Only two of eight Team USA boxers remain medal contenders at the 2024 Paris Olympics, both men whose quarterfinal bouts are scheduled for Saturday: welterweight (71kg/157lbs) Omari Jones in the morning, and lightweight (57kg/125lbs) Jahmal Harvey in the afternoon.
A victory by either boxer guarantees at least a bronze medal, as boxing is one of the rare Olympic sports that awards two bronzes per event — one for each losing semifinalist on either side of the bracket.
Jones is up first at approximately 10:05 a.m. A silver medalist at the 2021 World Boxing Championships in Belgrade, he takes on Bulgaria’s unseeded Rami Kiwan.
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Harvey enters the squared circle at approximately 2 p.m. ET.
After a bye through the Round of 32, the 21-year-old Harvey defeated Brazil’s Luiz Oliveira by split decision in the Round of 16. His quarterfinal sees him fight Kyrgyzstan’s Munarbek Uulu in the quarterfinals.
Now competing as a lightweight, Harvey won gold at the same boxing world championship in 2021 — as a featherweight.
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