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Duke Ragan

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Duke Ragan
Born (1997-09-18) September 18, 1997 (age 27)
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Statistics
Weight(s)Featherweight
Height5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record[1]
Total fights9
Wins9
Wins by KO1
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Featherweight
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Hamburg Bantamweight
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima Bantamweight
Pan American Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Tegucigalpa [fr] Lightweight

Duke Ragan (born September 18, 1997)[2] is an American professional boxer who won a silver medal in the featherweight division at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Amateur/Olympic career

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After learning the sport at the Cincinnati Golden Gloves boxing club in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of his hometown, Ragan won silver medals at the 2017 World Championships and the 2019 Pan American Games as an amateur in the bantamweight division.[3] In June 2021, less than a year after he turned pro, Ragan qualified for the postponed Tokyo Olympics as a featherweight based on the ranking points he had accumulated during the previous years.[4]

Ragan won his first four bouts in Tokyo to qualify for the gold medal bout, beating seeded Samuel Kistohurry and Serik Temirzhanov in the process.[5] He lost the Olympic final 3–2 to fellow professional Albert Batyrgaziev of the Russian team. Ragan won the third round on four of the five judges' scorecards, but attributed his defeat to a slow start.[6]

Ragan still became the first professional boxer to win a medal for the U.S. team. He also became only the second silver medalist for the American men's team since 2004, joining Shakur Stevenson.

Professional career

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Ragan turned pro in July 2020 with James Prince as his manager. He was initially set to make his debut on August 8.[7] In August, he signed a multi-year promotional contract with Bob Arum's Top Rank,[8] with his rescheduled debut set for August 22 against Luis Alvarado on the undercard of Eleider Alvarez vs. Joe Smith Jr. at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Paradise, Nevada.[9] Ragan knocked Alvarado down with a right hand in the first round. He made it back to his feet before referee Jay Nady's count of ten. Disorientated, Alavarado turned his back on Nady which prompted him to call a halt to the contest, handing Ragan a first-round technical knockout (TKO) victory.[10]

Professional boxing record

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9 fights 9 wins 0 losses
By knockout 1 0
By decision 8 0
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
9 Win 9–0

Jose Perez

SD 8 Oct 14, 2023

Fort Bend Epicenter, Rosenberg, Texas, U.S.

8 Win 8–0

Luis Lebron

UD 8 Oct 29, 2022 Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.
7 Win 7–0 D'Angelo Fuentes UD 6 Aug 13, 2022 Resorts World Las Vegas, Winchester, Nevada, U.S.
6 Win 6–0 Victorino Gonzalez UD 4 May 21, 2022 Resorts World Las Vegas, Winchester, Nevada, U.S.
5 Win 5–0 Diuhl Olguin UD 6 Apr 9, 2022 The Hangar, Costa Mesa, California, U.S.
4 Win 4–0 Charles Clark UD 6 Apr 10, 2021 Osage Casino, Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
3 Win 3–0 Sebastian Gutierrez UD 4 Nov 14, 2020 MGM Grand Conference Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
2 Win 2–0 John Moraga UD 4 Oct 3, 2020 MGM Grand Conference Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
1 Win 1–0 Luis Alvarado TKO 1 (4), 0:42 Aug 22, 2020 MGM Grand Conference Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.

References

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  1. ^ "Boxing record for Duke Ragan". BoxRec.
  2. ^ "Boxing RAGAN Duke - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympics. Archived from the original on August 7, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  3. ^ "Duke Ragan". Team USA. Archived from the original on July 7, 2017. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  4. ^ Beacham, Greg (June 7, 2021). "Keyshawn Davis to fight at Tokyo Olympics despite going pro". apnews.com. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
  5. ^ "Olympics.com". olympics.com. Archived from the original on August 5, 2021. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
  6. ^ Beacham, Greg (August 5, 2021). "Batyrgaziev, Ragan make Olympic history for pro boxers". apnews.com. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
  7. ^ Woodson, R. L. (July 17, 2020). "Amateur Standout Duke Ragan Slated for August 6 Pro Debut on ESPN | Round By Round Boxing". Round by Round Boxing. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  8. ^ "Duke Ragan Inks Promotional Pact With Top Rank". BoxingScene.com. August 10, 2020. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  9. ^ "Eleider Alvarez vs. Joe Smith - Full Undercard Revealed". BoxingScene.com. August 12, 2020. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  10. ^ Idec, Keith (August 22, 2020). "Duke Ragan Scores First-Round Knockout Of Luis Alvarado In Pro Debut". Boxing Scene. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
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