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Shields was the youngest boxer at the February 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials, winning the event in the 165 lb (75 kg) middleweight division. [9] [10] [11] In May, she qualified for the 2012 Games, the first year in which women's boxing was an Olympic event, [12] and went on to become the first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing. [13]
[15] [16] She went on to defeat Chinese boxer and world number one Ren Cancan in the final to claim the first Olympic women's boxing gold medal. [17] At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Adams knocked out Michaela Walsh of Northern Ireland to take the gold medal in the women's flyweight division on a split decision. [18] [19]
Boxers who have won 3 or more Olympic medals. Western athletes usually participate in a single Olympic tournament and then turn pro, while boxers from Cuba and other countries with state support of the sport might compete in several Olympics, therefore having a clear advantage in terms of age and experience.
Boxing fans understand that Joe Louis’ legacy goes beyond winning his first 27 fights in a row. After a surprising loss to German boxer Max Schmeling in 1936, he would beat him in a rematch ...
On 9 August 2024, Algerian boxer Imane Khelif defeated Yang Liu of China in the final to win an Olympic gold medal. [37] [38] Khelif therefore became Algeria's first female gold medalist in boxing, as well as the country's first boxer of any gender to win a medal since Mohamed Allalou in 2000 [39] and the first to win a gold medal since Hocine Soltani in 1996.
Khelif was one of Algeria's first three Olympic women's boxers sent to Tokyo three years ago. She won her opening bout but lost her second to eventual gold medalist Kellie Harrington of Ireland.
First African American professional basketball player: Harry Lew (New England Professional Basketball League) [13] (See also: 1950) First African-American professional American football player: Charles Follis [citation needed] [14] First African American boxing champion: Joe Gans, a lightweight [citation needed]
Boxer Cindy Ngamba made history on Sunday by becoming the first athlete competing as a refugee to clinch an Olympic medal. The 25-year-old originally from Cameroon offered hope for the Refugee ...