Ato Plodzicki-Faoagali stepped into the ring this past week grieving the loss of his longtime coach. After a tough bout at his first Olympic match, the Samoan boxer reflected on his decision to keep ...

Samoan boxing coach Lionel Elika Fatupaito died at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Friday, July 26. The Samoa Association of Sport and National Olympic Committee confirmed that the manager passed away in ...

The boxing community is mourning the loss of Lionel Elika Fatupaito, the esteemed national boxing coach of Samoa, who tragically passed away at the Paris 2024 Olympics. The International Boxing ...

Samoa’s Lionel Elika Fatupaito has died in Paris at the 2024 Olympics, the International Boxing Association announced on Saturday. The boxing coach died while in the Olympic Village on Friday morning, ...

The lone boxer from Samoa in the Olympics Ato Plodzicki-Faoagali will be emotional when he fights Belgium's Victor Schelstraete on Sunday. Plodzicki-Faoagali.will step into the ring after his coach ...

After fighting his way to the Paris Games and giving himself a shot at an Olympic medal, Samoa's Ato Plodzicki-Faoagali said the death of his coach had left him struggling mentally. Coach Lionel Elika ...

PARIS -- Samoa boxing coach Lionel Elika Fatupaito has died during the Paris Olympics, the International Boxing Association said Saturday. According to reports in Samoan media, he died on Friday while ...

The International Boxing Association announced Saturday that Samoan boxing coach Lionel Elika Fatupaito died while in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Per Aadi Nair of Reuters, the IBA released the ...