By Raquel Ruiz
Pedro Roque Otano came aboard a ship that was ready to sink. It didn’t, largely because of the performance of the U.S. women boxers at the 2012 London Olympics.
Gold medalist Claressa Shields and bronze medalist Marlen Esparza prevented the U.S. from being shut out on the podium for the first time, after the U.S. dominated amateur boxing for much of the 20th century. So the boat continued afloat. But the world knew then that big change was needed.
The consensus among boxing fans, journalists, coaches and the most importantly, the boxers: no more politics at USA Boxing, which governs the amateur sport domestically. At the end, it is the fighters, male and female, who sacrifice themselves to compete in the sport they often love more than their lives.
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