By Alexey Sukachev

All medalists have been defined today at 2013 AIBA world amateur boxing championship. Leading the field is Kazakhstan, relegating as many as eight boxers to the medal rounds, three more than any other squad in the tournament. Day 10 was also marked by several sound upsets and a number of dubious decisions.

At light flyweight, little-known Algerian Mohamed Flissi defeated #2-seeded Brazilian Lourenco and looks forward for a semifinal match-up with fellow surprise David Rodriguez of Costa-Rica. Local hero Birzhan Zhakypov and Cuban Yosbany Soto will for the second semifinal.

At flyweight, Andrew Selby of Wales was lucky to get the edge over local fighter Ilyas Suleymenov in a very close and tight contest. Suleymenov is the only Kazakh to lose today. Meanwhile, Russian Misha Aloyan dominates the lower part of the flyweight tourney.

Where Suleymenov failed, bantamweight brawler Kairat Yeraliev triumphed. Yeraliev sensationally got the rid of #1 Cuban and 2012 Olympic gold medalist Robeisy Ramirez in what was a very tight contest. Yet, Yeraliev deserved a win with his sheer activity. Michael Conlan of Ireland is also out, defeated by the Russian Vladimir Nikitin.

Nikitin fights Mykola Butsenko next. The latter is the only Ukrainian fighter to get a medal at this championship – a sad result for the team, which produced five world champions and two gold medalists over the last two years.

Lightweight Domenico Valentino continues his road to the final – thanks to a somewhat close win over Elvyn Isaev of Azerbaijani. Lazaro Estrada, one of the tourney’s brightest new names, is a favorite in the lower part of the scheme.

Fan favorite Evaldas Petrauskas, a one-way slugger with “take-no-prisoners” mentality, was on the wrong side of what some thought was a dubious razor-thin decision against #1 seeded Brazilian Everton Lopez. #2-seeded Mongol Uranchimeg also experienced some problems before finally pulling it off.

Germany-based Armenian Araik Marutjan stroke with thunder against #1-seeded welterweight Freddy Evans of Wales. Evans was lucky enough to enter the quarterfinal round despite terrible showing in preliminary fights, but ¼ was where his road ended in quite a pitiful way. Marutjan vs. Yeleussinov semifinal has a potential of creating the most thrilling fight among welterweights. However, Cuban Despaigne shouldn’t be written off either.

Russian whirlwind Artem Chebotarev is a clear frontrunner for the Best Fighter award. His enormous showing has been solidified even more tonight after his first-round TKO of a capable Uzbek fighter. Chebotarev now has three stoppages in four fights; the only decision was a dominating win over 2012 silver medalist and #1-seeded Brazilian Falcao. Meanwhile, #3-seeded middleweight Romanian Juratoni fell a victim of a highly controversial unanimous decision in favour of local boy Alimkhanuly in what clearly smelt like a home cooking at the very least.

No upsets were detected at light heavyweight limit, with Nikita Ivanov being set as an unlucky loser, his fight versus Irish Joseph Ward ending after a very bad cut in round one.

Bad judging struck once again at the heavyweight limit, where very talented Cuban Erislandy Savon, a nephew of the legendary three-time Olympic champion Felix Savon, was defeated by judges rather than by #1 Azerbaijani Teymur Mammadov, who did very little to help the cause but still was defined a winner. Savon, who has clearly dominated the bout, was greeted hotly by local crowd afterwards, while Mammadov was heavily booed. Savon can get his revenge quite soon – with the help of Italian veteran Clemente Russo and his awkward style of fighting.

Finally, super heavyweights have a relatively lazy day. #2 Ivan Dychko got through his opponent on a walkover. Magomedrasul Medzhidov and Roberto Cammarelle were forced to work hard but there were no upsets here at the end of the day.

All in all, Kazakhstan has booked 8 medals; Cubans will enjoy 5 medals, Russia is set for 4, Azerbaijanis and Italians will get three apiece.

Quarterfinals

Winners are listed first.

Light flyweight (108 lbs)
1. Birzhan Zhakypov (KAZ, #1) – Anthony Chacon Rivera (PUR, #8) – 3:0 (30:27, 30:27, 30:27)
2. Yosbany Veitia Soto (CUB, #5) – Manuel Cappai (ITA, #4) – 2:1 (29:28, 29:28, 28:29)
3. David Rodriguez (CRC) – In Kyu Kim (KOR) – 2:0 (29:27, 29:27, 28:28)
4. Mohamed Flissi (ALG) – Patrick Lourenco (BRA, #2) – 2:1 (30:27, 30:27, 28:29)

Flyweight (114 lbs)
1. Andrew Selby (WAL, #1) – Ilyas Suleymenov (KAZ, #8) – 2:1 (29:28, 29:28, 28:29)
2. Jasourbek Latipov (UZB, #4) – Paddy Barnes (IRL, #5) – 3:0 (29:27, 28:27, 28:27)
3. Chatchai Butdee (THA) – Elvin Mamishzade (AZE, #6) – 3:0 (30:27, 29:28, 29:28)
4. Misha Aloyan (RUS, #2) – Shakhriyor Akhmedov (TJK) – 3:0 (30:27, 30:27, 30:27)

Bantamweight (123 lbs)
1. Kairat Yeraliev (KAZ, #8) – Robeisy Carrazana Ramirez (CUB, #1) – 3:0 (29:28, 29:28, 29:28)
2. Jawid Chalabiyev (AZE) – Shiva Thapa (AIB, #4) – 3:0 (30:27, 29:28, 29:28)
3. Mykola Butsenko (UKR, #6) – Selcuk Eker (TUR) – 2:1 (30:26, 29:27, 27:29)
4. Vladimir Nikitin (RUS, #10) – Michael Conlan (URL, #2) – 3:0 (30:27, 30:27, 29:28)

Lightweight (132 lbs)
1. Domenico Valentino (ITA, #1) – Elvin Isayev (AZE) – 3:0 (30:27, 29:28, 29:28)
2. Robson Conceicao (BRA, #4) – Vikash Malik (AIB) – 3:0 (30:25, 30:27, 29:28)
3. Berik Abdrakhmanov (KAZ, #6) – Luis Diaz (VEN) – 2:1 (29:28, 29:28, 28:29)
4. Lazaro Estrada (CUB) – Saylom Ardee(THA, #7) – 3:0 (30:27, 30:27, 30:26)

Light welterweight (141 lbs)
1. Everton Lopez (BRA, #1) – Evaldas Petrauskas (LTU, #8) – 2:1 (29:28, 28+:28, 28:29)
2. Merey Akshalov (KAZ, #5) – Ermek Sakenov (KGZ) – 3:0 (30:26, 30:26, 30:26)
3. Yasnier Lopez (CUB) – Manoj Kumar (AIB, #6) – 3:0 (30:26, 30:27, 29:28)
4. Munkh-Erdene Uranchimeg (MGL, #2) – Sanjar Rakhmanov (UZB) – 2:1 (30:27, 29:28, 28:29)

Welterweight (152 lbs)
1. Araik Marutjan (GER, #9) – Freddie Evans (WAL, #1) – 3:0 (30:27, 30:27, 30:27)
2. Daniyar Yeleussinov (KAZ, #4) – Vincenzo Magniacapre (ITA, #5) – 3:0 (30:27, 30:27, 30:27)
3. Gabriel Maestre (VEN, #3) – Alexander Besputin (RUS, #6) – 3:0 (30:27, 30:27, 29:28)
4. Arisnoidys Despaigne (CUB) – Aram Amirkhanyan (ARM) – 3:0 (30:26, 30:26, 30:26)

Middleweight (178 lbs)
1. Artem Chebotarev (RUS) – Azizbek Abdugofurov (UZB) – TKO 1 (2:33)
2. Jason Quigley (IRL, #5) – Zoltan Harcsa (HUN, #4) – 3:0 (30:27, 30:27, 30:27)
3. Zhanibek Alimkhanuly (KAZ, #6) – Bogdan Juratoni (ROM, #3) – 3:0 (29:28, 29:28, 29:28)
4. Anthony Fowler (ENG) – Steffen Haertel (GER, #7) – 2:1 (29:28, 29:28, 30:27)

Light Heavyweight (178 lbs)
1. Adilbek Niyazymbetov (KAZ, #1) – Sumit Sangwan (AIB) – 3:0 (30:27, 30:27, 29:28)
2. Oybek Mamazulunov (UZB, #4) – Peter Mullenberg (NED, #5) – 3:0 (30:27, 29:28, 29:28)
3. Joseph Ward (IRL, #6) – Nikita Ivanov (RUS, #3) – RTD 1 (Cut)
4. Julio Peraza (CUB, #2) – Abdelhafid Benchabla (ALG, #10) – 3:0 (30:27, 30:27, 30:27)

Heavyweight (201 lbs)
1. Teymur Mammadov (AZE, #1) – Erislandy Savon (CUB, #8) – 2:1 (29:28, 29:28, 27:30)
2. Clemente Russo (ITA, #4) – Marko Calic (CRO) – 3:0 (30:27, 29:28, 29:28)
3. Evgueny Tischenko (RUS) – Rustam Tulaganov (UZB) – 3:0 (30:27, 30:27, 30:27)
4. Yamil Peralta (ARG, #2) – Thomas McCarthy (IRL) – 2:1 (30:27, 30:27, 28:29)

Super Heavyweight (201+ lbs)
1. Magomedrasul Medzhidov (AZE, #1) – Magomed Omarov (RUS) – 3:0 (29:28, 29:28, 29:28)
2. Roberto Cammarelle (ITA, #4) – Filip Hrgovic (CRO, #5) – 3:0 (30:27, 30:27, 30:27)
3. Eric Pfeifer (GER, #6) – Yegor Plevako – 3:0
4. Ivan Dychko (KAZ, #2) – Kumar Satish (AIB) – WO