russian boxer Imam Khataev said he has no intention of limiting himself to World Championship bronze, but is set on gold.
2020 Olympics bronze medalist Khataev (up to 80kg) beat Belarusian 2021 world runner-up Alexei Alferov on Wednesday in Tashkent by a separate judges’ decision and was the first for the Russian team to reach the semi-finals, securing at least a bronze medal. On May 12, in the semi-finals, Khataev will meet 2022 Asian Championship bronze medalist Kazakhstani Nurbek Oralbay.
– I did not expect, to be honest, that the Belarusian boxer was so good, sensitive and hard-hitting, I liked working with him. It’s very good that he gave me such a fight before the semi-finals. In the second round, there was a key episode – a knockdown. I haven’t thought yet about the fact that I was the first to guarantee a medal for our team. Let my teammates win, we all came not only for medals, but for gold, ” correspondent quoted Khataev as saying.
During the evening session, Dmitry Dvali (up to 54 kg), Sharabutdin Ataev (up to 86 kg), Vsevolod Shumkov (up to 60 kg), Tarkhan Idigov (up to 67 kg) and Edmond Khudoyan (up to 48 kg) hold their quarter-final bouts. You can watch the live stream on Match! Fighter”, start – 3:55 p.m. Moscow time.
Source : MatchTV
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