The official weighing procedure for participants of the second stage of the All-Russian Boxing Tournament “Victory Cup” was held in St. Petersburg on Wednesday.
On Thursday, the northern capital will host two quarter-final matches of the tournament as part of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) Sports Games. “Leningrad” (boxers from St. Petersburg and the North-Western Federal District) will meet “Siberia” (Far Eastern and Siberian Federal District), “Tula” (Central Federal District) – with “Kavkaz” (District Federal Council of the North Caucasus).
The schedule of fights with results at the weigh-in is as follows:
“Tula” – “Caucasus”:
Up to 58 kg. Serzh Voskanyan (Kostroma, 57.7 kg) – Aigum Kazakmurzaev (Republic of Dagestan, 57.8 kg);
Up to 65 kg. Pavel Fedorov (Ivanovo, 64.7 kg) – Nabi Yusupov (Republic of Dagestan, 64.85 kg);
Up to 73 kg. Igor Sviridchenkov (Voronezh, 72.8 kg) – Cheerav Ashalaev (Republic of Dagestan, 72.9 kg);
Up to 80 kg. Garnik Gevorgyan (St. Petersburg, 79.6 kg) – Beshto Shavlaev (Chechen Republic, 79.7 kg);
More than 86 kg. Svyatoslav Teterin (Ryazan, 105 kg) – Magomed-Sultan Musaev (Republic of Dagestan, 98.65 kg);
“Leningrad” – “Siberia”:
Up to 58 kg. Vsevolod Shumkov (58.2 kg) – Nikita Burenkov (Kemerovo region, 58.04 kg);
Up to 65 kg. Ilya Popov (64.8 kg) – Nikita Kuksenkin (Republic of Khakassia, 64.75 kg);
Up to 73 kg. Pavel Sosulin (72.75 kg) – Egor Shapochansky (Irkutsk region, 72.75 kg);
Up to 80 kg. Ruslan Kolesnikov (79.75 kg) – Kantemir Tazhev (Omsk region, 79.55 kg);
More than 86 kg. Ivan Veryasov (114 kg) – Oruj Mamedov (Irkutsk region, 96.85 kg).
The winners of these fights will meet in the semi-finals, scheduled for July 8 or 9 in Kazan. Earlier in Perm, the first pair of semi-finalists was determined – Kama (Privolzhsky federal district) and Moscow, which were respectively stronger than Stalingrad (southern federal district) and Ural (Ural federal district). The Victory Cup Superfinal and the match for third place will take place on July 15 in Orenburg.
The Victory Cup takes place under the rules of professional boxing in five weight categories. The combat formula is four rounds of three minutes each. In case of equality of points on the notes of the referee in the fight, the victory is allotted to the boxer who was the best during the last round. The tournament prize is 7.5 million rubles. For the victory, the team will receive three million rubles, for second place – two million, for third – one million. At the same time, for each victory, the boxer will receive 30,000 rubles.
Watch the fights on Thursday on the match! Fighter” and “Match! planet”, starting at 8:30 p.m. (Moscow time). The confrontation between “Leningrad” and “Siberia” can also be watched on the channel, the broadcast starts at 22:30 (Moscow time).
Gazprom Media Holding is the general media partner of SPIEF 2023.
Source : MatchTV
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