Young boxers bring home national tournament gold medals [Video]

INGLESIDE, Texas — Multiple Ingleside boxers recently competed at a national tournament in New Mexico, bringing home some hardware.

Three boxers came back from the 2024 USA Boxing National Open with gold medals and two won silver medals. Eight boxers from Ingleside competed in the tournament, which took place March 9-16 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Their trainer explained how they prepared to compete against the best fighters their age.

“We did a really hard four-week training camp where the kids were working out four hours every day, really pushing themselves, strict diets,”  owner of Elite Boxing and Fitness Jordan Pinney said. “So, a lot of discipline, a lot of hard work.”

Pinney grew up boxing and said it saved his life—keeping him out of trouble. He started a nonprofit boxing …