Two local boxers advance at Junior Olympic nationals
Las Vegas bantamweight boxer Devin Haney and Henderson lightweight Andres Cortes advanced to the semifinals of the Junior Olympic National Championships with wins Thursday in Mobile, Ala.
Haney defeated Duke Ragen of Cincinnati 3-0, while Cortes, who had a first-round bye, scored a technical knockout win over Andreas Ladd of Toledo, Ohio.
A third local fighter, Dustin Somera of Las Vegas, lost his 119-pound quarterfinal bout 3-0 to Michael Dutchover of Midland, Texas.