Editing Gerald McClellan (section)

===Highlights===
[[National Golden Gloves]] (147&nbsp;lbs), [[Little Rock, Arkansas]], March 1985:
*1/4: Lost to Roy Richie DQ 3
[[U.S. Olympic Festival]] (156&nbsp;lbs), [[Houston, Texas]], July 1986:
*Finals: Lost to [[Thomas Tate (boxer)|Thomas Tate]] by split decision, 2–3
{{gold1}} [[United States National Boxing Championships|U.S. National Championships]] (156&nbsp;lbs), [[Buffalo, New York]], March–April 1987:
*1/4: Defeated Keith Graves by unanimous decision, 5–0
*1/2: Defeated Kevin Grantham by unanimous decision, 5–0
*Finals: Defeated [[Tim Littles]] by unanimous decision, 5–0
[[U.S. Olympic Festival]] (156&nbsp;lbs), [[Raleigh, North Carolina]], July 1987:
*1/2: Lost to Ray McElroy by split decision, 2–3
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Pan Am Box-offs (156&nbsp;lbs), [[Broadmoor World Arena (1938)|International Center of the Broadmoor]], [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]], July 1987:
*Lost to [[Frankie Liles|Frank Liles]]
[[United States National Boxing Championships|U.S. National Championships]] (156&nbsp;lbs), [[United States Olympic Training Center|Olympic Sports Center]], [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]], March 1988:
*1/8: Defeated Scott Felde RSC 2 {{small|(2:03)}}
*1/4: Lost to [[Johnny Tapia]] DQ 2
[[National Golden Gloves]] (156&nbsp;lbs), [[Omaha, Nebraska]], May 1988:
*1/4: Defeated David Gamble KO 2
*1/2: Defeated [[Roy Jones Jr.]] by split decision, 3–2
*Finals: Lost to Ray McElroy by split decision, 2–3

He trained with [[Kronk Gym]] being trained by [[Emanuel Steward]].<ref name="kronk" /> After turning pro, he also fought out of a Palmer Park gym run by [[Sugar Ray Leonard]].<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/378165177/ Night of boxing attracts only 311 paying customers] by Chris Marti, ''The Baltimore Sun'', September 18, 1988, p. 20.</ref>