Tag Archive | Rashida Ellis
USA Boxing’s trio of World champions Targeting 2024 Paris Olympics
USA Boxing’s reigning World champions – Maryland featherweight Jahmal Harvey, Massachusetts lightweight Rashida Ellis and Nevada light heavyweight Rahim Gonzales – have all decided, albeit for different reasons, to remain elite Olympic-style amateur boxers rather than join the professional ranks. Harvey is following his dream, Ellis taking care of unfinished business, and Gonzales has proven […]
Rashida Ellis wins 2022 Elite Women’s World Championships gold
Lightweight Rashida Ellis (Lynn, Mass.) closed out the 2022 Elite Women’s World Championships the same way she began this tournament, having fun and winning. Ellis, who won bronze at the 2019 Elite Women’s World Championships, became the first American woman to win the lightweight division at the IBA World Championships following her 3-2 decision victory […]
Six Team USA Boxers Punch Ticket to Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
The Boxing Task Force (BTF) announced today the 49 quota places, originally to be awarded at the Road to Tokyo Americas Qualifier, that were awarded to boxers to compete in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 this summer. The quota places included six Team USA boxers, which was based off the BTF Rankings. “These six boxers […]
2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Boxing Women’s Field Finalized
Following four qualifying tournaments that began in December 2018, the field of 40 elite female boxers who will compete next month at the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Boxing in Lake Charles, La. is final. A total of 117 elite female boxers competed throughout the year for the 40 available spots. Only ten will […]
Sweet revenge for USA Boxing’s No. 1 rated lightweight Rashida Ellis
Revenge was sweet for USA Boxing’s No. 1 rated female lightweight Rashida Ellis, now a 7-time national champion who has her sights firmly set on the 2020 Olympic Games in Japan. Last month, Ellis took top honors at the Pan American Qualifier in Nicaragua, shutting out her Brazilian rival Beatriz Ferreira, who had beaten Ellis […]
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