Troy Isley coming off biggest win,Preparing for 2020 Olympics
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 6, 2019) - USA Boxing middleweight Troy Isley is coming off the most significant victory of his young career, when he defeated the 2016 Olympic gold medalist, Cuba's Arlen Lopez, at the recent Pan American Games Qualifier in Managua, Nicaragua.
Lopez served as a positive barometer for Isley in terms of his potential 2020 Olympic run. "Beating Lopez is my biggest win so far," Isley admitted. "He won a gold medal at the last Olympics. I avenged my loss to him in 2017. We almost fought in The Continentals, but he lost in the quarterfinals, and I lost in the semifinals. We could face each other again in July at the Pan American Games."
In 2017, Isley captured a gold medal at the Elite World Championships, which marked a first for an American elite boxer in six Read more [...]