U.S. middleweight Naomi Graham falls to Russian in Olympics

American middleweight Naomi Graham lost to Zenfira Magomedalieva of the Russian Olympic Committee 4-1 in the Round of 16 early Wednesday U.S. time at the Tokyo Olympics.

The scores were 30-27, 30-27, 29-28 and 29-28 for Magomedalieva and 29-28 for Graham, an active member of the U.S. Army from Fayetteville, North Carlina.

The loss runs the American women’s record to 2-2 and the U.S.’ overall mark to 8-2 at the Games. Featherweight Yarisel Ramirez was eliminated in her opening bout.

The American men are 6-0.

Next up for the U.S. are middleweight Troy Isley, super heavyweight Richard Torrez Jr. and flyweight Virginia Fuchs, all of whom will take part in Round of 16 fights in the early morning hours Thursday U.S. time.

Isley will face a stiff test against Gleb Bakshi of the Russian Olympic Committee, who is the reigning World Champion. Torrez will fight 34-year-old Chouaib Bouloudinats of Algeria. And Fuchs will take on Stoyka Zhelyazkova Krasteva of Bulgaria.

Isley is from Alexandria, Virginia, Torrez from Tulare, Calif., and Fuchs from Houston.