 Five months later he placed third at the 2003 National Police Athletic League Tournament.Three months after that he won the Middle Atlantic Regional Tournament, qualifying him for the U.S. Championships and in the process was awarded the title of “Most Outstanding Boxer”.He took second place at the 2004 U.S. Championships which qualified him for the Olympic Trials, 
where he advanced to the Olympic Box-offs but only made the Olympic team as an alternate.