World Olympic Qualifier

[mike222]

This is scheduled to start on 16 June in Azerbaijan.Results and Info here.

[mike222]

Paul Kroll was in action on the first day beating Greek boxer D Tsagkraka 3-0.Canadas David Gauthier competed today as well.

[mike222]

Day 2 selected results
52KGS
A Vargas USA 3-0 G Bidhuri IND
K I Kyu KOR 2-1 H Touba GER
56KGS
R Ramirez CUB 3-0 A Khatayev FIN
60KGS
P Rongchin THA 3-0 D Gauthier CAN
64KGS
G Russell USA 3-0 V Petrov UKR
69KGS
A Mora COS 3-0 S P Vrgoc CRO
81KGS
J Esquivel USA 3-0 M Alyazoorej JRD

[donnellon]

Big win by Russell!

[DaveyMac]

When he is on Little Gary is awesome! Great kid too, total class and a wonderful fighter.

[donnellon]

Probably end up fighting Dean Walsh for a Rio place....

[mike222]

Recap of Olympic places to be allocated at this tournament-the penultimate qualifier
49 2
52 5
56 5
60 5
64 5
69 5
75 5
81 5
91 1
+91 1
39 in total
Tough qualifying at 49 91 +91

[mike222]

Day 3 selected results
60KGS
D Valentino ITA 2-1 M Varga HUN
H Rabi MAR 3-0 T Belyak UKR
69KGS
P Kroll USA 3-0 L Martinez GUA
A Prince TRI 3-0 R Querioz BRA
K Arro EST 3-0 A Mora COS
J Kelly ENG 3-0 A Ghasemipour IRN
Kelly and McCormack competing to give GBR a full mens team in Rio
91KGS
A Aborhamada MAR 3-0 D Julio COL
E Apochi NIG 2-1 S Korneyev BLR
D O Neill IRE 3-0 M El Molla SWA
C Awesome USA 3-0 M Veliz CHI
Tough qualifying at heavyweight

[mike222]

Day 4 selected results
52KGS
D Asenov BUL 2-1 K D L Nieve SPA
D Ayigah BEL 3-0 T Blumenfeld CAN
A Vargas USA 3-0 Y Finol VEN
64KGS
P McCormack GBR 3-0 T Thorumalingam QAT
G Russell USA TKO1 D Girmachev
R Hitchins HAI 3-0 L Hyun Chul KOR
Good win for the US based Haitian
A Ismetov BUL 3-0 D Walsh IRE
81KGS
S Erdenbayar MGL 2-1 J Esquivel USA
S Sangwan IND 2-1 J Carillo COL
P Khamutov RUS 3-0 U Sadiq NGA
Tough Russian moves up in weight

[mike222]

In action Monday are Michael O Reilly,Darren O Neill,Cam Awesome,Paul Kroll and Joshua Kelly

[mike222]

Afternoon Results include
56KGS
R Ramirez CUB 3-0 O Malabbekov KIR
75KGS
M O Reilly IRE 3-0 V Bondarenko BLR
91KGS
E Apochu NGA 3-0 D O Neill IRE
C Awesome USA 3-0 A Xhokhaj KOS

[mike222]

Evening Results included
69KGS
B Bacskai HUN 2-1 P Kroll USA
J Kelly GBR 3-0 K Arro EST
+91KGS
D Gardiner IRE 2-1 S Kumar IND
M Moore USA 3-0 Kim Do Hyeon KOR

[mike222]

Tuesday results included
Prelims
52KGS
D Asenov BUL 3-0 A Usenaliyev KIR
A Vargas USA 3-0 E Valuenza GUA
56KGS
R Ramirez CUB 3-0 M Awaldi JOR
60KGS
A Yunosov TDK 3-0 D Valentino ITA
64KGS
R Hitchins HAI 2-1 J Orozco SPA
G Russell USA 3-0 D Biddle AUS
P McCormack GBR 3-0 L Guruli GRG
75KGS
M O Relly IRE 3-0 S Narmandakh MGL

Quarter Finals
49KGS
R Huseynov AZE 3-0 Z El Bekkali MAR
D Singh IND 3-0 S Bandala RSA
S Carmona SPA 3-0 D Zamotayev UKR
J Velasquez MEX 3-0 C Quipo ECU
91KGS
R Korving HOL 3-0 E Apochi NIG
J Castillo COL 3-0 C Awesome USA
I Jacubowski POL 3-0 S Keser TUR
A Abouhanda MAR 3-0 S Gholami IRN
+91KGS
D Gardiner IRE 3-0 V Vikhrist UKR
A Zavatin TKOINJ M Babanin RUS (Score first two rounds 18-20,19-19,19-19)
G Vanello ITA 3-0 M Haipeng CHN
M Moore USA 2-1 P Belberov BUL

[mike222]

Thursdays Quarter Finals include
52 A Vargas USA v V Picardi ITA
64 G Russell USA v O A Kasbeh JOR
64 P McCormack GBR v H Amzile FRA
69 J Kelly GBR v A Prince TRI
75 M O Reilly IRE v vK Shakhsvarly AZE

[donnellon]

Kelly should win, the draw was kind to him.McCormack has a decent opponent but should be favoured. O'Reilly should win, if the scoring isn't biased to the home fighter. Picardi is very experienced and a good test for Vargas, who if he is as good as believed should win. Russell will be fancied too but his opponent is decent.

[donnellon]

Legal link; http://www.aiba.org/blog/watch-live-wor ... baku-2016/
Vargas won well, he will benefit enormously from not making it in the Americas and boxing in Baku.

[mike222]

The following won their quarter Finals and have qualified for Rio2016
52kgs
Selcuk Eker TUR
Daniel Asenov BUL
Antonio Vargas USA
Enkh-Amar Kharkhuu MGL
56KGS
Mykola Butsenko UKR
Robeisis Ramirez CUB
Arashi Morisaka JAP
Erdenblaat Tsendblaatar MGL
60KGS
Shan Jun CHN
Anvar Yunosov TDK
Enrico Le Cruz HOL
Lai Chu-En TPE
64KGS
Richardson Hitchins USA
Gary Russell USA
Manoj Kumar IND
Pat McCormack GBR
69KGS
Balazs Bacskai HUN
Pavel Kostromin BLR
Joshua Kelly GBR
Suleyman Cissokho FRA
75KGS
Michael O Reilly IRE
Wahid Abderredha IRQ
Arslanbek Achilov TRK
Vikas Krishnan IND
81KGS
Petr Khamutov RUS
Teymur Mammadov AZE
Sergej Michel GER
Mikhail Dauhaliavets BLR
Olympic places still to be decided at 49,91 and +91 and there is stil one more place available at the other seven weights

[JMac]

Richardson Hitchins lives in New York City but is representing Haiti. He said Andre Berto paid his expenses to get to Baku. If you recall, Berto also boxed as an amateur in Florida but represented Haiti in the Olympics before going on to a successful pro career.

[mike222]

Abraham Nova represented Costa Rica in the qualifiers and he too lives in New York.Hitchins lost in the recent Golden Gloves to Vergil Ortiz and has done well to qualify

[mike222]

Semi Finals
49KGS
S Carmona SPA 3-0 D Singh IND
R Huseynov AZE 3-0 J Velasquez MEX
The two winners qualify for Rio
52KGS
D Asenov BUL TKO3 S Eker TUR
A Vargas USA TKOINJ 2 E Kharhkuu MGL
56KGS
M Butsenko UKR 3-0 R Ramirez CUB
E Tsendblaatar MGL 2-1 A Morisaka JAP
60KGS
A Yunosov TDK 3-0 S Jun CHN
E Le Cruz HOL 3-0 L C En TPE
64KGS
R Hitchins HAI WO G Russell IRE
P McCormack GBR 3-0 M Kumar IND
69KGS
B Backsai HUN WO P Kostromin BLR
S Cissokho FRA 3-0 J Kelly GBR
75KGS
M O Reilly IRE 3-0 W Abderredha IRQ
A Achilov TRK WO V Krishnan IND
81KGS
T Mammadov AZE WO P Khamutov RUS
S Michel GER 3-0 M Dauhaliavets BLR
91KGS
I Jacubowski POL 2-1 A Abouhamada MAR
J Castillo ECU 3-0 R Korving HOL
+91KGS
D Gardner IRE 3-0 A Zavatin MLD
G Vanello ITA 3-0 M Moore USA

[mike222]

Finals
49 R Huseynov AZE WO S Carmona SPA
52 D Asenov BUL 3-0 A Vargas USA
56 M Butsenko UKR TKO2 E Tsendblaatar MGL
60 E L Cruz HOL 3-0 A Yunosov TDK
64 P McCormack GBR 3-0 R Hitchins USA
69 S Cissokho FRA 3-0 B Backskai HUN
75 M O Reilly IRE WO A Achilov TRK
81 T Mammadov AZE WO S Michel GER
91 I Jacubowski POL 3-0 J Castillo ECU
+91 G Vanello ITA 3-0 D Gardiner IRE
Jacubowski and Vanello qualify for the Olympics

[Demy]

Is there a definitive list of the qualified boxers for Olympic Games?

[ogii3]

Here is the list:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_at ... lification

[UrbanFox]

Team GB did extremely well, the number of boxers going to the Olympics is on the increase year-on-year (gutted for the one girl who didn't make it). Will this team be as successful as 2012 or 2008?
France also did very well and I'm surprised that they didn't try to send their flyweight to Venezuela for the final qualifier. I guess it was too expensive.

Anyway, after looking at the list of countries, I'm very surprised by the US & the Ukraine numbers. They seem very low. Any explanations?
As for Cuba, sorry to sound dumb, is it normal that no women have qualified? Haven't entered any?

[pendrake]

Ukraine and US? Turnover to pros.

Lomochenko, Khytrov, Gvodzyk, Shelystyuk, ... all went pro.

This is rare for the EE countries. But it depletes their talent.

For the USA, this occurs not every 4 years but every 2 years. Hence most USA fighters are between 18-20 years old.