Duke Ragan

LAS VEGAS — The 2021 Olympic silver medalist will step back into the ring this Saturday in Las Vegas. The Cincinnati native, Duke Ragan, will be participating in his second featherweight contest in just six weeks. In Ragan's most recent fight on April 9, he won on a unanimous...

CINCINNATI — Duke Ragan has already proved he can box with and beat some of the best. He's a decorated boxer and Olympian from Cincinnati. Last summer, he brought a silver medal home to Cincinnati from the Tokyo games. Now the 24-year-old has something new to prove, that he...

The undercard of the Shakur Stevenson-Jamel Herring WBO 130-pound title fight has added some more intrigue. Nico Ali Walsh will have his second professional fight and Olympic silver medalist Duke Ragan will also be fighting in Atlanta's State Farm Arena on Oct. 23 against yet-to-be-named opponents, a source told ESPN.

After claiming a silver medal in this summer’s Olympic games, Duke Ragan is set to return to the professional ranks. ESPN reports that Ragan will see action on the October 23rd Jamel Herring vs. Shakur Stevenson card in Atlanta alongside Nico Ali Walsh. Both men are booked to face TBA.

After winning a historic medal at the Tokyo Summer Games, Duke Ragan visited his father, Derek, in prison to present his Olympics prize to his No. 1 fan. The 23-year-old Cincinnati native, who became the first professional boxer to compete at the Olympic for Team USA and the first U.S. boxer to medal in men's featherweight since Ricardo Juarez in 2000, won silver after losing to Albert Batyrgaziev of the Russian Olympic Committee on Aug. 5.

Cincinnati City Councilmember Jan-Michele Lemon Kearney and Hamilton County Commissioners, Cincinnati City Councilmembers, and community members came together on Fountain Square on August 10 for a socially distanced celebration of Duke Ragan and his accomplishment of winning a silver medal in boxing’s featherweight division at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The...

CINCINNATI — Fountain Square was packed Tuesday evening to celebrate Cincinnati boxer Duke Ragan and his silver medal. "Man, it's heavy. I only got it on because I'm here and people want to see it," Ragan said. With a brand new silver medal around his neck, this was Ragan's day...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Duke Ragan grew up on the West Side and chased his boxing dreams at Cincinnati Golden Gloves. He'd already reached one, having turned professional where his career has started 4-0. He not only made the Olympic boxing team, but the Featherweight also advanced all the way to...

Olympic silver medalist Duke Ragan was gifted a custom title belt at Fountain Square on Tuesday. Ragan, from the West End, is one of the first professional boxers to compete for Team USA in the Olympics. Tuesday, the city of Cincinnati declared Aug. 10 "Duke Ragan Day" in honor of...

CINCINNATI — A celebration will be held this week for a Cincinnati boxer who won a silver medal in the featherweight division at the Tokyo Olympics. Cincinnati's Duke Ragan earned the silver medal in Thursday's finals. The featherweight boxer lost to Russia Olympic Committee's Albert Batyrgaziev 3-2. Cincinnati City Councilmember...

Albert Batyrgaziev of the Russian team has won the gold medal in men's featherweight boxing, beating American Duke Ragan in a meeting of two professional fighters chasing Olympic glory. Batyrgaziev won the bout 3 to 2, cruising to victory after winning the first two rounds on three of the five...

TOKYO, Tokyo — Cincinnati's Duke Ragan earned a silver medal in Thursday's finals of the featherweight division at the Tokyo Olympics. The featherweight boxer lost to Russia Olympic Committee's Albert Batyrgaziev 3-2. Ragan put up a good fight for the three rounds and will be taking a silver medal back...

American featherweight boxer Duke Ragan lost the gold medal bout in a close fight, 3-2, to ROC’s Albert Batyrgaziev. Two judges scored the bout 29-28 in favor of Ragan, while two had the fight 29-28 for Batyrgaziev and the other had it 30-27 in favor of the Russian. The 23-year-old...

Duke Ragan lost to Russian Albert Batyrgaziev by split decision, 3-2, in the featherweight division final at the Tokyo Games.

Aug. 5 (UPI) -- American boxer Duke Ragan is taking home the silver medal from Tokyo after losing Thursday to Russian Albert Batyrgaziev in the gold-medal Olympic featherweight bout. Ragan, 23, lost by a split 3-2 decision at Tokyo's Kokugikan Arena in a fight where the American came up short...

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Albert Batyrgaziev of the Russian Olympic Committee won the men’s featherweight gold medal today at Tokyo 2020, winning a 3:2 decision over Duke Ragan of the United States. The result was fair and should be without any controversy. Batyrgaziev took scores of 29-28, 29-28, and 30-27 on the cards that went his way, with Ragan winning two 29-28 cards.