Boxer Registration

All entries for the 2024 Lowell/Central New England Golden Gloves must be submitted via the online registration form

Entry deadline:  Sunday, December 31, 2023 at 3:00pm

 

The 2024 Lowell/Central New England Golden Gloves tournament is open to male and female boxers 18 years or older in both the novice and open class who reside in the Central New England Golden Gloves region.  Boxers must be no younger than 18 years of age at the start of the tournament and no older than 40 at the completion of the tournament.

Boxers must be registered with USA Boxing to enter and compete.  Before weighing in, all boxers must present their passbook with 2023 membership card showing a verified date of birth and a current athlete physical which is valid for the date of competition.  Photo, birth certificate, and current physical must be uploaded to your member profile. Membership card must be printed out and placed in the front of the book.  Tournament registration will not be accepted unless all requirements are met.

Coaches must be registered (membership fee paid) and certified (clinic attended/test completed) with USA Boxing.  Current SafeSport certification and a completed and cleared background check is also required for all coaches.  Coaches will not be permitted to work a corner unless they are fully registered and certified, and only 2 coaches are allowed in a corner. 

DEADLINE, REVIEW OF ENTRIES & TOURNAMENT DRAW

ENTRY DEADLINE: 3pm on Sunday, December 31st - All entries must be submitted via the online entry form.

  • REVIEW OF ENTRIES: 4pm on Sunday, December 31st - A complete list of entrants will be emailed to all entered boxers and their coaches and posted on Facebook (Laurie Purcell and Melissa Kelly pages) by Sunday, Dec 31st at 4pm.

  • DEADLINE FOR CHANGES: 12pm on Monday, January 1st - Entrants will have until 12pm on January 1st to request changes or deletions (e.g., changing weight class).

  • TOURNAMENT DRAW: 1pm on Monday, January 1st 

Zoom meeting link to observe live draw: 

https://bostonu.zoom.us/j/92011942043?pwd=RnhzZldHYVFwSE9OSUxVYldOM25TUT09

Meeting ID: 920 1194 2043

Passcode: boxing

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WALKOVERS, AWARDS, AND SUBSTITUTIONS

  • A boxer must compete at least once in the tournament to be eligible for advancement or awards. 

  • Regional walkover boxers may advance only if there is competition in the Golden Gloves New England Championships. 

  • Boxers can be awarded a trophy, medal, etc. only if they have competed at least once during the tournament.  He or she must weigh-in and can only be awarded the championship title if they win in the ring or if their scheduled opponent has pulled out.  Only in that case can a boxer win by walkover.

  • Each regional director has the right to advance a substitute boxer to represent their region if the winner of that region becomes unavailable.

POSTING OF BOUT SHEETS

Central New England Golden Gloves bouts sheets will be posted on Facebook (Laurie Purcell andMelissa Kelly pages) no less than 48 hours in advance of each event.

DATES OF COMPETITION AND ADVANCEMENT TO REGIONALS

>>> NOTE: Boxers must be prepared to compete on any date of the tournament. <<< 

Boxers competing in the Lowell/Central New England Golden Gloves automatically qualify for the New England Tournament of Champions held at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium.                                       

Lowell/Central New England Golden Gloves

January 11th, 18th, 25th and February  1st & 8th 

New England Golden Gloves

February 15th, 22nd & 29th and March 7th

WEIGHT CLASSES & WEIGH-INS

The following weight classes are being contested for the 2024 Golden Gloves:

  • Men’s Open & Novice: 112, 125, 132, 139, 147, 156, 165, 176, 203, 203+

  • Women’s Open & Novice: 110, 119, 125, 132, 139, 146, 154, 165, 178, 178+

Weigh-ins are held 5:00-7:00 p.m. on event days, and only those scheduled to box are required to weigh in (there is no general weigh-in). All boxers must commit to one weight division and must weigh in to be officially entered in the tournament.  Open-class boxers must be clean shaven (no mustaches or beards) to be allowed on the scale; novice boxers are not required to shave. All boxers will be allowed to weigh in twice during the designated weigh-in period.  No weight allowance in the Open Class.  Novice boxers are allowed 2 lbs.

EXPERIENCE LEVEL

  • Novice class boxers have not more than 10 bouts.

  • Open class boxers have 11 or more bouts.

Boxers must declare only one division and may not compete in multiple divisions or weight classes. Athletes who have competed in other amateur combat/striking sports (e.g., MMA, kickboxing) are required to compete in the open class and may NOT enter as novice without permission from USA Boxing.  For information on how to request a waiver, see page 73 of the current USA Boxing rulebook 

(Go to  https://www.usaboxing.org/usa-boxing-rulebook for downloadable rulebook).  Contact New England Golden Gloves Chief of Officials Laurie Purcell at 978-996-6092, or lapsouth@aol.com, with any questions related to this rule.

To request updates to your USA Boxing record in MatchTracker, If a boxer has documented bouts in their passbook that are missing online, you must fill out the MISSING MATCHTRACKER BOUTS form:

 

EQUIPMENT & UNIFORMS

Headgear: All Golden Gloves competition will be conducted with USA Boxing approved headgear. The headgear color does not need to coordinate with the color of the assigned corner but wearing the color of the opponent’s corner is inadvisable (i.e., avoid wearing red when you are in the blue corner, or vice versa). All open boxers must wear open-face headgear (no cheek protectors).

Gloves:  All competition will be conducted with USA Boxing approved gloves which will be provided to the athletes for use during competition.   

  • 10 oz gloves will be used for boxers weighing up to 139.0 lbs

  • 12 oz gloves will be used for boxers weighing 139.1 lbs or more

 Gauze, Tape, and Hand Wraps:  A maximum of one roll of gauze per hand and 6’x1” of tape.  Training hand wraps are also allowable for use in competition.

Uniforms: See Appendix E on page 54 of the USA Boxing Rulebook for specifications.  Note the uniform color does not need to coordinate with the color of the assigned corner but wearing the color of the opponent’s corner is inadvisable (i.e., avoid wearing red when you are in the blue corner, or vice versa).