BOXING AT THE PAN AM GAMES#

Preview #

Thirteen boxers will be attending the Pan American Games Santiago 2023, including seven males and six females. Twelve of the 13 boxers will be making their Pan American Games debut, with Naomi Graham being the lone returning Pan American Games Lima 2019 team member looking to repeat and claim another Pan Am Games gold. Team USA made their mark at their last Continental Championship and took home 13 medals. If a similar result was to occur, Team USA would potentially have seven boxers qualify to the Olympic Games Paris 2024. Boxing in Santiago begins Oct. 19 and runs through Oct. 27.

This year’s Pan American Games will see 13 weight classes contested in Santiago. This year’s Pan American Games will include a sixth female weight class, up one from 2019 and double the number of female weight classes from 2011, the first Pan American Games to include female boxing.

Qualification #

Boxers must finish top two, except for the female 57 kg. and 60 kg. weight classes, as they must finish top four to qualify by name to Paris.

Boxing athletes at the Pan Am Games#

Jennifer Lozano

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Omari Jones

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Athletes to Watch #

  • Robby Gonzales

    Robby Gonzales, 27, is leading the way for Team USA in his third attempt to make the Olympic Games. The Las Vegas native looks to achieve his lifelong dream of boxing in the Olympic Games Paris 2024 and close out this Olympic cycle the way he began it, standing atop the podium.

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    Emilio Garcia

    Emilio Garcia, native from Laredo, Texas, looks to achieve his goal of qualifying for the Olympic Games and become the first native from Laredo to make it to the Olympics. Garcia has won two international medals in 2023 in one of the deepest weight classes in the world.

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    Omari Jones

    Omari Jones, 20-year-old-native from Orlando, Fla., won consecutive golds in the 2023 GeeBee International Tournament and the Czech Republic Grand Prix in the 71 kg weight class. He is also the 2021 Elite World Championship silver medalist and won bronze at the 2022 Continental Championships.

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  • Jahmal Harvey

    Jahmal Harvey, 20, is a gold medalist at the 2021 Elite World Championships and was the first American male to win an elite world title since 2007.  Harvey from Oxon Hill, Md., has won numerous gold medals at USA Boxing Championships at the junior, youth and elite levels. He also finished second at the 2022 Continental Championships.

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    Alyssa Mendoza

    Alyssa Mendoza, 20-year-old from Caldwell, Idaho, has made a splash in her first year competing for Team USA on the international stage, winning medals, two bronze and one silver, in all three of her international competitions. Mendoza is one of USA’s youngest rising stars and looks to represent Team USA at 57kg.

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  • Morelle McCane

    Morelle McCane was an alternate to the 2020 Olympic Qualification Team and will look to qualify for Paris in her new weight class, 66kg. The 28-year-old from Cleveland, Ohio, has represented Team USA throughout the quad in numerous international tournaments, winning gold and silver in her last two international competitions.

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