Alyssa Mendoza during her opening 2024 Paris Olympics bout – Credit: USA TODAY And then there were two. On Friday, Team USA’s 20-year-old featherweight (57kg/125 lbs) Alyssa Mendoza — who had won her Round of 32 bout over Tajikistan’s Mijgona ...
Alyssa Mendoza opening Olympics bout – Credit: NBC Olympics The lone American woman remaining at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Idaho’s featherweight (57kg/125lbs) southpaw Alyssa Mendoza — nicknamed “Wrecking Machine” — won her debut match at the North Paris Arena in ...
Jennifer Lozano in the boxing ring – Credit: USA TODAY Sports Jennifer Lozano, the 20-year-old Texan flyweight (50kg/112lbs) nicknamed “The Troublemaker,” and welterweight Morelle McCane (66kg/145lbs) of Ohio, both lost in their Olympic-debut bouts on Thursday — where each was ...
Beiwen Zhang of United States in action against Thuy Linh Nguyen of Vietnam during a women’s singles group stage match during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games at Adidas Arena. – Credit: Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters via USA TODAY Sports The ...
Roscoe Hill boxing at the Paris Olympics – Credit: USA TODAY French boxer Billal Bennama elicited massive roars from the crowd at the North Paris Arena on Tuesday when he beat American Roscoe Hill in a close encounter, while Australia ...
Boxing glove from the 2024 Paris Olympics – Credit: USA TODAY After fighting his way to the Paris Games and giving himself a shot at an Olympic medal, Samoa’s Ato Plodzicki-Faoagali said the death of his coach had left him ...