Boxing at Paris 2024 (Les Jeux de la XXXIII Olympiade)

Hard pull for the boricua here. Szeremeta is a handful.

 

Yeah was impressed with her upon my first look in the round of 16.

 

20-18 x3 for Szeremeta. Lozada Motta hopelessly outclassed.

 

Hands clasped behind her back while pulling apart from a clinch... goddamn Julia, you didn't have to do her like that.

"No medal for you, also let me clown you for nine minutes..."

Szeremeta lucky she's as spry and nimble as she is cheeky.

 

30-27 x4, 29-28, UD for Szeremeta

 

Coming up next is the very last pair of quarterfinals in any Olympic tourney bracket this year. From here out it's all medalists, in semis and finals.

 

Cindy Winner Djankeu Ngamba (EOR) vs. Davina Michel (FRA), Women's 75kg Quarterfinal

 

It would be the feel-good story of the whole Games if the Cameroonian-Brit refugee was able to bag herself a medal - but the Frenchwoman is a tall order. (literally and figuratively)

Such a disciplined, composed boxer. Ngamba will have to be nothing short of pitch-perfect to spring the upset.

 

Ngamba takes a 3-2 majority of judges in the 1st.

 

What a combo from Ngamba! Hard 1-2 up top charging in, left & right hooks on the body to stabilize her momentum, and then another 1-2 bang on the mush just as Michel's elbows dropped.

 

After three rounds, Ngamba leads 20-18 on three cards. The other two have it level, 19-all.