Monday, October 21, 2013

Boxing News

At AIBA World Boxing Championships 2013, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Men's Light Fly 46-49kg
[R3] Nanao Thokchom (IND) l (8) Anthony Chacon Rivera (PUR) WP 0-3 (27-30, 28-29, 28-29)

Men's Bantam 56kg
[R3] (4) Shiva Thapa (IND) bt Alberto Melian (ARG) WP 2-1 (28-29, 29-28, 30-27)

[QF] (4) Shiva Thapa (IND) vs Javid Chalabiyev (AZE)

Men's Light Welter 64kg
[R3] (6) Manoj Kumar (IND) bt Yves Ulysse (CAN) WP 2-1 (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)

[QF] (6) Manoj Kumar (IND) vs Yasnier Lopez (CUB)

Men's Heavy 91kg
[R3] Manpreet Singh (IND) l (1) Teymur Mammadov (AZE) WP 0-3 (27-30, 27-30, 27-30) R3 1:32

Nanao Thokchom lost against Puerto Rico boxer in the third round ... After losing the first round easily Nanao gave fighting performance in next two rounds but that wasn't enough for him.

Shiva started slowly and his Argentine opponent take advantage after winning the close first round ... But Shiva fought back and won the second round in close bout with a single poiint ... After that Shiva won the final round convincingly for entering in the quarters ... Next he is facing Azerbaijan boxer Javid Chalabiyev.

WR #1 Teymur Mammadov proved better boxer than Manpreet Singh in this bout ... But still Manpreet gave decent performance in his loss ... In all three rounds Teymur won but Manpreet faced warned and then bout awarded to Teymur in middle of the third round.

Canadian Yves gave really tough fight to Manoj Kumar in his loss ... All three rounds were close and won by boxer by a single point margin ... Manoj Kumar lost the first round but the he worked hard to won next two and enter into the quarter ... Next he is facing 2011 World cup silver medalist Cuban Yasnier Lopez, who scored upset win over 3rd seed Russian.

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