Team USA will begin its 2024 Olympic gold-medal campaign on Saturday with the first bout in the women’s 60-kilogram weight class, while Cubans Arlen Lopez and Julio Cesar La Cruz will begin their quest for a third gold.

Jajaira Gonzalez, a 27-year-old from Glendora, California, will be the first American boxer to step into the ring in Paris when she faces French 2016 gold medalist Estelle Mossely in the round of 32.

On Sunday, July 28, Team USA will have a second boxer in action when Roscoe Hill, 29, of Spring, Texas, takes on Omid Ahmadisafa, a 31-year-old Iranian kickboxer who represents the Refugee Olympic team, in the men’s 51-kilogram weight class. On Monday, July 29, the USA will have another boxer in action when super heavyweight Joshua Edwards takes on Italian Diego Lenzi in the men’s round of 16, and 57-kilogram boxer Alyssa Mendoza takes on Mijgona Samadova of Tajikistan in the round of 16 on Tuesday, July 30.

On Wednesday, July 31, two more Americans will compete: Omari Jones (21) of Orlando, Florida, will face Kan Chia Wei of China from Tapei in the round of 16 in the 71 kg weight class, and Jahmal Harvey (21) of Oxon Hill, Maryland, will face Luiz Gabriel Oliveira, the 2023 Pan American Games bronze medalist from Brazil, with whom he has a 3-2 record, in the round of 16 in the men’s 57 kg weight class.

The final Americans scheduled to fight for their first time are Jennifer Lozano and Morelle McCane, who will begin their fights on Thursday, Aug. 1. Lozano, a 110-pound boxer from Laredo, Texas, who received a first-round bye and will face the winner of Sunday’s round-of-32 bout between Pihla Kaivo Oja of Finland and Margaret Tembo of Zambia, while McCane, 29, of Cleveland, will face Uzbekistan’s Navbakhor Khamidova in the women’s 150-pound round-of-16.

The U.S. men’s team hasn’t won a boxing gold medal since 2016, when Claressa Shields won two consecutive golds, while the American men have had a much longer absence, not winning gold since 2004. At the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, the United States won three silver medals and one bronze.

Lozano told The Ring she believes Team USA will turn a lot of heads at the Olympics in Paris.

“All I can say is that the U.S. has not only worked tough, but sacrificed and become a family,” said Lozano, who won silver at the 2023 Pan American Games. “This year, Team USA Boxing will be the most history-making team in boxing in terms of gold medals. And that includes the men. The U.S. men have a good chance to end that streak.”

Arlen Lopez and Julio Cesar La Cruz will be looking to join Laszlo Papp, Teofilo Stevenson and Felix Savon in a distinguished group of boxers who have won three Olympic gold medals.

Lopez, now 31, will be back in action next Friday, August 2 in the men’s 80-kilogram quarterfinals when he faces the winner between Eumir Marcial of the Philippines, the 2020 bronze medalist, and Turabek Khabibullaev of Uzbekistan, who will meet on Tuesday. Lopez won gold at middleweight in 2016 and moved up to the heavier weight for 2020 to win gold at the Tokyo Olympics.

La Cruz, who won lithe heavyweight gold at the 2016 Rio Games and heavyweight gold in Tokyo in 2020, will face another Cuban in the 92kg round of 16 on Sunday when he takes on Loren Alfonso, who currently represents Azerbaijan. The two previously fought in 2019, with La Cruz winning by unanimous decision in the Czech Republic.

Despite lifting the ban on women’s boxing last year, Cuba has failed to qualify any women for the Olympics. As a result, the amateur boxing powerhouse will have just five boxers in Paris, including Erislandy Álvarez (63.5 kg), Alejandro Claro (51 kg) and Saidel Horta (57 kg).

In other action, 57kg Filipino boxer Carlo Paalam will begin his bid to improve on his silver medal in Tokyo when he faces Ireland’s Jude Gallagher in the round of 16 next Wednesday. Paalam, 26, was sidelined from the first round of the world championships in March by a shoulder injury but came back mighty to win the quota fight in the last chance round in June, securing his place at the Olympics.

Paalam will be joined by fellow Filipino silver medalist Nesthy Petecio, who will begin his tournament on July 30 in the round of 32 of the women’s 57 kg against Jaismine Lamboria of India. The winner of that bout will face Frenchwoman Amina Zidani, who won gold at the 2023 European Games.

Hasanboy Dusmatov, the 2016 Olympic gold medalist from Uzbekistan, will return to the Paris Olympics, where he will face Juanma Lopez de Jesus of Puerto Rico in the men’s 51-kilogram round of 16 on July 30. His teammate, super heavyweight Bakhodir Jalolov, will once again take a break from his 14-0 (14 knockouts) professional career as he attempts to repeat his gold medal from the 2020 Games. The 30-year-old left-hander, who stands 6-foot-7, will face Omar Shiha on Monday, July 29 in the round of 16.

The first gold medal match is scheduled for August 6 in the women’s 60 kg weight class, while the last four finals will be held on August 10.

Olympic boxing will be broadcast live in the United States on Peacock. The full schedule is below, courtesy of Peacock.

Saturday, July 27
9:30am EST: Women’s Bantam (R32), Men’s Airy (R32) and others
2:00 PM EST: Women’s lithe (R32), men’s medium (R32) and others

Sunday, July 28
5:00 AM EST: Men’s heavyweight (R16), women’s flyweight and welterweight (R32) and others
9:30am EST: Men’s pen (R32), Women’s welter (R32) and others
2:00 PM EST: Men’s heavyweight (R16), women’s flyweight and welterweight (R32) and others

Monday, July 29
5:00 AM EST: Men’s Super Heavyweight (R16)
9:30am EST: Men’s and women’s lightweight (R16), men’s super bulky (R16) and others
2:00 PM EST: Lightweight women’s (R16), super heavyweight men’s (R16) and others

Tuesday, July 30
5:00 AM EST: Men’s Fly & Middle (R16), women’s Feather (R32) and more
9:30am EST: Men’s bow tie and medium (R16), bantam bow tie (R16) and others
2:00 PM EST: Men’s Medium (R16), Bantam Bantam (R16) and others

Wednesday, July 31
5:00 AM EST: Women’s Medium (R16), Men’s Pen (R16) and others
9:20 EST: Women’s Lightweight (QF), Men’s Welterweight (R16) and others
2:00 PM EST: Women’s lightweight (QF), men’s featherweight (R16) and others

Thursday, August 1st
5:00 AM EST: Women’s Welterweight (R16), Men’s Heavyweight (QF) and more
9:30am EST: Women’s Bantamweight (QF), Men’s Lightweight (QF) and more
2:00 PM EST: Massive male (QF), bantam female (QF) and others

Friday, August 2nd
9:30am EST: Men’s Super Massive (QF), Women’s Feather (R16) and more
2:00 PM EST: Super Massive Men’s (QF), Fly Men’s (QF) and others

Saturday, August 3
9:30am EST: Men’s Feather (QF), Women’s Airy (SF) and others
2:00 PM EST: Women’s Lightweight (SF), Men’s Welterweight (QF) and others

Sunday, August 4th
5:00 AM EST: Medium Male (SF), Female Bantam (SF) and others
9:30am EST: Massive Male (SF), Bantam Female (SF) and others

Tuesday, August 6
3:30 PM EST: Women’s Lightweight (Final), Men’s Welterweight (SF) and more

Wednesday, August 7
3:30 PM EST: Men, Middleweight, Lightweight (Finals) and Others

Thursday, August 8
3:30 PM EST: Men’s fly, women’s bantam (finals) and others

Friday, August 9
3:30 PM EST: Men’s and women’s Welter, men’s heavyweight, women’s flyweight (finals)

Saturday, August 10
3:30 PM EST: Men’s and Women’s Featherweight, Women’s Middleweight, Men’s Super Heavyweight (Final)