A tough begin on the World championships in Serbia. John Dennen rounds up the motion from October 25-31
THE AIBA’s males’s World championships started on the Stark Area in Belgrade this week. With new weight courses and no seeding, high-level contests worthy of the medal phases had been drawn from the beginning.
At 51kgs GB’s Kiaran MacDonald in his first World championships bout went straight in with Yuberjen Martinez. The Colombian is a two-time Olympian who gained the silver medal at Rio 2016. MacDonald, a talented southpaw, moved off from Martinez to pick punches. However the Colombian is skilled and powerful. He stored on coming, mentioning the strain and attacking the physique. MacDonald nonetheless landed some wonderful punches however Martinez had swung the momentum within the contest his means. He completed properly within the third to take a unanimous resolution win.
Additionally at 51kgs Scotland’s Lennox Mulligan misplaced a break up resolution to Puerto Rico’s Yankiel Rivera Figueroa and Hungary’s Attila Bernath beat Irish flyweight Sean Mari on a break up resolution.
GB featherweight Niall Farrell went in at a excessive degree. Samuel Kistohurry, a Tokyo Olympian, is highly effective, with a excessive punch output. He’s correct too. He clipped Farrell with headshots, urgent ahead with depth. Farrell nonetheless confirmed grit, combating again within the third spherical and displaying in spurts what he’s able to. The choice was break up however deservedly Kistohurry’s. Additionally at 57kgs Eire’s Adam Hession met Russia’s Eduard Savvin, shedding a break up resolution.
Middleweight Lewis Richardson met the host nation’s Almir Memic in his first bout. Memic was aggressive however Richardson, a pointy southpaw, fired in good punches off the again foot, boxing properly within the first and third rounds. But it surely was Memic’s efforts that caught the judges’ eye and he took a break up resolution. Scotland’s 75kgs Sam Hickey started his World championships marketing campaign with a victory, outpointing Bulgaria’s Rami Kiwan on a break up resolution.
England’s Harvey Lambert, a brand new comer in worldwide boxing, was drawn towards Russia’s Evgenii Kool in his first bout. He dashed out fast jabs, shifting in slick fashion. The Russian marched after him and did catch as much as Lambert with heavy pictures, edging him out on a break up resolution. In the identical weight class America’s Omari Jones unanimously outscored Scotland’s Tyler Jolly.
Irish 67kgs Eugene McKeever met Uzbekistan’s Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev. The Uzbek aimed backhand lefts to the physique as McKeever appeared to punch with him. Muydinkhujaev was sharper on his ft, shifting in with a fast jab. McKeever caught him with a thudding proper to the physique however couldn’t cease a unanimous resolution going to the Uzbek.
England’s Harris Akbar is an effective operator himself however his marketing campaign was lower quick by Ukraine’s World Youth champion, Yurii Zakharieiev. Akbar, stepping as much as the brand new 71kgs division, had peak and attain on Zakharieiev and started jabbing shortly, organising quick punches. However the Ukrainian began to interrupt via with heavy hooks that discovered their method to Harris’ chin. Zakharieiev imposed himself bodily and handed Akbar a standing depend within the second spherical. Harris confirmed the standard in his work within the third however couldn’t deny the Ukrainian a unanimous resolution win.
Stephen Newns represented Scotland at 71kgs, defeating Brazil’s Luis Fernando Da Silva on a break up resolution earlier than being eradicated after his second bout, Azerbaijan’s Sarkan Aliyev prevailing on a unanimous factors verdict.
GB 80kgs George Crotty was in a commanding place as soon as Kyrgyzstan’s Omurbek Bekzhigit had some extent deducted of their second spherical. However Bekzhigit carried on bombing ahead, sweeping Crotty off his ft with a proper hook and seizing a break up resolution win. Irish light-heavyweight Keylan Cassidy progressed with a unanimous factors victory over Mexico’s Mentioned Olvera Arriaga.
At 54kgs Scotland’s Matthew McHale was excellent in his opening bout, unanimously outpointing Russia’s Kurban Bairanbekov. That put him right into a second preliminary bout with one other boxing powerhouse, Kazakhstan. McHale did little improper in his first spherical with Makhmud Sabyrkhan however fell behind on the playing cards. The Kazakh got here on robust within the second, dropping his palms however firing in arduous punches. The fiery Scot didn’t again off, responding with some properly positioned punches of his personal however Sabyrkhan made certain of a break up factors win.
GB super-heavyweight Delicious Orie impressed in his first bout on the Worlds. He plied stocky Luis Gomez Meneses with jabs, breaking his defences aside and leaving the Mexico swinging wildly, typically out of vary. He confirmed admirable ending intuition, bringing in quick proper crosses, piling up mixtures to cease Gomez within the third spherical. In his second bout Orie bought drawn away from his jabbing and drawn in with Lazizbek Mullojonov, a very good calibre Uzbek southpaw who thumped his backhand left via. It was a detailed bout, with Orie have robust spells when he discovered his vary. However Mullojonov took a unanimous resolution victory.
Lewis Williams too confirmed the ability of a tall man working properly behind a very good jab. He bossed Azerbaijan’s Rauf Rahimov, firing in hurtful mixtures to win unanimously. In his subsequent bout too he dictated the motion towards Albania’s Indrit Laci, taking one other clear unanimous resolution.
Conner Tudsbury, one other thrilling new-comer on the GB arrange, is a light-heavyweight however moved as much as 86kgs, cruiserweight, to enter this competitors. He appeared snug although as he defeated Israel’s Yan Zak on a unanimous resolution. He then took on Tokyo Olympian Rogelio Romero, delivering victory with an outstanding efficiency. He picked off the Mexican with arduous counters and raised his punch output when Romero stepped to him, ensuring of a transparent unanimous resolution.
Eire’s Ricky Nesbitt misplaced to Uzbekistan’s Nodirjon Mirzakhmedov at 48kgs, struggling a unanimous factors reverse. John Hale, boxing at 60kgs for Eire, and Brandon McCarthy had been additionally eradicated early on. Hale misplaced to host nation boxer Semiz Alicic on a unanimous resolution, whereas at 63.5kgs Italy’s Gianluigi Malanga beat McCarthy, additionally unanimously.
Even two nice Cubans misplaced their opening bouts. Solely in August Roniel Iglesias was profitable Olympic gold in good fashion. Earlier than he might even get going right here at 71kgs Jordan’s Zeyad Eashash barrelled into him head first, swinging wildly. A lower meant Iglesias couldn’t proceed and the bout was scored on the one minute and 5 seconds that had elapsed, with Eashash progressing. At 60kgs Japan’s Hayato Tsutsumi impressively eradicated Lazaro Alvarez, a three-time former World gold medallist.
