2020 Tokyo Olympics

'Fighting Words' (Part 2): The rest of the best Olympians as pro fighters since 2008

Amateur success doesn’t necessarily equal pro success.

“Fighting Words” — The best Olympians as pro fighters since 2008, Part 1

When this year’s Summer Olympics begin later this month, with the first boxing matches set for July 27 in the Paris region, viewers will see the pinnacle of amateur boxing — the culmination of the years these men and women spent fighting and training...

Claressa Shields Gives Praise To Team USA For Success at Tokyo Olympics

Two-time Olympic champion Claressa Shields, from Flint, Michigan, is proud of Team USA’s Olympic boxing medalists and the whole USA Boxing squad, which featured five female participants for the first time. The only American boxer ever to win back-to-...

Keyshawn Davis Wins Silver Medal, Fights Bigger Battle For Mental Health Awareness

After the decision was read and Andy Cruz was declared Olympic gold medalist in the lightweight division, he broke into a Michael Jackson dance routine in the middle of the ring before doing the “rock-a-baby” motion popularized by NBA star Russell We...

Galal Yafai is Overwhelmed After Winning Gold at Tokyo Olympics

Galal Yafai said he was overwhelmed after winning the flyweight gold medal at the Olympic Games in Tokyo and admitted he never really thought he would become an Olympic champion. 

Bakhodir Jalolov Defeats Richard Torrez Jr. For Super Heavyweight Gold

Richard Torrez Jr. was the last man standing for the United States men’s team but unable to end a 17-year Gold medal drought. The 22-year-old super heavyweight representative for the United States came up short in his Olympic Gold bid following a...

Lauren Price Defeats Li Qian, Wins Women's Middleweight Gold For Great Britain

Lauren Price was tasked with avenging a past amateur defeat in order to win out the women’s middleweight division. The number-one seed rose to the occasion, earning a three-round unanimous decision over China’s Li Qian to provide Great Britain wit...

Keyshawn Davis Drops Split Decision To Andy Cruz, Claims Silver For USA At Men's Lightweight

Keyshawn Davis entered the Tokyo Olympics with the best shot at becoming the first American male boxer since 2004 to bring home a Gold medal. That goal fell one fight short, to an old amateur rival. Davis will take home a Silver medal for the U...

Kellie Anne Harrington Decisions Beatriz Ferreira, Claims Women's Lightweight Gold For Ireland

Ireland now has its second Olympic Gold medal in the women’s lightweight division. Kellie Anne Harrington overcame a stiff challenge from Brazil’s Beatriz Ferreira in the Tokyo Olympics women’s lightweight final Sunday afternoon at Kokugikan Arena...

Busenaz Surmeneli First Turkish Boxer To Win Olympic Gold Medal, Beats Gu Hong In Women's Welterweight Final

An hour after watching her Tokyo Olympics teammate fall short in her own Gold medal fight, Busenaz Surmeneli was able to provide the history her nation sought at the start of the day.  Surmeneli became the first ever Turkish boxer—male or female—t...

Hebert Conceicao Sousa Scores Bailout Knockout of Oleksandr Khyzhniak, Wins Men's Middleweight Gold

Hebert Conceicao Sousa was three minutes away from having to settle for a silver medal. A single left hook now puts him in the running for the coveted Val Barker Trophy. Brazil's Sousa waded through a sea of punches to score a dramatic, one-pun...

Stoyka Krasteva Tops Number-One Seed Buse Naz Cakiroglu For Women's Flyweight Gold

Stoyka Krasteva never made a better decision than to come out of retirement. The two-time Olympian brought home the first-ever Gold medal for women's boxing in Bulgaria following a dominant win over Turkey's Buse Naz Cakiroglu. Krasteva outboxed t...

Galal Yafai Defeats Carlo Paalam To Win Men's Flyweight Gold For Great Britain

Galal Yafai postponed plans to join his brothers in the pro ranks in order to realize his dream of winning an Olympic Gold medal. Mission accomplished the second time around.

Julio La Cruz Wins Second Olympic Gold Medal, Beats Muslim Gadzhimagomedov In Heavyweight Final

Julio La Cruz adds his name to the rich history enjoyed by Cuba at the Olympic level, particularly in the heavyweight division. A masterclass boxing performance was offered by La Cruz in his heavyweight final with Muslim Gadzhimagomedov (ROC), bec...

Keyshawn Davis Outlasts Hovhannes Bachkov, Will Face Andy Cruz For Lightweight Gold

Keyshawn Davis began 2021 not of the belief that he would not join the U.S. boxing team in Tokyo. He is now the nation’s best shot at a Gold medal. The blue-chip prospect and number-one ranked American lightweight edged Armenia’s Hovhannes Bach...