Morelle McCane was an alternate to the 2020 Olympic Qualification Team and will look to qualify for Paris in her new weight class, 66 kg. The Cleveland native has brought home gold and silver in her two international tournaments in 2023. McCane, 28, is on the path to be added to the history books for her city with a top-two finish in Santiago. She would become the fifth straight boxer and first female to qualify to an Olympic Games from Cleveland. Qualifying to Paris would also make her just the second female boxer from the state of Ohio to compete in an Olympics.
HOMETOWN: Cleveland, Ohio
DOB: 1/20/1995
WEIGHT CLASS: 66 KG/145 LBS.
PERSONAL COACH: Push Davis & Terrence Montgomery
Career Highlights
- Qualified to 2024 Paris Olympic Games
- 2023 Santiago Pan American Games – 2nd
- 2023 Gee Bee International Tournament – 1st
- 2023 Czech Republic Grand Prix – 2nd
- 2022 USA Boxing International Invitational – 1st
- 2022 AMBC Elite Championships Team Member
- 2021 USA Boxing Elite National Championships – 1st
- 2021 National Golden Gloves – 1st
- 2020 USA Boxing Elite National Championships – 1st
- 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Boxing – 2nd
- 2019 Strandja Tournament – 3rd
- 2019 Last Chance Qualifier – 1st
- 2018 Elite National Championships – 2nd
- D22018 Western Elite Qualifier – 1st
- 2018 National Golden Gloves – 1st