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Five area boxer's, all training at the Lions Den Training Center in Middletown, by Kasey Coon, John Scully and Ellay Thompson, will see semi-final action this Saturday in the 53rd Annual Western New England Golden Gloves tournament. Bouts will begin at 7 p.m. sharp at Nomad's AdventureQuest in East Windsor (100 Bidwell Ave. in South Windsor).  
 
Chris Aldrich, age 22, Senior at UConn (Forrestry major) from Watertown, Connecticut, boxes in the novice super heavyweight division. Was the runner-up in this division last year. Trained at Lions Den by Ellay Thompson
 
Joshua Zebrowski, age 27 from Derby, Ct. Regional manager at Dunkin' Donuts. Boxing in the 178 pound novice division.
 
Chris Nichols, age 20 out of Manchester. Boxes in the 132 pound open class division. Was runner-up last year.
 
Joshua Figueroa, age 21, and his brother Jonathon, age 20. Joshua boxes in the 165 pound novice class while Jonathon is at 152 novice. Both Hartford residents graduated from Cheney Tech. in Manchester.
 
Josh Figueroa won his bout this past Saturday to set up his semi-final appearance while Jonathon Figueroa has won bouts on each of the first two nights of the tournament, including an impressive upset decision victory this past Saturday over the tournament favorite, Frankie Porto of Wallingford.
 

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