Mexico's Pan American Games 2023 light-middleweight champion Marco Alonso Alvarez claimed Africa's 13th victim at the Paris Olympics boxing tournament on Wednesday, July 31.
He scored a 3-2 points victory over Mozambican Commonwealth Games silver medallist Tiago Muxanga in a scrappy bout characterized by wild punches.
Unlike in his first fight, Muxanga lacked composure against the Mexican and resorted to slugging instead of boxing his opponent.
With that defeat, Muxanga becomes the 13th African boxer to make an exit in the Paris Games with ten boxers now remaining in the battle for top honours.
Six African female boxers are in action on Thursday, August 1, with Morocco's bantamweight Widad Bertal featuring in the quarter-finals while Algerian flyweight Roumaysa Boualam, and welterweights, DR Congo's Brigitte Mbabi, Algeria's Imane Khelif, Cape Verde's Ivanusa Moreira and Alcinda Dos Santos of Mozambique appearing in the pre-quarters.
Credit: AFBC Communications
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