More Medals for Hawaii’s Patricio Family at the USA Boxing Summer Festival

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June 23, 2025

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If you had been around the Las Vegas Convention Center last week and had run into a fellow who told you that boxing was dead, you would have thought that guy was a moron.

More than 1400 boxers descended on that complex last week as did at least as many interested parties – parents, coaches, ring officials, etc. The occasion was the 2025 USA National Junior Olympics and Summer Festival, the largest event in amateur boxing. The tournament, which began on Sunday, June 15, with the opening ceremony and parade and concluded this past Saturday, attracted entries from 40 states and the District of Columbia and there was one foreign delegation, a 7-person team from Scotland.

The contestants were divided into seven age groups ranging from pee wee to elite, the latter restricted to contestants born before June 16, 2007, with the provisos that they must have already fought at least 15 bouts and achieved at least a 50 percent winning rate. All bouts were three rounds, but the length varied from 90 seconds (pee wee) to three minutes for both men and women in the higher age categories. Headgear was mandatory.

At the elite level, there were 10 weight classes for males and nine for females. On the men’s side, the winners included Scottish cruiserweight Robert McNulty and Hawaiian flyweight Lorenzo Patricio.

McNulty, 22, was the most decorated member of the Scottish delegation. The last Scots amateur to attract such buzz was Josh Taylor who would go on to unify the 140-pound world title as a professional. With the frame to grow into a heavyweight, McNulty will undoubtedly command a huge signing bonus when he elects to turn pro.

Scotland almost had a second gold medalist in lightweight Niamh Mitchell, 18, who lost a 3-2 split decision to Arizona’s Alisha Crockett in the finals.

Lorenzo Patricio, from Waianae, is from a fighting family – “the most prolific Filipino-American family in amateur boxing since the Donaires,” says boxing writer Ryan Songalia. Lorenzo has seven siblings, all of whom box. They are trained by their father, Lyndon Patricio Sr, a former Hawaii state amateur champion, born in the Philippines.

Lorenzo Patricio

The two oldest Patricios have already turned pro. Shera Mae Patricio, 22, is 5-0 in the paid ranks (and 6-1 in Team Combat League including a win over former U.S. Olympian Ginny Fuchs). Lyndon Patricio Jr is 4-0 since leaving the amateurs.

The Patricio family left the Las Vegas Summer Festival with two gold medals and almost captured a third!

Leighton James Patricio, a wee lad carrying 95 pounds, finished first in his weight category in the junior male division.

Landon John Patricio, a junior featherweight competing in the youth division, reached the finals but came up short against LA’s Erick Santos, losing a split decision.

Here are the winners in the Elite division:

Men’s Elite

50 kg (110 pounds)…. Lorenzo Patricio, Waianae, HI

55 kg (121 pounds)….Yu’shore Williams, Toledo, OH

60 kg (132 pounds)….Izaiah Darden. Toledo, OH

65 kg (143 pounds)….Marcus Luther, Washington DC

70 kg (154 pounds)….Noah Arroyo, Wilmington, CA

75 kg (165 pounds)….Alfredo Carrasco, Carson City, NV

80 kg (176 pounds)….Reese Mistretta, Franklin Square, NY

85 kg (187 pounds)….Robert McNulty, Renfrew, Scotland

90 kg (198 pounds)….Tricklet Merius, Brooklyn, NY

90+ kg (over 198)……Steven Williams, Chester, PA