PARIS – Joshua Edwards’ (Houston, Texas) and Jajaira Gonzalez’s (Glendora, Calif.) 2024 Paris Olympic Video games journeys concluded as each boxers skilled setbacks on Monday, July 29.
Joshua Edwards made his Olympic debut early Monday morning however sadly fell quick to Italy’s Diego Lenzi in a tightly contested bout. Edwards went down 4-1 after the primary spherical and bounced again by successful the second and third rounds, 3-2. Nevertheless, his comeback wasn’t sufficient as he misplaced by factors in a 3-1 cut up determination.
Gonzalez adopted Edwards later within the afternoon towards Brazil’s Beatriz Iasmin Soares Ferreira. Gonzalez contested all through the match and didn’t bow out quietly, however finally fell to the Brazilian through unanimous determination.
Roscoe Hill will return to the ring for Crew USA on Tuesday, July 29, for his second match look. After a unanimous determination in his Paris 2024 Olympic Video games debut, he’ll tackle France’s Billal Bennama, starting at 5 a.m. ET.
Crew USA may even see Alyssa Mendoza make her Olympic debut on Tuesday, July 29, at roughly 11:38 a.m. ET. Mendoza, Crew USA’s youngest present boxing competitor at 20 years previous, will sq. off towards Tajikistan’s Mijgona Samadova.
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Crew USA is coached by USA Boxing Head Coach Billy Walsh (Colorado Springs, Colo.), together with Nationwide Resident Coach Timothy Nolan (Rochester, N.Y.), in addition to Nationwide Improvement Coach Chad Wigle (Colorado Springs, Colo.), together with assistant coaches Adonis Frazier (Minneapolis, Minn.) and Christine Lopez (Rowlett, Texas).
Monday, July 29 Outcomes:
+92 kg: Diego Lenzi/ITA dec. over Joshua Edwards, Houston, Texas/USA, 3-1
60 kg: Beatriz Iasmin Soares Ferreira/BRA dec. over Jajaira Gonzalez, Glendora, Calif./USA, 5-0
Tuesday, July 30 Schedule:
5:00 AM ET
51 kg: Roscoe Hill, Oxon Hill, Md./USA vs. Billal Bennama/FRA
11:38 AM ET
57 kg: Alyssa Mendoza, Caldwell, Idaho/USA vs. Mijgona Samadova/TJK
Roberto Villa is the CEO, Founder, Government Author, Senior Editor of FightBook MMA. Has a ardour for Fight Sports activities and in addition a podcast host for Sitting Ringside. He’s additionally a former MMA fighter and Kickboxer.
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