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The International Boxing Association (AIBA) today signed the host city agreement for the 2011 Women’s Youth and Junior World Championships, which will be held in Antalya from April 28 - May 8 this year.

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Istanbul, Turkey, January 15, 2010.

The signing ceremony was attended by AIBA President C. K. Wu and Turkey’s Minister of State with responsibility for Sport, Mr Faruk Özak at the Wow Hotel in Istanbul.The agreement to host the championship was signed today by Mr Faruk Özak, Minister of State with responsibility for Sport and AIBA President Wu at a press conference attended by Mr. Hakan Tütüncü, Mayor of Kepez (the event will be held at the Kepez Sports Hall), Mr. Yunus Akgül, from the General Directorate of Youth and Sports, Turkey, Mr. Saadettin Saran, owner of the Istanbulls World Series of Boxing team, Mr. Togay Bayatli, President of the Turkish National Olympic Committee and Mr. Eyüp Gözgec, President of the Turkish Boxing Federation.The south-coast town of Antalya in Turkey was selected to host the event at last year’s AIBA Congress in Almaty, Kazakhstan, as one of three major AIBA events in 2011. The other two events are the Junior World Championships, which will be held in Astana, Kazakhstan, from July 20-31 and the Men’s Elite World Championships, which will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from September 22 - October 10 and will be the first qualifying event for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Photo: Dr. Ching Kuo Wu - Addressing the conference in Turkey.

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Olympic Boxing News - Kazakhstan Dominates Zharylgapov Memorial Tournament

A strong Kazakh team dominated the Galym Zharylgapov Memorial Tournament in Karaganda despite the nation’s best boxers missing the event because they have to relax and prepare well before the top events in 2011.

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Next to Kazakhstan, other former Soviet nations as Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan competed at the tournament. The local squad claimed eight out of ten weight classes, while Ukraine and Uzbekistan celebrated one final victory.

Kazakhstan’s new big hope Adilkhan Amangeldy, who celebrated his 17th birthday some months ago, unexpectedly won the light flyweight class in Karaganda. The young talent defeated more experienced Brandenburg Youth Tournament winner Anvar Muzaparov in the quarterfinal, Turkish Prime Ministry Tournament bronze medalist Mardan Berikbayev and finally Temirtas Zhusupov.

Kazakh National Championships bronze medalist 20-year-old Almas Zhakipov had a hard fight in the flyweight final against Kyrgyzstan’s speedy Azat Usenaliyev, who moved up a division after the Asian Games. The final verdict was 3:1 to Zhakipov, who secured the gold medal, while experienced Asian Junior Champion Anuarbek Bayzhanov was eliminated in the first preliminary round.

Almaty-based 20-year-old Bekman Soilybayev, who competed at the University World Championships in Ulanbaatar, was too strong for the bantamweight participants. Soilybayev defeated Oraz Afzolshoyev of Tajikistan, Khasanov Memorial Tournament winner Merbolat Toitov and Kazakh National Championships silver medalist Zhandos Momunov.

Kazakhstan’s Asian Junior Championships bronze medalist 22-year-old Zhaksylyk Ilyasov won against Mishra Memorial Tournament winner teenager Almatbek Agybayev in the lightweight class final.

Karaganda-based 20-year-old Kuanysh Galimtayev defeated Tajikistan’s Amber Gloves Tournament winner veteran Madadi Nagzibekov in the first preliminary round and was unstoppable thereafter in the 64kg division. Kyrgyzstan’s World Combat Games winner Ermek Sakenov was eliminated in the quarterfinal.

At the welterweight class another Karaganda boxer, relatively unknown 19-year-old Bobyrzhan Mominov, was crowned in the home ring. He eliminated his biggest rivals Furkhat Akhmetov, Chyngyz Berdybekov, Kanagat Maralov and Nurbol Altayev on his long road to the gold medal.

Former Kazakh National Champion and Asian Junior Champion Adilbek Niyazimbetov found the right way back to success and did his best in Karaganda. The 21-year-old boxer from Mangystau defeated Askhat Zhakipbekov in the semifinal by accepted scores and Marlen Bekkulov by 1:0 in the middleweight final.

Uzbekistan’s Ahrorbek Kurbanov missed his national event and competed at the Zharylgapov Memorial Tournament brilliantly. The 23-year-old Uzbek boxer first had to beat Kyrgyzstan’s multiple National Champion Ruslan Karipov in a hard battle but afterwards shocked the local boxers and won the gold medal after beating Danil Shved of Russia, while Kazakhstan’s newly crowned champion Almat Serimov claimed only a bronze.

Karaganda-based 19-year-old Azat Abildinov became Kazakh Youth National Champion in 2009 but reached his top heavyweight result at the Galym Zharylgapov Memorial Tournament. Abildinov defeated his compatriots, youth Aleksandr Gulevskiy in the semifinal and Kamshybek Kunkabayev in the gold medal contest.

In Ivan Dychko’s and Ruslan Myrsatayev’s absence Ukraine’s 25-year-old Andriy Tomchuk eliminated the top Kazakh boxers National Champion Zhan Kosobutskiy, strong Andrey Plakhotnyuk and experienced Vitaliy Bondarenko in the superheavy weight division.

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Photo: The Kazakh team at the Galym Zharylgapov Memorial Tournament

Photo Credit: Marina Ni

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The 2nd Golden Belt Tournament was held in Portoviejo, Ecuador from December 15-17, and was attended by AIBA Vice-President and President of the American Boxing Confederation Mr. Ing. Domingo Solano.

The organizers opened the event to junior as well as youth athletes in view of the forthcoming 2011 AIBA Junior World Championships, which will be held in Kazakhstan in July. The even’ts gold medalists will therefore be looking to make their mark in the upcoming tournaments in 2011.

Brazil, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico and Venezuela participated in the junior and youth competitions. Boxers born in 1995 and 1996 were eligible to compete at junior level, while athletes born in 1992-1994 could take part in the youth competition.

Ecuador’s best youth boxer, reigning Panamerican Elite Champion and AIBA Junior World Championships silver medalist Italo Perea, missed the tournament. Ecuador’s boxing life is in a developing stage and the country’s elite athletes won the team event at the Panamerican Men’s Championships in June.

Among the youth boxers local 18-year-old Danilo Fernandez defeated Panamerican Youth Championships silver medalist and more experienced Michael Tello of Guatemala, while two Venezuelan fighters secured the bronze medals in the light flyweight class.

In the youth bantamweight division 17-year-old Cesar Diaz won Peru’s first major international gold medal for many years after beating Kleber Gonzalez of Venezuela by 19:9.

AIBA Youth World Championships quarterfinalist Fradimil Macayo of Venezuela defeated Panamerican Junior Championships silver medalist 16-year-old Anthony Macias of Ecuador by 6:4 in the lightweight final. Macayo’s teammate Joelvis Hernandez continued Venezuela’s great winning series at youth level.

The youth welterweight class was a Venezuelan home fight, where AIBA Youth World Championships bronze medalist Samuel Zapata was surprisingly defeated by his compatriot 17-year-old Jose Cesar by 7:3. Light heavyweight Alfonso Flores claimed Venezuela’s fourth gold medal after defeating Leonardo Cavaneiro in the closest contest of the day.

At the junior competition in Portoviejo 15-year-old Isaac Pinto of Ecuador won the lowest weight class while Anthony Ortiz of Puerto Rico showed his excellent skills in the 48kg division and claimed the strong Central American nation’s only gold medal.

Angel Sacon and Ludy Tenorio followed Ecuador’s great run, while Dominican Republic’s new talents Huascar Ramirez at bantamweight and Edwin Franco at lightweight class claimed the gold medals.

Ecuador’s best junior boxer Cristhian Ocampo deserves a special mention after shocking his opponent in the final. Yeison Almonte from the Dominican Republic was unable to respond to Ocampo’s excellent combinations in the 66kg gold medal bout leaving the final verdict 27:3 to the 15-year-old Ecuadorian talent.

Photo: Huascar Ramirez, the winner of the junior 54kg weight class

(Photo Credit: Ing. Alex Gonzalez)

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Joseph Ward Magnificent in Baku

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Ireland’s AIBA Youth World Champion 17-year-old Joseph Ward secured the gold medal and defended his title at the annual Abbas Agalarov Youth Memorial Tournament which was held at the capital city of Azerbaijan, Baku in December.

The young Irish boxer from Moate became AIBA Junior World Champion in 2009 and AIBA Youth World Champion last year. Following his great victories Ward moved up into the light heavyweight division where he will be aiming for a gold medal at the 2011 European Youth Championships in August.

Ward eliminated reigning European Junior Champion Aleksandr Dokvadze of Georgia in the quarter-final, Russia’s Vladimir Korsunov in the semi-final and in the final defeated Kazakhstan’s 16-year-old Dinislam Abdesov, who was silver medalist at the Ahmet Comert Junior Tournament in July. Joseph Ward claimed not only the gold medal but also picked up the best boxer trophy in Baku.

This was the host city’s fourth major boxing event following the 2009 AIBA President’s Cup, the 2010 AIBA Youth World Championships and the Heydar Aliyev Junior Cup in 2010. Baku will also host the 2011 AIBA Men’s World Championships, which will be the first Olympic qualifying event for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Uzbek Youth National Champion and Berdichev Youth Tournament silver medalist Shakhobiddin Zoirov from Bukhara claimed his first international victory in Baku after beating Evan Metcalfe of Ireland and Kazakhstan’s Erzhan Zhomart by accepted points in the light flyweight class.

President Heydar Aliyev Junior Cup winner Ramal Yusifzade of Azerbaijan caused a surprise at the event when he eliminated AIBA Youth World Championships bronze medalist Vasiliy Vetkin of Russia in the semi-final. For the gold medal contest he had to beat another Russian fighter, Sabukhi Kafarov, which the Azeri athlete did successfully.

Azerbaijan’s newcomer Ilkin Guliyev claimed the second gold medal for the host nation after beating Russian Youth National Championships silver medalist Radzhab Butayev at bantamweight, while his compatriot and Aliyev Junior Cup bronze medalist Parviz Bagirov defeated Kazakhstan’s powerful Dzhakibek Adzhibayev in the lightweight division.

Uzbekistan’s biggest hope, Ahmet Comert Junior Tournament winner 16-year-old Akmalbek Kosimov, claimed his second gold medal of 2010. At the light welterweight semi-final he had to beat Azerbaijan’s Joshgun Aliyev and proved too strong for Russia’s Zalibek Dzhmailov in the final.

Russian Youth National Championships quarter-finalist 17-year-old Abulzhabar Gasanov competed in his first major international tournament in Baku and won the welterweight class after defeating local Sagi Sadigli.

Georgia’s Aliyev Junior Cup silver medalist Nikoloz Sekhniashvili defeated his top rivals in Baku, firstly European Junior Championships silver medalist and Aliyev Junior Cup winner Rauf Rahimov after AIBA Youth World Championships quarter-finalist Kazim Eneyev of Russia in the middleweight final.

Russia’s 17-year-old Ivan Veryasov won the Amber Gloves Tournament among elite boxers in Kaliningrad where he defeated two veteran fighters, Germany’s Stefan Koeber and Lithuania’s Vitalijus Subacius. Veryasov’s experience was enough to beat his youth rivals in the heavyweight class in Baku, where he had a hectic final against Kazakhstan’s Artem Vasilyonok.

Super heavyweight’s reigning AIBA Junior World Champion 17-year-old Gasan Gimbatov of Russia did not qualify for the 1st Youth Olympic Games but claimed the gold medal at the Agalarov Youth Memorial Tournament, where 89 boxers from seven nations competed to bolster their international experiences.

Photo Credit : Agajan Abiyev

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The 19th Uzbek Men’s Elite National Boxing Championships were held at the Humo Sport Complex in Bukhara.

The strong Uzbek team claimed one gold, two silver and two bronze medal at the 16th Asian Games in November 2010, where AIBA World Championships silver medalist Elshod Rasulov defended his Asian title in the light heavyweight division.

Unfortunately the best Uzbek boxers, the national team members, were unable to compete at the championships due to the Asian Games.

Altogether 167 elite male athletes competed at the Uzbek National Championships from all over the country.

In Jasurbek Latipov’s and Alisher Mahmudov’s absence former Uzbek National Champion and Ahmet Comert Tournament bronze medalist 21-year-old Rasul Djurayev from Surhandarya won the first final at light flyweight.

AIBA Youth World Championships and Youth Olympic Games bronze medalist 18-year-old Zokhidjon Hurboyev from Andizhan acquired his first elite title after defeating teenager Pahlavon Hojiyev in the flyweight class in Bukhara.

Dzhizak boxer, 19-year-old Shokhrukh Khudjabekov was bronze medalist at the Turkish Prime Ministry Tournament and despite his youth he defended his bantamweight title after beating 18-year-old Sukhrob Babanazarov who competed at the 2010 AIBA Youth World Championships in Baku.

Another huge Uzbek hope, Bukhara-based Sydney Jackson Memorial Tournament and Battle of Stalingrad Youth Tournament gold medalist 19-year-old Fazliddin Gaibnazarov, defended his title after defeating Farkhod Polvonov of Khorezm in the lightweight class.

Former Asian Junior Champion and Sydney Jackson Memorial Tournament winner 21-year-old Kamoliddin Ahmedov from Tashkent also defended his title and claimed his third Uzbek national gold medal.

A relative newcomer, welterweight Hurshid Normatov from Andizhan surprisingly triumphed over defending champion and Sydney Jackson Memorial Tournament winner 20-year-old Azamat Ergashev of Bukhara

Oybek Mamazulunov from Tashkent competed at the Sydney Jackson Memorial Tournament in May, where he missed the medal. But in Bukhara he took the middleweight gold against titleholder Shukhrat Abdullayev of Andizhan.

MHSK Sport Club’s best light heavyweight boxer, Sydney Jackson Memorial Tournament winner Muhammadyusuf Saidov from Tashkent, claimed the gold medal after beating Shavkat Atoyev of Samarkand and celebrated his first national victory.

Strong heavyweight boxer, 23-year-old Tashkent-based Ramzjon Ahmedov, who was quarter-finalist at the 2009 AIBA World Championships, claimed his second national gold medal after his first title which he took in 2008.

Finally, another local boxer from Bukhara, Hamza Avezov who is coached by Rakhmatullo Mukhammadiyev, secured the gold medal in the home ring. The young Uzbek athlete moved up into the super heavyweight class after the Sydney Jackson Memorial Tournament, where he acquired a valuable bronze medal. Avezov defeated Botirjon Yokubov of Andizhan by 6:1 in the final contest of the National Championships.

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Boxing Turkey - Five teenagers were crowned at the annual Turkish Men’s Elite National Championships in the southern part of the country, Mersin, at the Edip Burhan Sport Hall, where a record number of boxers fought for glory.

AIBA Article: January 2011

A total of 456 boxers competed at the event from 56 cities across Turkey, making the event the biggest national championships in Europe in 2010.

AIBA World Championships quarter-finalist 27-year-old Kerem Gurgen was unable to compete in Mersi after a knee operation, while Beijing Olympian 19-year-old Furkan Memis Ulas also missed the event. After a busy 2010, Ulas’s coach decided to rest him ahead of upcoming and important events in 2011.

Istanbul’s Erdal Inanli was flyweigh gold medalist at last year’s edition but moved down to 49kg this year and defeated titleholder Aydin Sakal in a close contest where the final verdict was 4:3 to Inanli. The main favourite, European Championships bronze medalist Ferhat Pehlivan, lost his semi-final contest and had to travel back to Trabzon without the title.

Turkey’s 19-year-old Selcuk Eker from Kocaeli claimed his first title among elite boxers in Mersin after defeating Turkish Prime Ministry Tournament bronze medalist Ridvan Budak by 3:2 in the semi-final and demoralizing rival Alkan Ozdemir from Samsun 10:2 in the flyweight final.

In Furkan Memis Ulas’s absence another 19-year-old boxer, AIBA World Championships participant Mehmet Topcakan, outpointed experienced Abdullah Dursun at the bantamweight final. Topcakan is hot on the heels of his top rival, Furkan Memis Ulas for next year’s events and secured his place in the national squad.

European Youth Championships silver medalist and Ahmet Comert Tournament silver medalist teenager Bunyamin Aydin eliminated Ural Karslioglu by 2:0 in the semi-final and defeated Fatih Keles from Kocaeli in the lightweight division to acquire his first national elite title in Mersin.

AIBA World Championships quarter-finalist and Beijing Olympian Onur Sipal is only 21 but has been in the Turkish national squad since 2006. His experience won out over strong opponent Yakup Sener, who was silver medalist at the Turkish Prime Ministry Tournament in April. Sipal defended his throne in Mersin among 79 boxers in the 64kg division.

Mediterranean Games winner 23-year-old Onder Sipal has been in the Turkish squad since 2005. At the National Championships Sipal’s main rival was veteran Abdulkadir Koroglu in the monumental welterweight event with 74 competitors.

Sipal won a really close and hectic preliminary contest against Hasan Demir 1:0. In the final bout against Koroglu he had to show his skills and did his best to win the gold medal match.

As expected Beijing Olympian and AIBA World Championships bronze medalist 24-year-old Adem Kilicci from Istanbul defended his middleweight title in Mersin after defeating his biggest opponent, Ulus Kaya by 4:2.

Youth Olympic Games silver medalist and AIBA Youth World Championships bronze medalist 17-year-old Burak Aksin is one of Turkey’s biggest hopes for the future and claimed the final victory in his first elite tournament at the Nationals. Ankara-based Aksin triumphed over Caner Sayak by 1:0 in the light heavyweight final, while National Team boxer Onder Ozgul achieved only a bronze medal.

Beijing Olympian and former European Junior Championships silver medalist Bahram Muzaffer was unexpectedly defeated by Youth Olympic Games bronze medalist 18-year-old Umit Can Patir in the heavyweight final. The young Turkish hope had a hard fight against Hamza Ali Guney during the preliminaries, while Patir outpointed Bahram Muzaffer in the gold medal contest.

Newly-crowned heavyweight champion Muhammet Guner, who defeated Metin Coruk 3:1 in the final, is aiming to qualify for the Olympic Games and end Turkey’s drought of successes in the heaviest weight category.

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Mary Spencer defeats Ariane Fortin in Québec

Three-time Women’s World Champion Mary Spencer triumphed over her biggest rival, two-time World Champion Ariane Fortin, at the 2011 Canadian National Championships in Québec.

AIBA 22, December, 2010

Spencer competed at 66kg and Fortin at 70kg in 2008 when they claimed their second World Championships titles in Ningbo, China, but the weight classes were changed last year and both boxers moved up into the new Olympic 75kg division.

At the 2010 Canadian National Championships Québec-based Fortin defeated her rival but it was Mary Spencer who was entered for the 6th AIBA Women’s World Championships, she took the title for a third time.

On their re-match Mary Spencer won the hectic and close middleweight battle by 6:3 at the 2011 National Championships in Québec last week, which was attended by AIBA Executive Committee member Mr. Luiz Boselli of Brazil.

Canada’s other female star, three-time Panamerican Champion 23-year-old Mandy Bujold from Ontario, claimed her fourth national title after beating Jackie Lachapelle by 10:1 in the Olympic flyweight class.

In the third Olympic weight class, former champion Sandra Bizier from Québec won the 60kg division, while top favourite titleholder Stephanie Walker missed the final contest and took the bronze.

Melissa Guillemette at 57kg, Susan Haas at welterweight and Melinda Watpool at heavyweight were some of the experienced Canadian women who defended their titles in Québec.

In the men’s light flyweight final Jonathan Quinit and Benoit Fleury - both bronze medalists at the Francophone Games last year - had a great battle in Québec with Quinit from Manitoba taking the gold.

Panamerican Championships silver medalist 21-year-old Kenny Lally was crowned in the flyweight class as expected, while two-time Canadian National Champion bantamweight 27-year-old Joey Laviolette took his third title in Québec.

Ayaz Hussain fought only in his second Nationals in his career and took the final victory in the light welterweight class. National Championships silver medalist 22-year-old Yves Ulysse was included in the Canadian team at the Panamerican Championships and the Commonwealth Games, so it was little surprise that he won the national title in Québec.

Welterweight Mian Hussain was silver medalist at the last edition of the Nationals but he converted this to gold last week. Canadian Youth National Champion 19-year-old Brody Blair managed to win the middleweight division at his first major elite tournament.

National Championships bronze medalist Jonathan Savard from Québec won his first-ever title in the light heavyweight class. Canadian Final Team Selection Tournament winner and Commonwealth team member 30-year-old Samir El Mais took the heavyweight gold, while in Didier Bence’s absence 21-year-old Simon Kean won the super heavyweight division.

Photo: Mary Spencer, Photo Credit: Via AIBA

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A strong Swedish squad won a friendly encounter against neighbouring Finland in Stockholm on December 11 by 12 to 8.

Swedish men’s boxers took five quarter-final places at the European Championships in Moscow this year, while the women’s contingent claimed a silver medal at the Women’s World Championships in Bridgetown, Barbados.

In the first women’s contest of the day AIBA Women’s World Championships bronze medalist Hanne Maekinen of Finland defeated reigning European Champion Jenny Hardingz in the Olympic flyweight class.

Sweden’s young Nathalie Nilsen equalized the dual match after she defeated Finland’s Tiina Hahl, who competed at the European Union Women’s Championships in Keszthely at featherweight.

Sweden’s European Championships bronze medalist veteran Helena Falk moved up into the Olympic lightweight class after her unsuccessful 6th AIBA Women’s World Championships. In her new weight category she demonstrated her power against Finland’s inexperienced Annukka Volotinen.

At the opening men’s bout of the evening, AIBA Youth World Championships bronze medalist and Tammer Tournament winner 20-year-old Matti Koota of Finland and teenage Swedish National Champion Niklas Helgesson met in the bantamweight division. The actual best Finnish boxer won his contest 3:0.

European Championships quarter-finalist Redouane Kaya acquired Sweden’s first men’s victory at the dual match where he outpointed Finland’s 19-year-old Petteri Froejdholm in their lightweight bout.

Finland’s 20-year-old Alex Vasiljev has been in the national squad since 2008 and unexpectedly triumphed over European Championships quarter-finalist and Turkish Prime Ministry Tournament bronze medalist 19-year-old Anthony Yigit of Sweden.

Chechnya-born 21-year-old Leon Chartoi defeated Finland’s youth boxer Henri Kekalainen in the welterweight division, while veteran Babacar Kamara continued Sweden’s winning series against an inexperienced Niklas Rasanen.

Finland’s powerful 25-year-old Eemeli Katajisto moved up a weight class into heavyweight and defeated the host’s newcomer Dumbuya Demba. Sweden’s experienced Modo Sallah was included to the national squad in 2002 and knocked out his Finnish opponent, Kaspar Vaha in the first round of the super heavyweight fight.

Article and Photo Credit: The AIBA

Photo: The Swedish Boxing Team

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Boxing - Hungary

The 87th Hungarian Men’s Elite National Championships finished in the Southwestern region of the country in Nagykanizsa on Saturday.

AIBA – 15 December

Altogether 91 boxers and 40 Hungarian clubs from all across the country were represented at the event. Super heavyweight reigning National Champion Istvan Bernath was unable to defend his title due to WSB commitments, where he has been boxing for the Astana Arlans since November. Defending middleweight titleholder Imre Mona also missed the tournament.

Reigning National Champion 19-year-old Istvan Lakatos from Kecskemet was bronze medalist at the Turkish Prime Ministry Tournament in Ankara and successfully defended his title in the light flyweight class in Nagykanizsa. His opponent in the final was European Championships bronze medalist Istvan Ungvari and the final verdict was 11:5 to Lakatos.

Beijing Olympian 24-year-old Norbert Kalucza fought against defending champion Zsolt Dobradi, 19, in the flyweight final. European Youth Championships quarter-finalist Dobradi led by 4:1 after the first round but the experienced Kalucza turned the fight in the last round and won the bout by 13:10.

Krisztian Nagy from Szolnok improved on last year’s silver medal after beating Krisztian Lakatos to become National Champion after winning the bantamweight final 13:6. The 19-year-old boxer has a good chance of being called up to the elite squad and seeing his first international action next year.

European Championships bronze medalist and Beijing Olympian 23-year-old Miklos Varga defeated two-time Olympic Champion Aleksey Tishchenko of Russia at the Turkish Prime Ministry Tournament in Ankara but missed the medal at the European Championships in Moscow in June.

At the Nationals he shocked experienced national team member Miklos Rath in the semi-final, winning the contest by 17:3 and going through to the final, where he defeated former AIBA Cadet World Championships bronze medalist 23-year-old Sandor Racz. The final verdict was 6:1 to Varga, who claimed his fifth national title.

Veteran Gyula Kate has an excellent international record, including two bronze medals at the AIBA World Championships and four medals in European Championships since 2004. He collected his ninth national title in Nagykanizsa, winning the light welterweight bout against 19-year-old Gyorgy Varju before the final gong because the referee stopped the contest in the second round.

Reigning European Champion and former AIBA Junior World Champion Balazs Bacskai is Hungary’s best boxer at the moment and triumphed at the National Championships in Nagykanizsa where he outclassed Arpad Klasz in the welterweight final. Vasas-Sullos boxer, Bacskai demonstrated his power and speed immediately and the referee stopped the contest during the first round.

Youth Olympic Games bronze medalist and AIBA Youth World Championships bronze medalist 18-year-old Zoltan Harcsa competed in his first elite tournament held his own among the older boxers to take the middleweight title. In the final the young Hungarian defeated local Istvan Korpics by 5:0 to claim his first glory among elite athletes.

European Union Champion and Beijing Olympic Games quarter-finalist 27-year-old Imre Szello also has WSB duties but was able to travel back to Hungary for the nationals. As expected Kecskemet-based Szello dominated the light welterweight class and won the gold medal again after beating team mate Richard Baranyi, whose corner abandoned the fight in the second round.

Two-time European Championships bronze medalist 25-year-old Jozsef Darmos secured his seventh title in Nagykanizsa and is on track to break the Hungarian record for the number of gold medals. Darmos defeated Debrecen’s Szabolcs Deel by 14:4 on their re-match after the 2009 Nationals.

In Istvan Bernath’s absence, Vasas-Sullos boxer, 25-year-old Bence Bouquet, outclassed his opponents in the super heavyweight class and claimed his second national title. In the final against veteran Zsolt Bogdan the referee stopped the contest in the second round.

The Hungarian national team will be travelling under the direction of head coach Dr. Laszlo Kovacs for a two-week long Cuban training camp where the boxers will be able to spar against strong opponents and prepare for the Bocskai Memorial Tournament, which will be held in Debrecen in February.

Source: AIBA

Photo: Jozsef Darmos, Balazs Bacskai and Gyula Kate with President and

AIBA Executive Committee member Dr. Sandor Csotonyi.

Photo Credit: Sandor Makocsai.

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