Uzbekistan has entered a rich period in its boxing history, with Israil Madrimov set to defend his 154-pound title against Terence Crawford and several Uzbek boxers going for gold at the Paris Olympics.
Shabhodikin Zoirov is one of four returning Olympians among an Uzbekistan team that brought 11 participants to Tokyo. The defending 2016 Olympic Gold medalist remains just one of four on that team still alive in competition, following his unanimous decision win over Daniel David Varela de Pina (Cape Verde).
Yuberjen Herney Martinez (Colombia) kicked off Day 3 of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with a three-round, unanimous decision win over Rajab Otukile Mahommed (Botswana) in their opening round flyweight bout Monday morning at Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo. All five judges awarded every round to Martinez, who won 30-27 on four cards and 30-25 on one card.
Shakhobidin Zoirov's pro career remains on hold in pursuit of a second Olympic Gold medal. A significant step was taken by the Uzbek boxer, who advanced to the round of 16 following a one-sided unanimous decision win over Turkey's Batuhan Ciftci.
He’s already aiming for an historic second Olympic gold medal but Shakhobidin Zoirov still won’t be satisfied with glory in Tokyo. Uzbekistan’s boxing hero signed with MTK Global and reeled off three emphatic professional wins but will return for another shot at the top prize in amateur boxing; looking to add to his gold at Rio 2016 and his 2019 World Championship gold.
One of the tourney's best boxers and clearly its biggest puncher Bakhodir Jalolov made a crucial difference in the overall standings as his gold medal super heavyweight effort signalized a win for Team Uzbekistan in an entire competition.
Tomorrow is the most important day of this year for amateur boxing. Today all preparations for that day were finished as the finalists of the 2019 World Amateur Championship were defined in Ekaterinburg, Russia.
Aarhus, Denmark - Lolenga Mock (43-16-1) won the vacant IBA super middleweight title on split decision after a very tough fight against Argentinian Mateo Damian Veron (28-24-3). All three judges had it 114-112 with two for Mock and one for Veron, who had two points deducted, one in the 7th for holding and another in the tenth for pushing and especially the second points deduction looked harsh on the visitor.
Aliu Bamidele Lasisi (12-0, 8KOs) headlines the first-ever edition of Dubai Fight Night on ESPN+ , as he faces Nicaragua’s Ricardo Blandon (10-1, 6KOs) in a 10-round super flyweight contest Friday evening at Emirates Golf Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Team Sauerland held a press conference today at the Leonardo Hotel to preview a huge night of boxing at the CongressPark in Wolfsburg on Saturday night featuring IBF title fights for rising middleweight stars Patrick Wojcicki (12-0-1, 4KOs) and Denis Radovan (11-0-1, 5 KOs).