(AUGUST 3) PARIS – Alyssa Mendoza fell short in the round
of 16 with a 4-1 loss to Brazil’s Jucielen Cerqueira Romeu
earlier yesterday (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 matchups 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.
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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).
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
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