U.S. boxers off to strong start at Pan Am Games

Antonio Vargas, left, of the U.S. fights Leonel De Los Santos Nunez, of the Dominican Republic Sunday. Tuesday Vargas faced Jeyvier Cintron Ocasio of Puerto Rico. (Photo: Mark Humphrey, AP)Five American boxers will compete in Tuesday’s Pan American Games competition at the Oshawa Sports Centre in Toronto.

Two tough bouts will kick off the day for Team USA. Flyweight Antonio Vargas, of Kissimmee, Fla., will face 2016 Olympian Jeyvier Cintron Ocasio of Puerto Rico, while light welterweight Luis Feliciano, of Milwaukee, takes on Cuba’s Yasnier Toledo.

In the evening session, lightweight Carlos Balderas, of Santa Maria, Calif., competes for the first time at the Pan American Games against…