Russian men’s boxing team head coach Viktor Farkhutdinov called confident wins Imam Khataev And Muslim Gadzhimagomedova at the World Championships in Tashkent, and Eduard Savvin, according to the specialist, was opposed by an easy opponent.
On Friday, Khataev defeated Arzhan Iseni in the weight category up to 80 kg by unanimous decision, Gadzhimagomedov was stronger than Frenchman Sokhe Bouafia in the weight category up to 92 kg by unanimous decision, and Savvin knocked out Marvin Martinez Hernandez of El Salvador in the first round. All boxers qualified for the 1/8 finals.
— The competition day was a success for our team. Two titled athletes won – Olympic finalist Muslim Gadzhimagomedov and Olympic medalist Imam Khataev. Muslim had a very good opponent from France, and Khataev had a good opponent from North Macedonia. Both won landslide victories. Young boxer Eduard Savvin had a weak opponent, and our athlete dealt with him in the first round by knockout, ” correspondent quoted Farkhutdinov as saying.
On Saturday, the 1/16 finals will be contested by Tarkhan Idigov (up to 67 kg, morning session) and Igor Sviridchenkov (up to 71 kg, evening session), and Gabil Mamedov (up to 63.5 kg , evening session) will perform in the 1/8 finals. Watch the live broadcast of all matches on May 6 on “Match! Fighter” (from 11:55 a.m. Moscow time and from 3:55 p.m. Moscow time, respectively).
Source : MatchTV
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