Boxing on the Paris Olympics is in full swing!
We’ll have every day dwell protection and updates, plus we’ll be retaining observe of all the outcomes from the 2024 Summer time Video games on this publish, which is able to replace with each session every day by the ultimate bouts on Aug. 10.
Full outcomes, newest to oldest, listed under.
Monday, July 29
Second Session
Girls’s 60kg (Light-weight) – Spherical of 16
Wu Shih-yi (Chinese language Taipei) def. Cynthia Ogunsemilore (Nigeria), DSQ: Ogunsemilore was disqualified after failing a drug check, Wu advances.
Kellie Harrington (Eire) def. Alessia Mesiano (Italy), 5-0: Milano had a small quantity of buzz as a attainable upset alternative, however the defending gold medalist from Tokyo dominated this battle as she goes for a second.
Males’s 63.5kg (Light-weight) – Spherical of 16
Sofiane Oumiha (France) def. Obada Alkasbeh (Jordan), 5-0: The French veteran is again on the Olympics, having gained silver at Rio 2016 earlier than dropping to Keyshawn Davis within the second spherical in Tokyo. He was sharp as normal. Alkasbeh gave this an excellent effort, Oumiha was simply higher.
Erislandy Alvarez (Cuba) def. Jugurtha Ait-Bekka (Algeria), 5-0: Dominant win for the Cuban Alvarez, who’s a medal favourite and has seemed great twice now in Paris.
Bunjong Sinsiri (Thailand) def. Jesus Cova (Venezuela), 5-0: This one was rather more aggressive than the prior two within the division, as Cova was up 3-2 after a spherical, however Sinsiri simply did the higher work, although none of it got here simple.
Males’s 92+kg (Tremendous Heavyweight) – Spherical of 16
Teremoana Junior (Australia) def. Dmytro Lovchynskyi (Ukraine), KO-1: The Aussie threw some warmth on the market, Lovchynskyi was boxing superb however Teremoana completely overpowered him, scoring a number of knockdowns and forcing the referee to cease it.
Bakhodir Jalolov (Uzbekistan) def. Omar Shiha (Norway), 5-0: Shiha walked right into a near-impossible matchup and gave it his all, however Jalolov is simply manner too good. This was a dominant clear sweep that noticed Shiha dropped within the first, deducted a degree within the second, and given a standing eight within the third.
Djamili Aboudou (France) def. Mourad Kadi (Algeria), 4-1: Enjoyable sufficient battle, enjoyable crowd. Aboudou isn’t a honest risk for gold or something, however he’s one (1) win away from a assured bronze at worst.
First Session
Girls’s 60kg (Light-weight) – Spherical of 16
Yang Wenlu (China) def. Thi Linh Ha (Vietnam), 5-0: Yang wins a repeat of her 5-0 sweep of Linh on the 2023 Asian Video games. Yang had some lovely counters that actually caught the attention within the many full of life exchanges.
Natalia Shadrina (Serbia) def. Dounia Khelif (Algeria), 5-0: Shadrina deserved the win however didn’t dominate the way in which the rating would possibly recommend. 4-1 and 3-2 break up scorecards in each spherical.
Maria Jose Palacios (Ecuador) def. Tyla McDonald (Australia), 5-0: Palacios only a stage above, even taking a 10-8 scorecard within the opening spherical from one choose.
Males’s 63.5kg (Light-weight) – Spherical of 16
Wyatt Sanford (Canada) def. Radoslav Rosenov (Bulgaria), 5-0: Sanford’s expertise allowed him to take advantage of the aggression that makes Rosenov such a enjoyable man to look at. Rosenov bought a standing eight rely within the first spherical, took a legit knockdown within the second, and couldn’t make it up within the third. A number of potential within the 20-year-old Rosenov, however Sanford strikes on.
Ruslan Abdullaev (Uzbekistan) def. Miguel Angel Martinez (Mexico), 5-0: Abdullaev appears to be like composed and disciplined past his 21 years. Very affected person, very easy motion. Martinez gave a stable effort, however simply couldn’t corral him as Abdullaev swept all rounds on all playing cards.
Richard Kovacs (Hungary) def. Harry Garside (Australia), 5-0: Kovacs with some taunting, which you don’t typically see within the Olympics. Awkward battle between a crazy-eyes heel in Kovacs and an ungainly windmilling model from Garside, and the judges all most popular the work from Kovacs. Early exit for Garside, who gained a bronze in Tokyo however gained’t repeat right here.
Males’s 92+kg (Tremendous Heavyweight) – Spherical of 16
Diego Lenzi (Italy) def. Joshua Edwards (United States), 3-1-1: Robust work from the fireplug Lenzi, who did extra and seemed like he had superior conditioning. Edwards relied closely on one jab at a time, then misplaced a degree within the second spherical for dropping his head. Edwards simply didn’t do sufficient to take it, and exits after one bout.
Nelvie Tiafack (Germany) def. Mahammad Abdullayev (Azerbaijan), 5-0: Tiafack appears to be like formidable, with thumping energy and sharp placement. He and Lenzi are each constructed like beefy rectangles, and must be enjoyable to look at within the quarterfinals.
Sunday, July 28
Third Session
Males’s 71kg (Welterweight) – Spherical of 32
Tiago Muxanga (Mozambique) def. Magomed Schachidov (Germany), 4-1: One of the crucial entertaining fights we’ve seen thus far, with Mozambique’s Muxanga bringing good warmth and Schachidov assembly it both by alternative or necessity. Both manner, great things, and the appropriate winner.
Males’s 92kg (Heavyweight) – Spherical of 32
Keno Machado (Brazil) def. Patrick Brown (Nice Britain), 4-1: One other enjoyable one, Machado needed to grasp on a bit right here, Brown gave him an excellent battle. However once more it was the appropriate winner.
Jack Marley (Eire) def. Mateusz Bereznicki (Poland), 4-1
Davlat Boltaev (Tajikistan) def. Georgii Kushitashvili (Georgia), 3-2: Very aggressive, each felt they’d gained, and both might have been given the nod. Boltaev and Marley meet within the spherical of 16.
Girls’s 50kg (Flyweight) – Spherical of 32
Pihla Kaivo-Oja (Finland) def. Margaret Tembo (Zambia), 5-0: Tembo gave her greatest effort however didn’t throw sufficient or appear to need to throw sufficient. Only a little bit of a mismatch.
Aira Villegas (Philippines) def. Yasmine Mouttaki (Morocco), 5-0: Not a complete blowout, 4 of the 5 playing cards have been 29-28 and the battle was on the road going into the ultimate spherical.
Girls’s 66kg (Welterweight) – Spherical of 32
Chen Nien-chin (Chinese language Taipei) def. Maria Moronta (Dominican Republic), 4-1: A few Olympic veterans, Chen strikes on, closing it out with a robust third spherical.
Alcinda dos Santos (Mozambique) vs Jessica Triebelova (Slovakia), 5-0: dos Santos scored a pointy knockdown within the first spherical, which doesn’t essentially make any scoring distinction within the amateurs, nevertheless it was a press release. Triebelova by no means gave up on this and was attempting to find a wanted stoppage within the third, however dos Santos was intelligent offensively and good at staying away defensively. An attention-grabbing model matchup to look at for 3 rounds.
Second Session
Males’s 57kg (Featherweight) – Spherical of 32
Nebil Ibrahim (Sweden) def. Wasim Abusal (Palestine), 5-0: A straightforward win for Ibrahim, simply too expert and too skilled. Abusal had little or no success as Ibrahim gained each spherical on each card. Abusal was Palestine’s first-ever Olympic boxer, although, and has a lot to be pleased with along with his journey to Paris.
Males’s 71kg (Welterweight) – Spherical of 32
Zeyad Eashash (Jordan) def. Aslanbek Shymbergenov (Kazakhstan), 3-2: Very shut battle, robust to name. These two had histroy, with Shymbergenov having gained their earlier conferences, and Eashash lastly will get the nod of their greatest one but.
Males’s 92kg (Heavyweight) – Spherical of 16
Victor Schelstraete (Belgium) def. Ato Plodzicki-Faoagali (Samoa), 5-0: Plodzicki-Faoagali went down within the first spherical, which doesn’t actually imply something in beginner boxing, nevertheless it’s nonetheless uncommon sufficient that it’s notable.
Loren Alfonso (Azerbaijan) vs Julio Cesar La Cruz (Cuba), 3-2: La Cruz is denied on his quest for a 3rd gold medal by Cuban-born Alfonso, who gained bronze in Tokyo as a lightweight heavyweight. This was the highest-level battle we’ve seen thus far with two top-tier skills paired up in a tricky draw for each. These are two medal-quality fighters for positive.
Lazizbek Mullojonov (Uzbekistan) def. Aziz Abbes Mouhiidine (Italy), 4-1: One other higher-level matchup. Mouhiidine fought fairly nicely, Mullojonov just a bit higher.
Girls’s 50kg (Flyweight) – Spherical of 32
Nazym Kyzaibay (Kazakhstan) def. Giordana Sorrentino (Italy), 4-1
Fatima Herrera (Mexico) vs Laura Fuertes (Spain), 3-2: Good battle. Very shut. Herrera strikes on to face Turkey’s Buse Naz Cakiroglu, who gained silver in Tokyo, and that’s going to be even harder.
Girls’s 66kg (Welterweight) – Spherical of 32
Luca Anna Hamori (Hungary) def. Grainne Walsh (Eire), 4-1: Not the tidiest battle or most inspiring efficiency, however Hamori advances. She was docked a degree within the second spherical and will have been within the third for holding, however she strikes on.
First Session
Males’s 51kg (Flyweight) – Spherical of 32
Roscoe Hill (United States) def Omid Ahmadisafa (EOR), 5-0: Hill advances, however fought a retreating, hands-at-waist model that may not serve him nicely in the remainder of this event. Ahmadisafa seemed aggressive, if not at all times clear in type, with very fast arms and a bouncy step indicative of his background in kickboxing. Hill had the attain benefit, and did sufficient with it to take the playing cards.
Males’s 71kg (Welterweight) – Spherical of 32
Rami Kiwan (Bulgaria) def. Damian Durkacz (Poland), 5-0: Durkacz seemed the higher man, combating a bit like Radoslav Rosenov from yesterday’s motion, with lots of quick work and busy ft. However he misplaced factors within the second and once more within the third for dropping his head, giving Kiwan the battle.
Makan Traore (France) def. Aidan Walsh (Eire), 4-0-1: Very cautious method from two males who each needed to counter, so gradual in motion that it prompted the referee to pause and inform them to truly battle midway by the primary. Traore picked up the depth after falling behind on the playing cards, then Walsh had a degree deducted for holding within the third.
Males’s 92kg (Heavyweight) – Spherical of 16
Aibek Oralbay (Kazakhstan) def. Adam Olaore (Nigeria), 5-0: Oralbay clipped Olaore to get a standing rely within the first, then Olaore misplaced a degree for dropping his head within the 2nd. Robust to get out of a 20-17 gap in a single spherical, and Olaore didn’t.
Enmanuel Reyes (Spain) def. Han Xuezhen (China), 4-1: Improbable motion each methods, with Han usually on the entrance foot however Reyes touchdown cleaner. Very enjoyable wrap as much as the lads’s morning, test it out on replay you probably have 12 minutes to spare.
Girls’s 50kg (Flyweight) – Spherical of 32
Zareen Nikhat (India) def. Mazi Kloetzer (Germany), 5-0: Dirty battle, robust to attain, with a lot of entanglements and never lots of clear, heavy punches landed both manner. Each girls deducted a degree within the second, and spent a lot of the third twisted up like heavyweights on the finish of a 12-rounder.
Ingrit Valencia (Colombia) def. Yesugen Oyuntsetseg (Mongolia), 5-0: Excellent begin for the 35-year-old Valencia, who gained bronze in 2016 and sweeps all rounds on all playing cards in her 2024 opener.
Girls’s 66kg (Welterweight) – Spherical of 32
Aneta Rygielska (Poland) def. Rosie Eccles (Nice Britain), 3-2: Baffling end result right here, as Eccles appeared the clear winner. A really questionable dominated slip saved Rygielska from a knockdown. Rygielska had a degree deducted with lower than 20 seconds to go, nevertheless it got here after 4 warnings within the remaining spherical. Nonetheless not sufficient to price Rygielska the battle, and Eccles exits in her opening match.
Saturday, July 27
Second Session
Girls’s 54kg (Bantamweight) – Spherical of 32
Hatice Akbas (Turkey) def. Charley Davison (Nice Britain), 3-2: Good, aggressive battle. Akbas deserved the primary, Davison in all probability deserved the second, after which the third might have gone both manner. However the cleaner work was Akbas, actually, and that in all probability tipped it for her.
Enkhjargal Munguntsetseg (Mongolia) def. Sirine Charaabi (Italy), 5-0: Munguntsetseg had an actual come-forward model, and that gave Charaabi matches. The Italian misplaced two factors within the second spherical for holding, however she merely misplaced the battle both manner.
Preeti (India) def. Thi Kim Anh (Vietnam), 5-0: Extra aggressive than “Preeti gained all 5 playing cards” would possibly make it appear, additionally not one of many higher fights of the day, let’s depart it at that.
Girls’s 60kg (Light-weight) – Spherical of 32
Alessia Mesiano (Italy) vs Gizem Ozer (Turkey), 4-1
Donjeta Sadiku (Kosovo) def. Thananya Somnuek (Thailand), 3-2
Jajaira Gonzalez (United States) def, Estelle Mossely (France), 4-0-1: Huge win for Group USA to get their Olympic boxing marketing campaign began. Mossely had nice fan help in Paris as a 2016 gold medalist and faux world champion within the professional ranks, however that didn’t sway the judges, who rightly noticed that Gonzalez was the higher boxer.
Males’s 63.5kg (Light-weight) – Spherical of 32
Erislandy Alvarez (Cuba) def. John Ume (Papua New Guinea), RSC-2: Ume got here in on brief discover to switch another person, and he was simply nowhere close to the Cuban’s class. He tried, however Alvarez is a medal favourite for a motive. Ume bought a pleasant applause, together with Alvarez, for a honest effort in opposition to an enormous talent hole.
Bazarbay Uulu Mukhammedsabyr (Kazakhstan) def. Oier Ibarreche (Spain), 5-0
Males’s 80kg (Gentle Heavyweight) – Spherical of 32
Kaan Aykutsun (Turkey) def. Salvatore Cavallaro (Italy), 4-1: Aykutsun is fairly enjoyable to look at, has a character to how he fights.
First Session
Girls’s 54kg (Bantamweight) – Spherical of 32
Huang Hsiao-wen (Chinese language Taipei) def. Bojana Gojkovic (Montenegro), 5-0: Huang gained bronze in Tokyo and seemed sharp once more right here, however Gojkovic gave this a robust effort in defeat to kick off the boxing in Paris.
Jutamas Jitpong (Thailand) def. Sara Cirkovic (Serbia), 4-1: I’m guessing we’ll see Cirkovic, 20, again on the Olympics if we nonetheless have boxing for 2028, she will be able to clearly field, however Jitpong — a flyweight quarterfinalist in Tokyo — had the expertise edge and it proved out on this matchup.
Nigina Uktamova (Uzbekistan) def. Yomna Ayyad (Egypt): A walkover win to advance Uktamova to the subsequent spherical.
Girls’s 60kg (Light-weight) – Spherical of 32
Thi Linh Ha (Vietnam) def. Feofaaki Epenisa (Tonga), 5-0: Linh was simply the higher boxer. Epenisa tried her greatest to seek out her manner into it all through, however Linh has medal aspirations.
Maria Jose Palacios (Ecuador) def. Agnes Alexiusson (Sweden), 4-1: Cut up determination, and a rally win for Palacios. Alexiusson gained the primary spherical on each card, however Palacios turned it round and took 4 of the 5 playing cards ultimately. Aggressive and an excellent model conflict.
Wu Shih-yi (Chinese language Taipei) def. Oh Yeonji (South Korea), 5-0: Aggressive first spherical, however Wu fairly nicely took over from there.
Males’s 63.5kg (Light-weight) – Spherical of 32
Radoslav Rosenov (Bulgaria) def. Bakhodur Usmonov (Tajikistan), 5-0: Wonderful efficiency, however he did undergo a minimize that could possibly be an issue going ahead. He faces Canada’s Wyatt Sanford, the “prime seed,” subsequent, so long as the minimize passes a examine. Actually attention-grabbing matchup.
Obada Alkasbeh (Jordan) vs Dean Clancy (Eire), 3-2: Alkasbeh gained it regardless of a degree deduction within the third spherical, which was a good name by the ref. The youthful Clancy scrapped onerous right here, however Alkasbeh lastly will get a win in his third Olympics look, going one-and-done in Rio and Tokyo.
Males’s 80kg (Gentle Heavyweight) – Spherical of 32
Cristian Pinales (Dominican Republic) def. Weerapon Jongjoho (Thailand), 5-0: The widest win of the session and a reasonably simple one for Pinales.