Syracuse light middleweight Amir Anderson goes from tears to gold for USA Boxing
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (November 3, 2022) – Syracuse light middleweight Amir “Cashman” Anderson has gone from being bullied in school to one of the faces of USA Boxing’s immediate future.
The 18-year-old Anderson has already captured top honors at the 2022 Summer Festival National Championships, 2022 USA Boxing National Qualifier, 2021 USA Boxing Youth National Championships, 2019 USA Boxing Junior National Championships and 2019 Eastern Regional Open in his young career.
Now, though, he’s preparing for his first international tournament, the Youth World Championships, November 14-26, in La Nucia, Spain.
Anderson started boxing in 2012, after his mother advised him to go to a gym to learn how to be tougher skinned.
“In my younger years,” he explained, Read more [...]