| PARIS (July 30, 2024) – Alyssa Mendoza (Caldwell, Idaho) earned her first Olympic victory this morning at the Paris 2024 Games with a hard-fought, 3-2 split decision.
In a sport of grit and grind, Mendoza had to dig deep and steal Tuesday’s win away from Tajikistan’s Mijgona Samadova. Mendoza took the first round 3-2 and looked strong after landing multiple jabs throughout the opening three minutes. Despite dropping the second round 4-1, she bounced back in the third to seal the victory in her Olympic debut.
“The second round I got caught the most,” Mendoza stated on her adjustments heading into the final round. “The third round I started moving to my right more when she was orthodox, and I felt like I landed cleaner punches in the third round.”
Down 2-1 after the opening two rounds, Mendoza needed to win judges 2, 3 and 4 to secure her comeback victory. Mendoza did just that and took all five scorecards to win the bout via a 3-2 split decision.
“It was a good first fight and it was tougher than I expected,” Mendoza stated after the win over Tajikistan. “It was a good test and good first fight and I look forward to the next one.”
Following the win, Mendoza advances to the round of 16, where she will face Brazil’s Jucielen Cerqeuira Romeu on Friday, Aug. 2, at 10:18 a.m. ET.
Roscoe Hill opened Tuesday’s action for Team USA against France’s Billal Bennama. Bennama came out strong and took the first round 5-0 behind the raucous roars from the home crowd. Hill found his footing in the second round and notched a 4-1 score before claiming a 3-2 advantage in the third round. However, he was not awarded the win and ultimately fell by a difficult 3-2 split decision.
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Team USA is coached by USA Boxing Head Coach Billy Walsh (Colorado Springs, Colo.), along with National Resident Coach Timothy Nolan (Rochester, N.Y.), as well as National Development Coach Chad Wigle (Colorado Springs, Colo.), along with assistant coaches Adonis Frazier (Minneapolis, Minn.) and Christine Lopez (Rowlett, Texas).
Tuesday, July 30 Results
51 kg: Billal Bennama/FRA dec. over Roscoe Hill, Spring, Texas/USA, 3-2
57 kg: Alyssa Mendoza, Caldwell, Idaho/USA dec. over Mijgona Samadova/TJK, 3-2
Wednesday, July 31 Schedule
71 kg: Omari Jones, Orlando, Fla./USA vs. Kan Chia Wei/TPE – 5:48 a.m. ET
57 kg: Jahmal Harvey, Oxon Hill, Md./USA vs. Luiz Gabriel Oliveira/BRA – 10:02 a.m. ET
Thursday, Aug. 1 Schedule
50 kg: Jennifer Lozano, Laredo, Texas/USA vs. Pihla Kaivo-Oja/ FIN – 10:02 a.m. ET
66 kg: Morelle McCane, Cleveland, Ohio/USA vs. Navbakhor Khamidova/UZB – 10:50 a.m. ET
Friday, Aug. 2 Schedule
57 kg: Alyssa Mendoza, Caldwell, Idaho/USA vs. Jucielen Cerqueira Romeu/BRA – 10:18 a.m. ET
Team USA Boxing Teammates
Omari Jones & Jahmal Harvey
Advance to Olympic quarterfinals
Omari Jones (red)
PARIS (July 31, 2024) – Team USA was undefeated on Wednesday (July 31) as Omari Jones (71 kg) and Jahmal Harvey (57 kg) moved on to the quarterfinals of their respective brackets.
Omari Jones (Orlando, Fla.) kicked things off for the Stars and Stripes early this morning against Kan Chia Wei out of Taiwan. The American boxer dominated this bout in all aspects and the judges agreed by awarding Jones a 5-0 unanimous decision, including a 10-8 score in the second round.
“I started off right and took control early,” Omari Jones stated after his round of 16 victory. “I don’t worry too much on what the other boxer is doing, I just look at what I can do in the ring, and it showed tonight.”
Jones will now go head-to-head against Bulgaria’s Rami Mofid Kiwan in the quarterfinals of the men’s 71 kg bracket. Mofid Kiwan won via unanimous decision in each of his bouts against Poland and Australia. Jones and Mofid Kiwan will square off on Saturday, August 3, at 10:02 a.m. ET.
Following Jones was his Team USA teammate in the 57 kg weight class, Jahmal Harvey (Oxon Hill, Md.). Harvey went up against a familiar opponent, Brazil’s Luiz Gabriel Oliveira. The two featherweights traded shots throughout the bout, keeping it close along the way.
Harvey fell behind in the first two rounds 3-2 and was down the scorecard 2-1 heading into the final three minutes. The Oxon Hill, Maryland, native needed a dominant final round to secure a victory and he did just that.
“Every fight is a final and I am going to leave it out there every round.” Harvey talked about his mentality entering the final round. “I knew I was down and knew I had to dominate the last round and win on some 10-8’s.”
Harvey came out of his corner with stylistic aggression and was swinging while looking to keep his dream of a gold medal alive. Harvey cemented a gritty comeback victory after securing the third round 4-1, stamping a 3-2 victory in his opener.
“This was the sixth time I fought him, and I am up 4-2,” Harvey stated on his history with the Brazilian boxer after his round of 16 victory. “Gold is the goal. First fight, worst fight and I am going to get better as the tournament goes on.”
Looking ahead to Thursday, Aug. 1, Team USA will see Morelle McCane (Cleveland, Ohio) and Jennifer Lozano (Laredo, Texas), who will each make their Paris 2024 Olympic debuts. McCane and Lozano have both etched their names in the Olympic history books, as McCane is the fifth straight boxer out of Cleveland to compete in the Olympics and the first female boxer from Cleveland. Lozano is the first Olympic athlete from her hometown, Laredo, Texas.
Lozano will go against Finland’s Pihla Kaivo-Oja out at 10:02 a.m. ET and McCane will follow at 10:50 a.m. ET against Uzbekistan’s Navbakhor Khamidova.
Fans can stay updated on all the action, including daily schedules, recaps, results and live stream information by clicking here! All broadcasts will be available on NBC and Peacock.
Team USA is coached by USA Boxing Head Coach Billy Walsh (Colorado Springs, Colo.), along with National Resident Coach Timothy Nolan (Rochester, N.Y.), as well as National Development Coach Chad Wigle (Colorado Springs, Colo.), along with assistant coaches Adonis Frazier (Minneapolis, Minn.) and Christine Lopez (Rowlett, Texas).
July 31 Results
71 kg: Omari Jones, Orlando, Fla./USA dec. over Kan Chai Wei/ TPE-5:48 a.m. ET, 5-0
57 kg: Jahmal Harvey, Oxon Hill, Md./USA dec. over Luiz Gabriel Oliveria/ BRA- 10:02 a.m. ET, 3-2
August 1 Schedule
50 kg: Jennifer Lozano, Laredo, Texas/USA vs. Pihla Kaivo-Oja/ FIN – 10:02 a.m. ET
66 kg: Morelle McCane, Cleveland, Ohio/USA vs. Navbakhor Khamidova/UZB – 10:50 a.m. ET
PARIS (August 1, 2024) – Team USA fell short in both bouts Thursday morning as Jennifer Lozano’s (Laredo, Texas) and Morelle McCane’s (Cleveland, Ohio) Olympic journeys concluded.
Lozano fell short to Finland’s Pihla Kaivo-Oja via a unanimous decision. As for McCane, she lost to Uzbekistan’s Navbakhor Khamidova on a 3-2 split decision. McCane went down 4-1 after the first round but responded in the second round with a 4-1 score for herself. Going into the third round all tied up, the Cleveland boxer came up just short and was defeated on a 3-2 split decision.
Team USA will be represented on Friday, Aug. 2, by 57 kg boxer Alyssa Mendoza, who will square up against Brazil’s Jucielen Cerqueira Romeu. Mendoza defeated Mijgona Samadova on a 3-2 split decision Tuesday morning. The Brazilian featherweight boxer competed in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, where she lost in the first round of competition. Cerqueira punched her ticket to the Games by winning gold at the 2024 Pan American Games, and she will now be making her 2024 Paris Olympic Games debut after receiving a first-round bye.
Fans can stay updated on all the action, including daily schedules, recaps, results and live stream information by clicking here! All broadcasts will be available on NBC and Peacock.
Team USA is coached by USA Boxing Head Coach Billy Walsh (Colorado Springs, Colo.), along with National Resident Coach Timothy Nolan (Rochester, N.Y.), as well as National Development Coach Chad Wigle (Colorado Springs, Colo.), along with assistant coaches Adonis Frazier (Minneapolis, Minn.) and Christine Lopez (Rowlett, Texas).
August 1 Results
50 kg: Pihla Kaivo-Oja/ FIN dec. over Jennifer Lozano, Laredo, Texas/USA, 5-0
66 kg: Navbakhor Khamidova/UZB dec. over Morelle McCane, Cleveland, Ohio/USA, 3-2
August 2 Schedule
57 kg: Alyssa Mendoza, Caldwell, Idaho/USA vs. Jucielen Cerqueira Romeu/BRA – 10:18 a.m. ET
Alyssa Mendoza falls short in Olympic Boxing; Omari Jones & Jahmal Harvey look to medal on Saturday in quarterfinals
PARIS (August 2, 2024) – Alyssa Mendoza fell short in the round of 16 with a 4-1 loss to Brazil’s Jucielen Cerqueira Romeu earlier today (Friday) at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Mendoza kept the fight close as each featherweight boxer took one of the opening two rounds by a score of 3-2 to enter the final round tied up. Cerqueira Romeu ultimately won the final round 5-0 to earn the 4-1 split-decision victory over Mendoza.
Alyssa Mendoza falls short in Olympic Boxing; Omari Jones & Jahmal Harvey look to medal on Saturday in quarterfinals
PARIS (August 2, 2024) – Alyssa Mendoza fell short in the round of 16 with a 4-1 loss to Brazil’s Jucielen Cerqueira Romeu earlier today (Friday) at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Mendoza kept the fight close as each featherweight boxer took one of the opening two rounds by a score of 3-2 to enter the final round tied up. Cerqueira Romeu ultimately won the final round 5-0 to earn the 4-1 split-decision victory over Mendoza.
Team USA will be represented by two American boxers in a pair of quarterfinal match-ups tomorrow (Saturday, Aug. 3). With wins on Saturday, Omari Jones (Orlando, Fla.) and Jahmal Harvey (Oxon Hill, Md.) would advance to the semifinals of their respective weight classes, Jones (71 kg) and Harvey (57 kg), and secure positions in the medal rounds.
Jones will open Saturday’s action for the Stars and Stripes against Bulgaria’s Rami Mofid Kiwan, beginning at 10:02 a.m. ET. Both boxers qualified at the first Olympic Qualification Tournament in March. Mofid Kiwan was the 2024 European Boxing Championships gold medalist. Additionally, he won each of his opening two bouts against Poland and Australia at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games via unanimous decisions. As for Jones, he dominated his first bout of the Olympics on Wednesday, July 31, to earn a unanimous decision over Chinese Taipei.
Harvey, a 2021 World Champion, will get underway Saturday at 2 p.m. ET against Kyrgyzstan’s Munarbek Seiitbek Uulu. The two boxers have each competed once during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Seiitbek Uulu defeated Cuba on a 3-2 split decision, while Harvey defeated Brazil on a 3-2 split decision. Harvey won gold at the 2023 Pan American Games, where he punched his ticket to the Olympic Games.
Fans can stay updated on all the action, including daily schedules, recaps, results and live stream information by clicking here! All broadcasts will be available on NBC and Peacock.
Team USA is coached by USA Boxing Head Coach Billy Walsh (Colorado Springs, Colo.), along with National Resident Coach Timothy Nolan (Rochester, N.Y.), as well as National Development Coach Chad Wigle (Colorado Springs, Colo.), along with assistant coaches Adonis Frazier (Minneapolis, Minn.) and Christine Lopez (Rowlett, Texas).
August 2 Results
57 kg: Jucielen Cerqueira Romeu/BRA dec. over Alyssa Mendoza, Caldwell, Idaho/USA, 4-1
August 3 Schedule
71 kg: Omari Jones, Orlando, Fla./USA vs. Rami Mofid Kiwan/BUL 10:02 a.m. ET
57 kg: Jahmal Harvey, Oxon Hill, Md./USA vs. Munarbek Seiitbek Uulu/KGZ – 2:00 p.m. ET
Team USA will be represented by two American boxers in a pair of quarterfinal match-ups tomorrow (Saturday, Aug. 3). With wins on Saturday, Omari Jones (Orlando, Fla.) and Jahmal Harvey (Oxon Hill, Md.) would advance to the semifinals of their respective weight classes, Jones (71 kg) and Harvey (57 kg), and secure positions in the medal rounds.
Jones will open Saturday’s action for the Stars and Stripes against Bulgaria’s Rami Mofid Kiwan, beginning at 10:02 a.m. ET. Both boxers qualified at the first Olympic Qualification Tournament in March. Mofid Kiwan was the 2024 European Boxing Championships gold medalist. Additionally, he won each of his opening two bouts against Poland and Australia at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games via unanimous decisions. As for Jones, he dominated his first bout of the Olympics on Wednesday, July 31, to earn a unanimous decision over Chinese Taipei.
Harvey, a 2021 World Champion, will get underway Saturday at 2 p.m. ET against Kyrgyzstan’s Munarbek Seiitbek Uulu. The two boxers have each competed once during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Seiitbek Uulu defeated Cuba on a 3-2 split decision, while Harvey defeated Brazil on a 3-2 split decision. Harvey won gold at the 2023 Pan American Games, where he punched his ticket to the Olympic Games.
Fans can stay updated on all the action, including daily schedules, recaps, results and live stream information by clicking here! All broadcasts will be available on NBC and Peacock.
Team USA is coached by USA Boxing Head Coach Billy Walsh (Colorado Springs, Colo.), along with National Resident Coach Timothy Nolan (Rochester, N.Y.), as well as National Development Coach Chad Wigle (Colorado Springs, Colo.), along with assistant coaches Adonis Frazier (Minneapolis, Minn.) and Christine Lopez (Rowlett, Texas).
August 2 Results
57 kg: Jucielen Cerqueira Romeu/BRA dec. over Alyssa Mendoza, Caldwell, Idaho/USA, 4-1
August 3 Schedule
71 kg: Omari Jones, Orlando, Fla./USA vs. Rami Mofid Kiwan/BUL 10:02 a.m. ET
57 kg: Jahmal Harvey, Oxon Hill, Md./USA vs. Munarbek Seiitbek Uulu/KGZ – 2:00 p.m. ET
Omari Jones Chases Olympic Gold and
A Chance to Make History
PARIS (August 5, 2024) – Omari Jones (Orlando, Fla.) looks to make history for Team USA in Paris as the talented 71-kg boxer is just two wins away from becoming the first American male boxer to win an Olympic gold medal since Andre Ward in 2004.
“I constantly hear it, but it is my turn now and I got to get the job done” Jones stated on the possibility of being the first male boxer to win gold in 20 years. “I don’t feel no pressure. It is the same ring I have been fighting in for years. So, it is just me going out here and doing what I was born to do.”
By earning a spot in the semifinals, Omari Jones has already guaranteed himself a position on the podium and has garnered at least a bronze medal. The 71 kg American boxer is the first middleweight boxer to claim a medal since Andre Dirrell, who won bronze in 2004 at the Athens Olympic Games. Jones will be the latest medal winner for Team USA, joining the ranks of many stars before him, the most recent of which include the 2020 medalists, Duke Ragan, Keyshawn Davis, Oshae Jones and Richard Torrez.
Jones will face off against Uzbekistan’s two-time national champion Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev in the semifinals on Tuesday, August 6, at 3:30 p.m. ET.
Jones, the 2021 Worlds Silver medalist, has dominated at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games with unanimous decisions in each of his two bouts. Jones defeated Kan Chia Wei out of Taiwan in his debut before downing Bulgaria’s Rami Mofid Kiwan in the quarterfinals.
As for the Uzbekistan boxer, his path to the semifinals in the Olympic Games mirrors Jones’ and includes a pair of unanimous decisions over Egypt and Denmark.
Fans can stay updated on all the action, including daily schedules, recaps, results and live stream information by clicking here! All broadcasts will be available on NBC and Peacock.
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Omari Jones’ Olympic Journey Concludes with Bronze Medal
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| PARIS (August 6, 2024) – Omari Jones concluded his impressive Paris 2024 Olympic Games journey with a bronze medal in the 71 kg weight class. His path at the Olympics ended Tuesday afternoon in a closely contested bout against Uzbekistan’s Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev, the reigning 71 kg World Champion, that ended in a 3-2 split decision in favor of Muydinkhujaev.
Heading into the third round, Jones was behind 3-1 on the judge’s scores, but that did not deter the Orlando, Fla., native, who won the third round 4-1. Despite his strong finish, Jones needed a knockout or a 10-8 score from one of the judges to sway the decision in his favor. Although he mounted a strong comeback, he was unable to turn the tables and ultimately fell 3-2 in the bout.
Team USA was represented by eight boxers at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and secured one medal, a bronze, by Omari Jones. Team USA now shifts its focus to the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.
USA Boxing is coached by Head Coach Billy Walsh (Colorado Springs, Colo.), along with National Resident Coach Timothy Nolan (Rochester, N.Y.), as well as National Development Coach Chad Wigle (Colorado Springs, Colo.), along with assistant coaches Adonis Frazier (Minneapolis, Minn.) and Christine Lopez (Rowlett, Texas).
August 6 – Result:
71 kg: Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev/UZB dec. over Omari Jones, Orlando, Fla./USA, 3-2
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