Baltimore-area boxer Lorenzo "Truck" Simpson won a gold medal at 165 pounds at the Junior Olympics National Boxing Tournament July 2 in Dallas and was named the event's "Most Outstanding Male Boxer."
Fighting out of West Baltimore's famed Upton Boxing Center, Simpson, a 16-year old junior at Franklin High in Reisterstown, Md., won three fights in four days to win the Junior Olympics title in his weight class while raising his amateur boxing record to 161-2. Simpson trains with Upton boxing coaches Calvin Ford and Kenny Ellis. Ford also trains undefeated professional boxer Gervonta Davis.
"I've worked really hard for this." Simpson said in a release. "Winning the National Junior Olympics was something I always believed I could do, but things happen in life that sometimes don't allow it to all work out. I did everything I could to win, listened to my team and my coaches, and it paid off for me. I'm happy to bring my gold medal and the Most Outstanding Male Boxer of the tournament award back to Baltimore."
