The International Professional Boxing Tournament was held for the first time in Sevastopol

CrimeaPRESS reports:

An international professional boxing evening took place within the walls of the new sports complex on Shevchenko Street with the support of Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev. Professional, titled Sevastopol athletes and their rivals from Iran, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan showed exciting fights.

Boxing is one of the most popular sports in our country and in our city. These competitions became the first international professional fights since the reunification of Crimea and Sevastopol with Russia. Titled athletes, the best representatives of the Sevastopol school of boxing, entered the ring: international masters of sports Elena Gapeshina and Dmitry Shipovsky, masters of sports of Russia Israfil Islamov, Ivan Romanchuk, Maxim Shvedyuk and candidate master of sports David Agabekyan. Their rivals were no less titled boxers from friendly foreign countries. Once again we showed everyone that the Hero City is open to international relations – now in sports as well– quotes the press service of the Government of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev.

Sevastopol residents won six victories in six fights at the first international professional boxing tournament in our city in ten years:

• 18-year-old heavyweight Israfil Islamov won a landslide victory over Vladislav Popov from Stavropol.
• Winner of the silver medal at the Russian Women’s Championship, Elena Gapeshina, defeated Essentuki representative Anzhelika Harutyunyan in a 6-round bout in the middle weight category.
• Sevastopol resident David Aghabekyan had a bright and dramatic fight against Iranian boxer Sajjad Mohamadpour and won his first victory in the professional ring.
• Krasnodar boxer Artyom Ukhanov and Altynbek Ibragimov from Kazakhstan staged a competitive confrontation in the ring, and based on the results of six rounds, they did not reveal the strongest. The result of the competition is a fighting draw.
• Sevastopol middleweight Ivan Romanchuk defeated Khalis Eminov, who arrived from Volgograd.
• Featherweight from Sevastopol Dmitry Shipovsky defeated Tajik boxer Ramazon Abdukakhkhorzoda by unanimous decision in a 4-round fight.

In the main event of the evening, the promising 19-year-old featherweight from Hero City Maxim Shvedyuk created a real feast for the audience, showing an incredible level of boxing in a fight with Iranian boxer Nima Valizadh. After the third round, the Iranian’s corner refused to continue the fight and a victory by technical knockout was declared in favor of Sevastopol resident Maxim Shvedyuk.

source: press service of the Government of Seastopol

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