IRVINGTON, N.J. — State bragging rights will be at stake when Irvington boxing standout Jean Pierre Valencia faces New York champion Melvin Martinez on Saturday, Jan. 20, at Stereo Garden in Patchogue, N.Y. The vacant Strong Island Fight Night Series Interstate Championship will be contested in the 165-pound bout, which features two of the best […]
NEWARK — Jean Pierre Valencia emerged victorious on Saturday night, Nov. 11, in a battle of amateur boxing champions, defeating Washington D.C. Golden Gloves champ Christian Hamilton by unanimous decision at the Robert Treat Hotel in Newark. Valencia of Irvington scored the only standing eight count of the fight in round one, stunning Hamilton with […]
NORTH BERGEN, N.J. – NORTH BERGEN – Irvington boxer Jean Pierre Valencia solidified his status as the best 165-pound amateur boxer in the state after winning the New Jersey Diamond Gloves open class championship on Sunday night, Oct. 15. The 23-year-old Valencia put on a show for boxing fans at the Recreation Center in North […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Amateur boxing standout Jean Pierre Valencia scored his third straight victory in New York City on Thursday, Sept. 21, defeating experienced veteran Francisco Frometa by unanimous decision at the New York Athletic Club. Valencia, of Irvington, punched his way through the defense of the skillful Frometa, a Brooklyn resident who boxes out […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Jean Pierre Valencia is the new 165-pound king of New York. The rising amateur boxing prospect from Irvington completed a dominant sweep of the New York Tournament on Friday, July 28, with a devastating first-round knockout of Israel Bailey in the open class finals at the Classic Car Club Manhattan at Pier […]