Troy Isley (born September 5, 1998) is an American

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. As an

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, he won a bronze medal at both the 2017 World Championships and

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Amateur career

Olympic result

Tokyo 2020 *Round of 32: Defeated Vitali Bandarenka (Belarus) 5–0 *Round of 16: Defeated by

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(Russia) 3–2

World Championships result

Hamburg 2017 *Round of 16: Defeated

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(Egypt) 5–0 *Quarter-finals: Defeated

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(Uzbekistan) 3–2 *Semi-finals: Defeated by

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(Ukraine) 4–1

Pan American Games result

Lima 2019 *Quarter-finals: Defeated

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(Colombia) 3–2 *Semi-finals: Defeated by

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(Brazil) 4–1

Professional career

On January 19, 2021 it was announced that Isley had signed a promotional contract with

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where he would be promoted by

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. Isley made his professional debut on February 13, scoring a

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(UD) victory against Bryant Costello. On January 15, 2022 Isley faced Harry Keenan Cruz Cubano on the

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vs Steve Geffrard at the

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. In a bout which saw Isley receive a point deduction in round six for repeated low blows, he went on win via UD with two judges scoring the bout 59–54 and the third scoring it 59–53.

Professional boxing record

References

External links

Team USA profile for Troy Isley
* Living people 1998 births American male boxers Boxers from Washington, D.C. Middleweight boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Pan American Games medalists in boxing Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Boxers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of the United States {{US-boxing-bio-stub