Junior stars excel on category step up to IBA Youth World Boxing Championships in Budva
October 25th, 2024 / IBA Youth World Boxing Championships
Competition continued on day two of the IBA Youth World Boxing Championships in Budva, Montenegro.
Junior World Champions were in action at the Budva Sports Centre, including Fabian Pawel Urbanski from Poland, who won by referee’s stoppage in the first round of his men’s 75kg match against Daniel Dukic of Croatia. In the same weight division, another world champion, Armenia’s Albert Harutyunyan, eliminated Adam Taro from Slovakia in the second round by referee’s stoppage.
Another early finish saw Junior World Champion Snezhana Kuznetsova defeat South African Nokwanda Mbatha in the women’s 52kg tournament, but there was also a defeat for another World gold medallist. Keyan Vagharshak from Armenia was eliminated in the men’s 48kg contest, losing on a tight split decision verdict to Morocco’s Othman Chadghour.
Defending Youth European champion Bilalhabsi Nazarov won his opening men’s 48kg by unanimous decision against Iasur Taalaibek Uulu of Kyrygzstan. European bronze medallist Atanas Dinkov from Bulgaria was also the winner in a tight split decision ruling in the men’s 54kg tournament.
The competitions continue on 25 October with Preliminaries with morning, afternoon and evening sessions.
