United States will be represented in all three women’s weight divisions in the first-ever Olympic Games for Women’s Boxing.
Women’s Olympic Boxing Team
Marlena Esparza -112lbs- Flyweight, Texas
Queen Underwood -132lbs- Lightweight, Washington
Claressa Shields -165lbs- Middleweight, Michigan
Men’s Olympic Boxing Team
Rau’Shee Warren-114lbs- Flyweight, Ohio
Joseph Diaz Jr.-123lbs-Bantamweight, South El Monte, Calif.
Jose Ramirez -132lbs-Lightweight, Avenal, Calif.
Jamel Herring -141lbs-Light Welterweight, New York
Errol Spence Jr.-152lbs-Welterweight, Texas
Terrell Gausha -165lbs-Middleweight, Ohio
Marcus Browne -178lbs-Light Heavyweight, New York
Michael Hunter -201lbs-Heavyweight, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Dominic Breazeale -201lbs- Super Heavyweight, Alhambra, Calif.
The United States qualified 11 athletes for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The 11 athlete’s qualified ties the U.S. with Australia for the most athletes qualified for boxing in this Olympics.
Team Coaches
Olympic Head Coach, Basheer Abdullah (Fort Carson, Colorado.)
Olympic Assistant Coach, Candelario Lopez (San Jose, California)
Retired San Jose Police Dept, San Jose PAL Boxing Coach)
Olympic Assistant Coach, Israel Acosta (Milwaukee, Wisconsin.)
Team Manager, Delilah Rico (Los Angeles, California.)