves onto tomorrows finals .

In what was a break through performance for Rio Grande Valley antive Fabian Diaz he dominated and outclassed Khallq Harrison of Washington DC on his way to a uniamous decision victory and earning a trip to the fianls of the 139 pound youth division tomorrow in Shreveport. He used a thudding jab and mixed in straight hand to perfection forcing Harrison backwards and into the ropes. Diaz, clearly the stronger man,  kept the pressure on and kept landing. Harrison, apparently didn't like the taste of Diaz's power and never got aggressive or picked up the pace allowing Diaz to fight his fight and roll to the clear points victory.

In the 156-pound youth division semi-finals there was an all-Texas shootout between two national champions fighting in a new weight class. As RGV native Sebastian Juarez of Brownsville and DFW Joseph Almajdi of Fort Worth battled it out in a very high-speed chess match. It was Almadji’s jab that carried the day. Landing from long range he was able to keep Juarez coming up short and was able to avoid much of his combinations. Having dropped the first two rounds across the board Juarez picked up the pace and got going landing thudding right hands and precise combinations. He carried the final round on 4 of the 5 cards but it was not enough. As the DFW fighter earned the nod in this all-Texas shootout.

The following is a list of other semifinal winners from Texas:

Rene Camacho Houston W Yu'shore Williams

JayShawn Wallace Dallas W Yahsin Arrington

Jose Artiga Hoston W Ra-Leek Born

Giancarlo Rodriguez Carrizo Springs W Jallen Young

David Lona Kyle W Yahir Diaz Martinez

David Cardenas San Antonio W Terry Washington

Jesus Martinez Del Rio W Troy Nah

Fabian Diaz Edinburg W Khallq Harrison

Joseph Almadji Fort Worth W Sebastian Juarez Brownsville

Jaycob Ramos Plano W Jeremy Ortiz

Richard Fernandez San Antonio W Jordan Roach

Emilio Garcia Laredo W Deric Davis

Gerardo Favila Weslaco W Jayden Jr

Different Weight Same Results for Almadji & Juarez:Will Meet in Semi's


Sebastian Juarez of Brownsville and Joseph Almadji of Fort Worth are no strangers to winning championships. Both Texans have won USA Boxing national titles in their recent past and both have moved up to the 156-pound weight division for similar reasons. Both the South Texas native and the Nort Texas native scored dominant wins in their quarter quarterfinal bouts on Thursday in Shreveport.  Juarez goes by the nickname "El Trueno" and he showed off both thunderous power and lightning-like hand speed in his three rounds against Tymir Daniels of Irvington NJ. Juarez took over the fight with his jab, hand speed, and brilliant combination punching in the second and got better in the third and round to a points victory.  He will face off against Almadji who similarly showed off brilliant skills in taking apart his opponent, Tavorian Anderson of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Almadji used his height and reach to perfection nailing him with the jab and controlling both the tempo of the fight and the distance. He'd set him up with the jab and then time Anderson perfectly and connect with flush power shots on his way to the one-sided victory. The two  Texans will square off in Friday one session at noon. With the winner advancing to the finals of the 156-pound youth division. 

Below is a list of winners of the Evening session on 12/9:

Emilio Garcia Laredo W Jacob Cuevas 

Joseph Almadji Fort Worth W Tavorian Anderson

Ranulfo Bocanegra Donna  W Kevin Ayala San Antonio

Jesus Martinez Del Rio W Wilkins Candelario

Richard Fernandez San Antonio W Steve Ponce  Houston

Emanuel Moreno Wichita Falls W Hugo Mendez Austin

Joshua Jenkins Mesquite W Nehemiah Jones

Emmett Villaplando Weslaco W  Brandon Rodriguez Hewitt 

Diego Barron Mesquite W Hser Htoo

Sebastian Juarez Brownsville W Tymir Daniels 

Ethan Tilman Red Oak W Daniel Bykhovski

Javier Meza Amarillo W Richard Hogan 

Joshua Edwards Houston W Jarvis Jones Needville 

Fabian Diaz Edinburg W AC Cannon-El

David Cardenas San Antonio W Santiago Veloz

Alex Holley Dallas W Jessie Fletcher 

Ruben Salazar Cypress W Sharirif One

Ali Almajdi Fort Worth W Julian Smitth

Moses Garcia Harlingen W Jaydell Pazmino

Jaycob Ramos Plano W Keon White

Geovanni Alonso Channelview W Sai Maldonado