Fighters ready for Camp Pendleton boxing championship
Amanda Gross
Thursday, January 26, 2012, 5:00:27 PM
Camp Pendleton is gearing up to host the Armed Forced Boxing Championship starting January 31, and now the team that will represent the Army is ready to fight, after winning the 2012 All-Army Boxing Championship at Fort Huachuca on Saturday.
The competition was tough - head coach Staff Sergeant Charles Leverette described the boxers as "young, hungry lions."
"Nobody backed down," Leverette said. "A couple of guys got hurt, but they got back up, pulled it together and said, 'If I'm going to go out, then I am going out on my shield.'"
The boxers' spirit was perhaps enhanced by the dedication of the tournament to Staff Sergeant Quadi Hudgins, an All-Army trials participant from 2007-2010, who died from combat-related injuries in Iraq in 2011.
"He [Hudgins] is the spirit of this team," Leverette said. "He never won All-Army, but he was one of the most exciting boxers to come through here, and it speaks volumes about his character and his hard work. These guys understand that [character]. They wanted to box in honor of Staff Sergeant Hudgins and to make the crowd know they are boxing for him and all of their other brothers and sisters in the Army."
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