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 brief to Italy’s Diego Lenzi in a tightly contested bout. Edwards went down 4-1 after the primary spherical and bounced again by profitable the second and third rounds, 3-2. Nevertheless, his comeback wasn’t sufficient as he misplaced by factors in a 3-1 break up resolution.
Gonzalez adopted Edwards later within the afternoon in opposition to Brazil’s Beatriz Iasmin Soares Ferreira. Gonzalez contested all through the match and didn’t bow out quietly, however in the end fell to the Brazilian through unanimous resolution.
Roscoe Hill will return to the ring for Staff USA on Tuesday, July 29, for his second match look. After a unanimous resolution in his Paris 2024 Olympic Video games debut, he’ll tackle France’s Billal Bennama, starting at 5 a.m. ET.
Staff USA will even see Alyssa Mendoza make her Olympic debut on Tuesday, July 29, at roughly 11:38 a.m. ET. Mendoza, Staff USA’s youngest present boxing competitor at 20 years outdated, will sq. off in opposition to Tajikistan’s Mijgona Samadova.
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Staff 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
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