Column: Boxers young, old fight it out at state amateur event

  • Elijah Velez, right, trying to connect against an unidentified opponent on Nov. 5, won in the 10-year-old Pee Wee Division at 85 pounds as part of the Florida Amateur championships at the East Palatka Fairgrounds. (ALLISON WATERS-MERRITT / Special to the Daily News)
    Elijah Velez, right, trying to connect against an unidentified opponent on Nov. 5, won in the 10-year-old Pee Wee Division at 85 pounds as part of the Florida Amateur championships at the East Palatka Fairgrounds. (ALLISON WATERS-MERRITT / Special to the Daily News)
The work to get to the Florida Amateur Boxing Championships two weeks ago was hefty for the five members of the Putnam Police Athletic League. But two weekends ago and after a Nor’easter had pounded…

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