The US will match their 2012 haul of five medals, the most ever in US history, at the 2016 AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships after five of their six boxers advanced in the quarterfinals on Tuesday. 2012 gold medalist Claressa Shields continued her dominance of the 75kg division with another 3-0 win on Tuesday, this one over Violleta Kanyazeva of Kazakhstan. All of the judges gave all four rounds to Shields. Two other 3-0 winners were Marlen Esparza in the 45-48kg division over Altantsetseg Lutsaikhan of Mongolia and Franchon Crews over Hungary’s Maria Kovacs in the 81kg division. Shadasia Green had a close bout with Russia’s Zenfira Magomedalieva in the +81kg division. Two of the judges scored it a draw with each preferring a different winner. The third judge scored it 39-37 in favor of Green as she clinched a medal. 2015 Golden Gloves champion Christina Cruz in the 54kg division was the final American to clinch a medal as she dispatched Delphine Mancini of France 2-0 with one judge even scoring it 40-36 in her favor. The only American to lose was Naomi Graham in the 69k division who lost 3-0 to Germany’s Nadine Apetz.

All of the weight classes have a day off Wednesday before Thursday’s semifinals. The US will need three wins in the semifinals to match the number of finalists they had in 2012 when they grabbed one gold and two silvers to go along with two bronzes.

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