BURLINGTON, Vermont — Lincolnville’s Jack Simpkins was crowned the 2016 Northern New England Golden Gloves boxing champion in the 141-pound novice division at Memorial Auditorium on Saturday night.
Simpkins, 24, a former wrestling standout at Camden Hills Regional High School in Rockport who has trained for the last nine months at Wyman’s Boxing Club in Stockton Springs, defeated Ethan Holmes of Springfield, Vermont, in the championship match.
Simpkins, a carpenter by trade, was named outstanding novice boxer of the night for his performance during the show, which included 13 bouts in the novice (two-minute rounds) and open (three-minute rounds) divisions.
Simpkins advances to the New England Golden Gloves Novice Championships to be held at Lowell, Massachusetts, beginning Thursday, Feb. 11, and continuing on Thursday, Feb. 18.
Another fighter from Wyman’s Boxing Club, 17-year-old Christian Fisk of Rockport, advanced to the Northern New England Golden Gloves final in the 132-pound novice class before dropping a split decision to Tito Morales of the Portland Boxing Club.
Fisk is a senior at Camden Hills.