Kazakh boxers Bibarys Ashirbay and Daniyar Akbisenov claimed victories at the start of the youth (U19) World Championships in Budva, Montenegro, and advanced to the 1/8 finals. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Kursiv Media.
In the 70 kg weight category, Ashirbay confidently opened with a win over Argentina's Santiago Jimenez Losso. The Kazakh won by unanimous decision. In the bout for a place in the quarterfinals, Ashirbay will face Australia's Luke Nassif.
Akbisenov (60 kg) met Georgia's Sandro Kapanadze in the 1/16 finals and won by split decision – 3:2. In the next round, our athlete will fight Turkey's Furkan Avar.
Ramazan (75 kg) lost his first bout to Uzbekistan's Sukhrob Rakhmatullaev by unanimous decision, while Imantayeva (54 kg) lost a close fight to Scotland's Rose Swales by split decision – 2:3.
Earlier, Aidos Usenov and Ruslan Akhmetov won their opening bouts. Before them, Vladislav Samozhonov, Akzhurek Kalabay and Aisulu Mukhit also advanced to the next round.
The youth (U19) World Championships are taking place in Budva from October 16 to 27. The tournament features 474 athletes competing for medals in ten men's and ten women's weight categories. The Kazakhstan team is represented by a full squad of 20 boxers.