PARIS – Jajaira Gonzales (Glendale, Calif.) secured Workforce USA’s first victory yesterday on the Paris 2024 Olympic Video games, as she defeated the 2016 gold medalist in Estelle Mossely out of France.
“I heard the gang booing me and it motivated me to go within the ring and have enjoyable,” Jajaira Gonzalez said after her first Olympic victory.
The California native gained the primary spherical 3-2 with a scrappy sport plan. Gonzalez went after Mossely and secured the opening-round win over the gold medalist.
“I believed she was going to hurry in, and so after I noticed she was ready for me to punch, I noticed she should have studied me and so I made the adjustment to assault her,” Gonzalez added.
Gonzalez would hold her foot on the fuel and win the ultimate spherical 5-0, securing her a 4-0 victory. She’s going to now advance to the spherical of 16 and face Beatriz Iasmin Soares Ferreira out of Brazil. The Brazilian boxer is a two-time world light-weight champion (2019, 2023) and 2022 silver medalist. These two lightweights will face off on Monday, July 29 at 2:32 ET.
Roscoe Hill (Spring, Texas) will symbolize the celebs and stripes tomorrow, Sunday, July 28. Hill will go up in opposition to Omid Ahmadisafa, who represents the Refugee Olympic Workforce, starting at 11 a.m. ET. Hill certified for the Paris 2024 Olympic Video games on the second World Qualification Event in Bangkok, Thailand. Hill has gained two medals within the final two years, together with a bronze medal on the 2023 Pan American Video games in October.
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Workforce USA is being 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 Growth Coach Chad Wigle (Colorado Springs, Colo.), together with assistant coaches Adonis Frazier (Minneapolis, Minn.) and Christine Lopez (Rowlett, Texas).
Saturday, July 27 Outcomes
60 kg: Jajaira Gonzalez, Glendale, Calif./USA dec. over Estelle Mossely/ FRA, 4-1
Sunday, July 28 Schedule
5:00 a.m. ET
51 kg: Roscoe Hill, Spring, Texas/USA vs Omid Ahmadisafa/ EOR
Roberto Villa is the CEO, Founder, Govt 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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