Sissy gets some sugar from Sherif "Sugar Boy" Younan & NY Daily News writer Mitch Abramson LIVE

Sept. 2, 2011 - PRLog -- Born with boxing flowing through his veins, 14-year-old prodigy Sherif “Sugar Boy” Younan, Jr. could turnout to be the struggling sports savior in a few more years, based on his increased dominance in the amateurs, where he has captured too many championship belts (15), trophies (15) and medals (30) to fit into one room.

Younan recently captured top honors in the 165-pound division of the Northeast Regional Silver Gloves Tournament, qualifying for his fourth straight trip to The Nationals (Feb. 3-6 in Independence, Missouri), where he’s been a 3-time winner in three different weight classes. It’s been difficult enough keeping track of how many national and regional tournaments he’s won as a junior boxer.

His father, Sherif, has been his coach since The Phenom first entered a gym to celebrate his second birthday. His cake was in the shape of boxing gloves and another New York City trainer, Colin Morgan, gave the youngster a baby heavy bag as a gift.

Despite his youth, the Utrechet High freshman (in Brooklyn) is far from a boy among men at the Coney Island Gym, where he regularly trains and often spars with established professionals such as former IBF light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi, who Sherif’s father now serves as head trainer, Danny Jacobs, Jr., Curtis Stevens, Joe Greene, 2008 U.S. Olympian Sadam Ali, and Gary Starks, Jr., among the more notables.

He started boxing competitively when he was only 8 years old in the 80-85 pound class. Last year, he fought at 139 pounds in The Nationals and now he’s at 165.

Sherif, unfortunately, falls one month shy of being old enough to qualify for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Boxing Team, which leaves Team Younan with what can only be described as a great problem – wait for the 2016 Olympics or turn pro at 17.

He recently won the Junior Olympic nationals in Alabama in early August. It was his first time in the nationals. He also won the Junior Olympic silver gloves in Missouri for the fourth time in March. The fan response was so positive at Gleason's that fans threw  money into the ring, and he collected around $200.

Mitch has been a staff writer for the NY Daily News for the past two years, covering all sports, including boxing, and has written for such newspapers as Newsday, The New York Times, The Village Voice, and he's also written for ESPN.com. He's been a boxing fan for most of his life, starting when his father used to watch Larry Holmes fights in their living room when he was a young kid.

Now these 2 boxing aficionados will talk to Sissy about future prospects this Friday night LIVE 7:30pm EST on MNN (Manhattan Neighborhood Network) Channel 56 Time Warner Cable Manhattan and our website www.thesissygamacheshow.com

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