All of the American boxers competing in Baku have remained on track to qualify for the Olympics as three more boxers won their opening matches on Friday. Antonio Vargas (52kg), Gary Russell (64kg), and Jonathan Esquivel (81kg) all took 3-0 decisions on Friday to advance to the next round. Vargas took his matchup with India’s Gaurav Bidhuri 29-27 according to all three judges while Russell won 30-27 according to all three judges when he beat Ukraine’s Viktor Petrov. Esquivel defeated Jordan’s Mohammad Alyazouri by three 30-27 scores as well. These three will fight again on Sunday.

Paul Kroll will fight again on Saturday in his second bout at 69kg while Cam F. Awesome (91kg) has his first bout. Marlo Moore (+91kg) will continue to wait for his first bout.

Preliminaries continue Saturday and run through Tuesday to narrow fields down to eight in each weight class for quarterfinals that will take place on Tuesday and Thursday of next week.

Previous 2016 AIBA World Olympic Qualifying Event Coverage:
Preview
Thursday Update