His ticket has now been punched.
This picture shows Tamerlan Tsamaev, left, fights Lamar Fenner during the 201-pound division boxing match during the 2009 Golden Gloves National Tournament of Champions in Salt Lake City.
Via Chicago Tribune:
A Chicago boxer hoping to go pro faced one of the Boston Marathon suspects in the ring in 2009 and beat him to go on to the Golden Gloves finals.
Lamar Fenner’s record was 24-0 when he fought Tamerlan Tsarnaev in a national Golden Gloves tournament in Salt Lake City, Utah. Fenner bested him after getting up from an eight-count, but then lost to a boxer from Michigan in the finals. Fenner went on to join Team USA and died last December from natural causes at the age of 29.
Tsarnaev reportedly aspired to compete for the United States in the Olympics and planned to compete in this year’s Golden Gloves finals. He was killed during a police chase in the Boston area overnight, and his brother escaped and remains at large — although Friday night multiple reports said a person is surrounded in the area where a massive manhunt was underway.
In 2009, Tsarnaev was representing Team New England when he entered the ring against Fenner.