2024 Paris Olympics

The mission to save Olympic boxing

In an exclusive interview with BoxingScene, Mike McAtee, the executive director of USA Boxing, discussed the future of Olympic boxing and the challenges the organization faces moving forward.

Tony Bellew cuts through clutter of Imane Khelif controversy

The gold medal won by Algeria’s Imane Khelif in the women’s welterweight competition at the just-concluded 2024 Paris Olympic Games has brought a slew of ill-informed, hot-button-pushing critics out of the woodwork. But she now has at least one ne...

What is the point of Olympic boxing?

What is the point of Olympic boxing?  That’s the lingering question after the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, where only two non-professionals—Uzbekistan’s Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev and Ukraine’s Oleksandr Khyzhniak—captured gold in the men’s competiti...

Paris 2024: Hasanboy Dusmatov wins second gold medal

Two new Olympic gold medalists emerged at the 2024 Olympics in Paris

Imane Khelif and the desperate need for governance

JK Rowling screamed ‘brutal injustice’, multiple half-baked reports were published on websites and even broadcast on news bulletins, and before we knew it a man had beaten up a woman inside a boxing ring.

Olympic success is no longer the be-all and end-all for British boxers turning pro

At recent editions of the Olympic Games, medallists from Team GB have stepped down from the podium to find professional promoters waiting with open cheque books. Things will be different this year and that will be as much down to the current state of...

Olympic Roundup: Omari Jones exit underscores a disappointing Olympics for Team USA

The drought continues for the U.S. men's boxing team at the Olympics as welterweight Omari Jones lost to Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev of Uzbekistan on Tuesday.

IBA set to award Angela Carini $50,000 prize money

The International Boxing Association has announced plans to award Italy’s Angela Carini $50,000 in prize money following her defeat in the welterweight round of 16 of Paris 2024 against Algerian Imane Khelif

The misunderstanding of Imane Khelif’s past and present

Forty-six seconds into the first round of their women’s boxing match at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Thursday, Italy’s Angela Carini abandoned her fight against Algeria’s Imane Khelif.

Nigerian fighter handed Olympic suspension for doping violation

Team USA's Jajaira Gonzalez on her journey to the Olympics

Jajaira Gonzalez is USA Boxing’s representative in the 60-kilogram division at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. She spoke to BoxingScene about the competition that could yet define her career.

Bob Santos relishes Olympics opportunity for Team USA

Bob Santos has described the Olympic Games as “great” for the sport as Team USA prepares to launch their medal bid in Paris on Saturday.

Previewing the 2024 Paris Olympics men's boxing competition

Olympic boxing has launched the careers of some of the sport's greatest figures, including Sugar Ray Leonard, whose first great stride on his climb to the Hall of Fame and legendary status was a gold medal win.

Previewing the 2024 Paris Olympics women’s boxing competition

Women have been competing in Olympic boxing only since 2012, but there is now a generation of young fighters who have grown up with the Olympic ideal demonstrated for them in real time.

A comprehensive breakdown of the 2024 USA Boxing team

A new format has shaken up the usual selection process for USA Boxing Olympic Games participants, but the team competing in Paris is no less worthy of following over the next two weeks.