CasaBlanca in Mesquite Lands Golden Gloves Boxing!
Mesquite scored a huge win recently when it was announced that the city had landed the Golden Gloves Junior Nationals for three years and the Golden Gloves Senior National Championship for a single year.
The Junior Nationals will kick off the final event of a four-year stand July 22-24 in the Event Center of the CasaBlanca Resort and Casino in a blockbuster event which will attract about 400 competitors ages 8-16. The Junior Nationals will return to the city through 2013.
The Senior Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions has also been inked for April 28-May 5 of 2012. With ten weight classes, the event will draw about 300 boxers ages 17 and up.
A group of Southern Nevadans journeyed to Little Rock, Ark., where meetings were held earlier this month. Also attempting to land the prestigious events were representatives from Lafayette, La., and Cincinnati, Ohio.
Representing Mesquite in the bidding were Dawn Barry, a Golden Gloves franchise holder from Las Vegas; Dawn Sanchez, the executive director for Barry’s Boxing in Las Vegas; Barry’s husband, Pat, a long-time boxing coach; along with Black Gaming General Sales Manager Michelle Yegge Evans, who combined to convince 30 delegates to bring the events to Mesquite.
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The Junior Nationals will kick off the final event of a four-year stand July 22-24 in the Event Center of the CasaBlanca Resort and Casino in a blockbuster event which will attract about 400 competitors ages 8-16. The Junior Nationals will return to the city through 2013.
The Senior Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions has also been inked for April 28-May 5 of 2012. With ten weight classes, the event will draw about 300 boxers ages 17 and up.
A group of Southern Nevadans journeyed to Little Rock, Ark., where meetings were held earlier this month. Also attempting to land the prestigious events were representatives from Lafayette, La., and Cincinnati, Ohio.
Representing Mesquite in the bidding were Dawn Barry, a Golden Gloves franchise holder from Las Vegas; Dawn Sanchez, the executive director for Barry’s Boxing in Las Vegas; Barry’s husband, Pat, a long-time boxing coach; along with Black Gaming General Sales Manager Michelle Yegge Evans, who combined to convince 30 delegates to bring the events to Mesquite.
Click here for more information
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