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Troy Isley runs record of American men to 4-0 in Olympics

Middleweight Troy Isley won his preliminary bout to give the American men a 4-0 record to start the Olympics.

Middleweight Troy Isley kept the American men perfect in Olympic boxing Monday in Tokyo.

Isley, one of the first three pros to represent the U.S. in the Games, defeated Vitali Bandarenka of Belarus 5-0 to advance to the Round of 16. Isley is 2-0 (1 KO) as a professional.

The resident of Alexandria, Virgina, will now face 2019 World Champion Gleb Bakshi of the Russian Olympic Committee on Thursday.

Isley gave the American men a perfect record of 4-0 to start the Olympics.

Welterweight American Delante Johnson, who won his opening-round bout Saturday, was scheduled to face Ablaikhan Zhussupov of Kazakhstan in the Round of 16 on Monday evening U.S. time.

In the same session, in the women’s competition, welterweight Oshae Jones of the U.S. was scheduled to face Brianda Tamara Cruz Sandoval of Mexico in the Round of 16.

Troy Isley runs record of American men to 4-0 in Olympics

Middleweight Troy Isley won his preliminary bout to give the American men a 4-0 record to start the Olympics.

Middleweight Troy Isley kept the American men perfect in Olympic boxing Monday in Tokyo.

Isley, one of the first three pros to represent the U.S. in the Games, defeated Vitali Bandarenka of Belarus 5-0 to advance to the Round of 16. Isley is 2-0 (1 KO) as a professional.

The resident of Alexandria, Virgina, will now face 2019 World Champion Gleb Bakshi of the Russian Olympic Committee on Thursday.

Isley gave the American men a perfect record of 4-0 to start the Olympics.

Welterweight American Delante Johnson, who won his opening-round bout Saturday, was scheduled to face Ablaikhan Zhussupov of Kazakhstan in the Round of 16 on Monday evening U.S. time.

In the same session, in the women’s competition, welterweight Oshae Jones of the U.S. was scheduled to face Brianda Tamara Cruz Sandoval of Mexico in the Round of 16.

American men off to 3-0 start in Olympic boxing

The American men are off to a 3-0 start in Olympic boxing.

The American men have gotten off to a strong start in Olympic boxing.

Lightweight Keyshawn Davis, featherweight Duke Ragan and welterweight Delante Johnson won their opening matches to reach the Round of 16 in their divisions and give the U.S. a 3-0 start.

Davis, a 3-0 professional and gold medal hopeful from Norfolk, Virginia, defeated Enrico Lacruz 5-0 on Sunday in Tokyo. On Saturday, Johnson, from Cleveland, defeated Argentina’s Brian Arregui 3-2, and Ragan, a 4-0 pro from Cincinnati, outpointed Samuel Kistohurry of France 3-2.

In women’s competition, American flyweight Virginia Fuchs of Houston defeated Svetlana Soluianova of the Russian Olympic Committee 3-2 on Sunday. And the U.S.’ Yasiel Ramirez, a native of Cuba who lives in Las Vegas, lost to Croatia’s Nikolina Cacic 5-0 in a featherweight bout Saturday.

Middleweight Troy Isley is the next American in action. The resident of Alexandria, Virginia, faces Vitali Bandarenka of Belarus on Monday Japanese time.