Five US boxers entered the ring to continue their preliminary round competition on Sunday and all but one earned berths in the quarterfinals. 2012 gold medalist Claressa Shields won her second bout in the 75kg division, this time dispatching Uzbekistan’s Nafisakhon Askarova 3-0 with all the judges scoring it a sweep for Shields. 2015 Golden Gloves champion Christina Cruz in the 54kg division also swept her bout, though each judge had it 39-37 over Helina Bruyevich of Belarus. Naomi Graham and Ukraine’s Mariia Bova Badulina had a bout where ever judge saw it 39-37, but not all in the same direction. Graham moved on in the 69k division with two of the judges seeing it her way. Franchon Crews swept Italy’s Flavia Severin in the 81kg division to become the fourth American to reach the quarterfinals. The only loser on the day was Stalacia Leggett in the 57kg division as she came out on the wrong end of a bout with Italy’s Alessia Mesiano where all three judges scored it 38-38 but preferred Mesiano as the winner.

On Monday 19-year-old Jajaira Gonzalez in the 64kg division returns to the ring while Marlen Esparza in the 45-48kg division and Shadasia Green in the +81kg division have their first bouts. We will also be keeping an eye on Canada’s Mandy Bujold who must win twice more to grab an Olympic berth for Virginia Fuchs

Monday will end the preliminaries and narrow the field in those weight classes to eight for Tuesday’s quarterfinals.

Previous 2016 AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships Coverage:
Preview
Thursday Update
Friday Update
Saturday Update