USA Boxing Team for Paris Olympics 2024: Full list of qualified athletes ft. Jajaira Gonzalez, Joshua Edwards

Jajaira Gonzalez and Joshua Edwards will be representing USA at Paris Olympics. PHOTO: Getty Images
Jajaira Gonzalez and Joshua Edwards will be representing USA at Paris Olympics. PHOTO: Getty Images

An eight-member USA Boxing Team will headline the nation’s squad at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Out of 13 categories, the United States will field boxers in eight categories - 50kg, 57kg, 60kg, and 66kg in the women’s division and 51kg, 57kg, 71kg, and 92+kg in the men’s category.

Jennifer Lozano, Jajaira Gonzalez, Morelle McCane, Jamal Harvey, and Joshua Edwards previously qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics after their medal-winning performances at the 2023 Pan American Games.

The remaining athletes Alyssa Mendoza, Roscoe Hill, and Omari Jones advanced to the 2024 Summer Olympics through the World Qualification Tournament 1 and 2 which were held in Busto Arsizio, Italy, and Bangkok, Thailand.

Alyssa Mendoza delivered an outstanding performance at the World Boxing Qualification Tournament 2 in Bangkok where she won all her bouts in unanimous decisions to secure her position in the USA Boxing Team.

Meanwhile, Roscoe Hill too punched his 2024 Paris Olympics ticket after securing a victory against Gan-Erdene Gankhuyang of Mongolia in a unanimous decision (5-0) in the quota bout in the 2nd Qualification tournament.

Omari Jones had achieved the Paris Olympics berth in the World Qualification Tournament 1 in Italy after defeating India’s Nishant Dev in the quarter-finals of the tournament.

The USA Boxing team will look to increase their medal tally of 117 in Paris, having previously won 50 gold, 27 silver and 40 bronze medals.

Full list of athletes who will represent the USA Boxing Team at the 2024 Paris Olympics

Jennifer Lozano - Women’s 50kg

Alyssa Mendoza - Women’s 57kg

Jajaira Gonzalez - Women’s 60kg

Morelle McCane - Women’s 66kg

Roscoe Hill - Men’s 51kg

Jamal Harvey - Men’s 57kg

Omari Jones - Men’s 71kg

Joshua Edwards - Men’s 92+kg

USA Boxing Team’s performance at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Richard Torrez Junior (red) of Team United States exchanges punches with Dainier Pero of Team Cuba during the Men's Super Heavy (+91kg) semi final on day nine of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Kokugikan Arena on August 01, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Themba Hadebe - Pool/Getty Images)
Richard Torrez Junior (red) of Team United States exchanges punches with Dainier Pero of Team Cuba during the Men's Super Heavy (+91kg) semi final on day nine of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Kokugikan Arena on August 01, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Themba Hadebe - Pool/Getty Images)

The United States Boxing team earned four medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, including three silver, and a bronze. In men’s boxing, Duke Ragan, Keyshawn Davis, and Richard Torrez won the silver medals in the featherweight, lightweight, and super heavyweight categories.

Meanwhile, in the women’s category, Oshae Jones was the only medalist who clinched the bronze medal in the welterweight division. A total of 10 boxers, five each in men’s and women’s divisions, represented the USA in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics held in 2021.

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