Pan Am Games: USA goes 0-4 on final day

Press Release

04/08/2019

Pan Am Games: USA goes 0-4 on final day

 The American Pan Am Games team came up short in Lima, Peru, getting shut out of gold medals in four bouts after six intense days of boxing action at the Miguel Grau Coliseum. Only Oshae Jones of Ohio won gold for the USA, accomplishing the feat on Friday in the women's welterweight division. Bantamweight Duke Ragan (Cincinnati, Ohio) and light welterweight Keyshawn Davis (Norfolk, Va.) began the night coming up short against Cuban duo, David Caballero Garcia and Andy Cruz, respectively, to leave these Pan American Games with silver medals... Team USA captain Virginia Fuchs (Houston, Texas) met a familiar foe in tonight's flyweight championship bout, Ingrid Valencia of Colombia. Valencia received the judges' cards on a 4-1 decision to give Fuchs Team USA's third silver medal of the night... Middleweight Naomi Graham (Colorado Springs, Colo.) closed out the tournament  against Jessica Caicedo Sinisterra, of Colombia, but came up short in the judges' eyes by a 4-1 decision to add a fourth silver to Team USA's final medal count.
 
Head Coach Billy Walsh (Colorado Springs, Colo.), National Assistant Coach Kay Koroma (Colorado Springs, Colo.), as well as assistant coaches Joe Guzman (Fountain, Colo.) and Jeff Mays (San Antonio, Texas) guided the American delegation throughout the tournament to USA Boxing's best performance since the 1983 Pan American Games, which won 12 medals. Team USA entered these Championships with 11 boxers, with 10 boxers medaling. The team will return to the United States on August 4th.
 
Results:
51 kg.  Ingrid Valencia/COL dec. over Virginia Fuchs, Houston, Texas/USA, 4-1
56 kg.  David Caballero Garcia/CUB dec. over Duke Ragan, Cincinnati, Ohio/USA, 5-0
64 kg.  Andy Cruz/CUB dec. over Keyshawn Davis, Norfolk, Va./USA, 4-1
75 kg.  Jessica Caicedo Sinisterra/COL dec. over Naomi Graham, Colorado Springs, Colo./USA, 4-1