“Pavel overcame Mohammed Nurani and made his way to the 1/8 finals in Liverpool”, – WRITE: Sport.ua
On September 4, the first World Boxing Amateur World Championships started in English Liverpool. Participants compete at the Liverpool Arena stadium and will play medals in 20 weight categories among men and women within 11 days.
Representative of Ukraine Paul Illyushwhich performs in the weight category up to 75 kg, spent the first match at the tournament. His rival was Mohammed Nursani from Iran.
According to the results of the three rounds, the Ukrainian broke out a difficult victory with a score of 3: 2. Ilyusha made his way to the stage 1/8 of the finals, where on September 8 he will fight with Sabirzhan Akalikov, who represents Kazakhstan.
It is worth noting that, in addition to speeches in the amateur ring, Paul managed to make his debut on professional. In June, the Ukrainian knocked out in the fourth round of his compatriot Andrei Sanjur.
