| Alyssa Mendoza | |
| Nickname: | Wrecking Machine |
| Weight: | Featherweight |
| Birth Date: | 17 August 2003 |
| Birth Place: | Boise, Idaho, U.S. |
| Style: | Southpaw |
| Boxrec: | 1053931 |
| Total: | 51 |
| Wins: | 39 |
| Ko: | 11 |
| Losses: | 12 |
Alyssa Mendoza (born August 17, 2003) is an American boxer. She qualified to represent the United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Mendoza was born on August 17, 2003.[1] She grew up in Caldwell, Idaho, and attended Middleton High School.[2] Her father, JR, runs a gym and is a boxing trainer, and in 2015, at age 12, she first began training in the sport with him.[3] [4] Within a month, she fought her first bout and won, and by the age of 16, she had compiled a record of 28–12.[4]
In December 2019, Mendoza competed at the U.S. youth national championship and won the title in her weight class, earning her a spot on the youth national team.[4] She became the first female from Idaho to accomplish the feat.[4] She qualified for the 2020 World Youth Championships in Poland, but did not compete as the games were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
Mendoza placed third at the USA Boxing Elite National Championships in 2021 and then won the tournament in 2022.[5] She also competed at a Golden Gloves tournament in 2022 and won the event on her birthday, while being named the competition's best female boxer.[6] In 2023, she won medals at three international events and participated at the Pan American Games.[7] [8] She was also named to the Elite High Performance Team by USA Boxing.[6]
Mendoza participated at the first 2024 Olympic Qualification Tournament and was narrowly defeated in the match that would have qualified her for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[6] She then competed at the second Olympic Qualification Tournament and won the finals by unanimous decision, making her the eighth and last person to qualify on the U.S. boxing team.[9] By qualifying, she became the first Olympic boxer in her state's history.[9]
She won in her Olympic debut by split decision (3–2) against Mijgona Samadova of Tajikistan in the round of 16.[10]