Tag Archive | Nico Hernandez

Men’s Field for 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Boxing Set

Sixty-four of the nation’s top male amateur boxers will compete at the upcoming 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Boxing in Lake Charles, Louisiana, December 9-16. A total of 479 boxers competed in the four qualifying tournaments with hopes of advancing to Lake Charles. The top two boxers in each weight division will advance to […]

2016 Olympic bronze medalist Nico Hernandez goes back to the future

By Stacy Podelski August 29, 2019 Leave a comment

2016 Olympic bronze medalist Nico Hernandez recently returned to the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs to train and spar with members of Team USA’s 2019 Elite Men’s team. “To be honest,” he said, “it was crazy. I hadn’t been back since the Olympics. It was like starting all over again. I […]

Nico Hernandez captures IBA flyweight World title in 5th professional fight

By Stacy Podelski May 21, 2018 Leave a comment

History was made this past Saturday night on the “SUPERBOX LIVE: High Stakes” pay-per-view card, when 2016 Olympic bronze medalist and local hero, Nico Hernandez, knocked out Hungarian challenger Szilveszter “The Silent Assassin” Kanalas in the opening round to capture the vacant International Boxing Association (IBA) Flyweight World Championship in only his fifth professional fight, […]