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Top stars taking part in AIBA World Boxing Championships in Belgrade

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Top stars taking part in AIBA World Boxing Championships in Belgrade | Boxen247.com (Kristian von Sponneck)

Top stars taking part in AIBA World Boxing Championships in Belgrade | Boxen247.com (Kristian von Sponneck)

AIBA celebrates a month to go until the XXI World Boxing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. On October 24th, the grand opening ceremony on the Štark Arena will give a start to the AIBA major competition. Two days of finals are scheduled for November 5-6 with six weight categories on the first day and seven on the second.

Top athletes from dozens of countries are registered to take part in the event so far; the registration is still open until October 4th.

Andy Cruz Gomez, Julio La Cruz, Lazaro Alvares Estrada, Arlen Lopez, Roniel Iglesias from Cuba; Keno Machado, Abner Teixeira, Wanderson de Oliveira from Brazil; Hovhannes Bachkov from Armenia; Yuberjen Martinez Rivas from Colombia; Eumir Marcial from the Philippines; Saken Bibossinov from Kazakhstan; Sanjeet Sanjeet from India; Hasanboy Dusmatov, Shakhobiddin Zoirov, Mirazizbek Mirzahalilov, Abdulmalik Khalokov, Shakhram Giyasov from Uzbekistan; Salvatore Cavallaro, Simone Fiori, Aziz Abbes Mouhiidine from Italy; Loren Alfonso Dominguez from Azerbaijan and others are among the stars of the tournament.

For the first time in AIBA’s 75-year history, medal winners at the forthcoming AIBA Men’s World Boxing Championships will be rewarded with significant prize money from AIBA. The prize money fund has been set at $2,6 million USD.

The prize for first place is $100 000 USD. Silver medalists receive $50 000 USD, and both bronzes in each weight category receive $25 000 USD.

Championships schedule (all CET)

October 24, 19:00 – Grand Opening Ceremony

October 25 – November 2, 13:00 and 18:00 – Preliminaries

November 3 – rest day

November 4, 13:00 and 18:00 – semi-finals

November 5-6, 18:00 – finals

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Olympics day 9: More Olympic info for Team GB Boxing

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Olympics day 9: More Olympic info for Team GB Boxing | Boxen247.com (Kristian von Sponneck)

Olympics day 9: More Olympic info for Team GB Boxing | Boxen247.com (Kristian von Sponneck)Olympics day 9: More Olympic info for Team GB Boxing | Boxen247.com (Kristian von Sponneck)

A Super Sunday for GB boxers on day nine in Tokyo means that they now have guaranteed at least two Olympic silver and three bronze medals.

Pat McCormack will contest Tuesday’s Welterweight (Under 69kg) final after his Irish opponent, Aidan Walsh, was forced to pull out through injury.

The Birtley boxer will go for gold at approximately 7pm (11am UK time) and will take on either familiar foe Andrei Zamkovoi of the ROC or Cuban Roniel Iglesias.

He will be joined at the final stage by Firewalker’s Ben Whittaker, who secured a 4-1 semi-final victory at light heavyweight (Under 81kg) over the ROC’s Imam Khataev.

Knowing his opponent was a powerful puncher and dangerous on the inside, the West Midlander attempted to keep the Russian at distance.

Khataev edged the first round 3-2, but it did not deter Whittaker from his game plan and he came back strongly to take the second 4-1 and leave it all to play for in the third and final round.

And with a place in the final on the line, Whittaker strong jab and defensive skills worked to his advantage to help him secure both the final three minutes and the overall contest by a 4-1 scoreline.

“I’ve had so much social media saying ‘the Russian lad will knock you out,” said Whittaker. “Nobody was beating me today and we don’t stop here. I think I put on a masterclass and on to the next one.”

He will now take on either Loren Alfonso Dominguez of Azerbaijan or Arlen Lopez of Cuba on Wednesday at 3.30pm (7.30am UK time).

Team captain Frazer Clarke secured GB’s third win of the day to secure at least a bronze medal after French opponent Mourad Aliev was disqualified.

The Burton super heavyweight (Over 91kg) boxer went into the quarter-final bout looking to avenge his European Qualifying Tournament defeat to the same opponent.

His quest was not helped as he dropped the opening round of a physical bout by a 3-2 margin.

But controversy reigned towards the end of the second round when, after being warned previously, Aliev was disqualified for repeated use of the head, which left Clarke with two cuts.

While the decision left Aliev protesting, a delighted Clarke is looking forward to his semi-final and said: “I’m an Olympic medallist. These are little cuts. This is my job and what I do. I’m a tough man, a proud man. It will take more than a little cut to stop me.”

He will now next face Bakhodir Jalolov of Uzbekistan on Wednesday at 3pm (7am).

(Kristian von Sponneck)

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