The European Junior Boxing Championship continues in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
On the second day of the competition, 3 more athletes from the Azerbaijan national team won the stage, as Idman.biz reports.
Nihat Gasimov (48 kg) met Vakhtang Jamkochyan (Russia) in the 1/16 final. The fight ended with the victory of our boxer with a score of 3:2 (28:29, 29:28, 29:28, 28:29, 29:28). In his second match, Gasimov will face George Francis (England), who was released from the first round.
Rza Rzayev also started the European Championship with a victory. The national member fighting at 70 kg defeated Petros Topalos (Greece) in the 1/8 final - 3:2 (29:28, 29:28, 28:29, 28:29, 29:28). He will challenge the Italian Tiberio Nocadello in his next fight.
Safter Mammadzada (+80 kg) faced Eric Lalmiyev (Israel) in the 1/8 finals. Our boxer, who defeated his opponent with a score of 5:0 (29:26, 29:25, 29:26, 29:26, 29:26), advanced to the next round. He will fight Bogdan Bajzert (Poland) in the 1/4 finals.
The European Championship will be concluded on June 30.
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