“Paul snatched victory in a difficult match with Sabirjan Akalikov”, – WRITE: Sport.ua
The second battle at the tournament was conducted by a weight category representative up to 75 kg Paul Illyushwho went to the ring against a rival from Kazakhstan Sabirjan Akalikov.
According to the results of the three rounds of the incredibly tense and interesting confrontation between the judges, 30:27, 29:28, 29:28 in favor of the Ukrainian and 28:29, 28:29 Akalikov. Ilyusha became the first representative of the “blue-yellow” team to make it up to the 1/4 finals!
We will remind, in the previous stage Paul in a difficult duel snarry the victory over Iranian Mohammed Nurane (3: 2).
On September 10, the Ukrainian boxer will draw a quarterfinal fight against Saidijamshid Jafarov, which represents Azerbaijan. It is a titled athlete, a silver medalist of the World Cup, two -time Asian Champion.
