By Alexey Sukachev

Tuesday was marked as the Welsh Day in the Kazakh city of Almaty. Two first-seeded Welshmen headed further, outpointing capable opponents in tough fights. The difference, however, is telling. While Andrew Selby looked confident and ready to take his division over, his compatriot and #1 rated welterweight Freddie Evans was given a present for the second time in a row, getting a questionable decision over skilled Kenyan Rayton Okwiri in what many thought was the latter’s fight. Evans was harshly booed by the audience.

Other #1’s have also got through and looked convincing in doing so but two #2’s failed to reach the quarterfinals. Cuban Lazaro Estrada looked slightly better than his Uzbek opponent Fazliddin Gaibnazarov, while #2 Mexican Marvin Cabrera was eliminated by Armenian Aram Amirkhanyan. Other upsets were mostly local and not as telling as aforementioned surprises.

Team USA has lost its last representative. Lenroy Thompson, also known as Cam F. Awesome, was defeated by #1 super heavyweight Magomedrasul Medzhidov despite producing a spirited effort. Goind down is also Ukrainian national team, which lost one of its brightest representatives Olexander Ganzulya. Staying in mix are super heavyweight Yegor Plevako and bantamweight Mykola Butsenko – both aren’t clear favorites to win in their weight classes.

Leading team competitions are Kazakhstani fighters, who have only lost one fighter up to the quarterfinals. Going strong are Russians (7 boxers in QF’s), Cubans (7 boxers in QF’s), Azerbaijanis, Indians and Italians (5 boxers in QF’s for each team).

Round of 16 (1/8)

Winners are listed first.

Flyweight (114 lbs)
1. Andrew Selby (WAL, #1) – Gerardo Tejeria (CUB) – 3:0 (30:27, 29:28, 29:28)
2. Ilyas Suleymenov (KAZ, #8) – Azat Usenaliev (KGZ, #9) – 2:1 (29:28, 29:28, 28:29)
3. Paddy Barnes (IRL, #5) – Simon Nzioki (KEN) – TKO 1 (1:26)
4. Jasourbek Latipov (UZB, #4) – Narek Abgaryan (ARM) – 3:0 (30:27, 30:27, 30:27)
5. Chatchai Butdee (THA) – Ri Chung (PRK) – 2:1 (29:28, 29:28, 27:30)
6. Elvin Mamishzade (AZE, #6) – Zarip Jumaev (TKM) – 3:0 (30:27, 30:27, 30:27)
7. Shakhriyor Akhmedov (TJK) – Jantony Marcano (PUR) – 2:1 (29:28, 29:28, 28:29)
8. Misha Aloyan (RUS, #2) – Oteng Oteng (BOT) – 3:0 (30:27, 30:27, 30:27)

Lightweight (132 lbs)
1. Domenico Valentino (ITA, #1) – Lindolfo Delgado (MEX) – 3:0 (30:27, 30:27, 30:27)
2. Elvin Isayev (AZE) – Sean McComb (IRL) – 2:1 (30:27, 29:28, 28:29)
3. Vikash Malik (AIB) – Miklos Varga (HUN, #5) – 3:0 (30:27, 29:28, 29:28)
4. Robson Conceicao (BRA, #4) – Dmytro Chernyak (UKR) – 3:0 (30:27, 29:28, 29:28)
5. Luis Diaz (VEN) – Daisuke Narimatsu (JPN) – 2:1 (30:27, 30:27, 28:29)
6. Berik Abdrakhmanov (KAZ, #6) – Robert Harutunyan (GER) – 3:0 (30:27, 30:27, 30:27)
7. Saylom Ardee(THA, #7) – Sang Min Lee (KOR) – 3:0 (29:27, 29:27, 29:27)
8. Lazaro Estrada (CUB) – Fazliddin Gaibnazarov (UZB, #2) – 3:0 (30:27, 29:28, 29:28)

Welterweight (152 lbs)
1. Freddie Evans (WAL, #1) – Rayton Okwiri (KEN) – 3:0 (29:28, 29:28, 29:28)
2. Araik Marutjan (GER, #9) – Simeon Chamov (BUL) – 3:0 (29:28, 29:28, 29:28)
3. Vincenzo Magniacapre (ITA, #5) – Parviz Baghirov (AZE) – 3:0 (30:27, 30:27, 30:27)
4. Daniyar Yeleussinov (KAZ, #4) – Soulemane Cissokho (FRA) – 3:0 (30:27, 30:27, 30:27)
5. Gabriel Maestre (VEN, #3) – Ireneusz Zakrzewski (POL) – 3:0 (30:27, 30:27, 29:28)
6. Alexander Besputin (RUS, #6) – Serdar Hudayberdyev (TKM) – 3:0 (29:27, 29:27, 29:27)
7. Arisnoidys Despaigne (CUB) – Custio Clayton (CAN, #7) – 3:0 (30:27, 30:27, 30:27)
8. Aram Amirkhanyan (ARM) – Marvin Cabrera (MEX, #2) – 2:1 (30:27, 30:27, 27:30)

Light Heavyweight (178 lbs)
1. Adilbek Niyazymbetov (KAZ, #1) – Armend Xhoxhaj (KOS) – 3:0 (30:27, 30:27, 30:26)
2. Sumit Sangwan (AIB) – Sergey Novikov (BLR, #8) – 3:0 (30:27, 30:27, 30:27)
3. Peter Mullenberg (NED, #5) – Scott Forrest (SCO) – 3:0 (30:27, 30:27, 30:26)
4. Oybek Mamazulunov (UZB, #4) – Dzemal Bosnjak (BIH) – 3:0 (30:27, 30:27, 29:28)
5. Nikita Ivanov (RUS, #3) – Simone Fiori (ITA) – 2:1 (30:27, 29:28, 28:29)
6. Joseph Ward – Norbert Harcsa (HUN) – 3:0 (30:27, 30:27, 30:26)
7. Abdelhafid Benchabla (ALG, #10) – Alaa Ghoussoun (SYR) – 3:0 (30:26, 30:26, 29:27)
8. Julio Peraza (CUB, #2) – Olexander Ganzulya (UKR) – 3:0 (30:26, 30:27, 29:28)

Super Heavyweight (201+ lbs)
1. Magomedrasul Medzhidov (AZE, #1) – Cam F. Awesome (USA) – 3:0 (30:26, 30:27, 29:28)
2. Magomed Omarov (RUS) – Yohandi Ortega (CUB) – 3:0 (29:28, 29:28, 29:28)
3. Filip Hrgovic (CRO, #5) – Mirzohidjon Abdullayev (UZB) – 3:0 (30:27, 29:28, 29:28)
4. Roberto Cammarelle (ITA, #4) – Muhamed Sallah (SWE) – 3:0 (30:27, 30:27, 30:27)
5. Yegor Plevako (UKR) – Hamza Beguerni (ALG) – 3:0 (30:27, 29:28, 29:28)
6. Eric Pfeifer (GER, #6) – Mihai Nistor (ROM) – 3:0 (29:28, 29:28, 29:28)
7. Kumar Satish (AIB) – Yan Sudzilovskiy (BLR) – 3:0 (29:28, 29:28, 29:28)
8. Ivan Dychko (KAZ, #2) – Istvan Bernath (HUN) – 3:0 (30:27, 30:27, 30:26)