With the dream of getting a pass for the XXII Central American and Caribbean Sports Games in Veracruz 2014, four boxers are sent by the Honduran Olympic Committee this Friday to Tijuana, Mexico, where the first qualifier for the Olympic tournament will be played.
Jesús Salazar, Ángela Miranda and Teófilo Amaya are part of the delegation that will travel to Mexico.
To Foguear the Honduran boxers, five members of the Nicaraguan “B” team spent five days in Tegucigalpa, carrying out fights that would allow them to arrive with the best preparation for the elimination contest.
For five days the boxers from the neighboring country were the rivals of the catrachos. The delegation is made up of Bayron Molina at 49 kilos, Jesús Salazar (60), Teófilo Amaya (64) and Ángela Miranda (60), Yobanni Hernández travels as coach and Dhany Alexander Reyes delegate.
The last sparring against the “pinoleros” was on Tuesday afternoon, since yesterday they had to return to Nicaragua to continue with the preparation, since this team will be in charge of attending the second round heading to Veracruz 2014.
The Nicaraguan delegation was made up of coach Luis Videa and athletes Irene Aguirre, Claudia Parrale, Reiniery Gutiérrez, Yader Hernández and Exequiel Martínez.
Teófilo Amaya and Yader Hernández in the last match of the five held.
Videa said that during the days of stay in the country, he was able to observe that the catrachos athletes had a good improvement, since in the first sparring sessions he did not see the necessary level, but halfway through the training the change was noticed.
“We are leaving happy, because in addition to helping the Honduran brothers in search of classifying, they treated us very well, good food, care, the shelter,” he said.
He stated that the team that they brought to Honduras will be in Colombia in July to find the last places for Central Americans and the Caribbean.
Regarding the level of the national boxers, the professional stated that when they visited them in Nicaragua before Easter, he could see that they did not have the level, but now that they collided in Honduras, he could see that they are at the same level as them.
“The technical congress can help them, because if they go to the second round they can qualify, but they have to play hard, because there will be athletes of a high level.