The Cuban Tamers swept (5-0) the Uzbekistan Tigers in the first poster of the top semifinals of the VI World Series of Boxing (WSB, acronym in English) that takes place in Havana.
The Cuban boxers won with unanimous votes from the judges in the five fights of the poster, which was animated by a participatory crowd in the Ciudad Deportiva Coliseum in Havana.
The first victory of the night was awarded by the Cuban Joahnys Argilagos, the youngest of the Tamers, against the Uzbek Nodirjon Mirzakhmedov, in a fight of the 49 kilogram category in which the islander demonstrated his refined technique and mastery.
Argilagos, a 2013 cadet world champion in Kiev, only 19 years old, maintained his defense from the first round and used himself thoroughly with effective combinations of left and right punches that defeated his opponent and won the fight by unanimous vote ( 50-43) by each of the three judges.
The second victory of the night was achieved by the 56 kg featherweight Robeisy Ramírez, who dominated Murodjon Akhmadaliev with the power of his blows, a class fighter who made his second appearance in this Series.
Ramírez, a 2015 Pan-American champion and a London 2012 Olympian, battled a tough and feisty opponent considered one of the best fighters on the Uzbekistan team, but finally managed to prevail.
In the 64 kg, the island fighter Luis Oliva, replaced due to an illness to the double silver of the world, Yasnier Toledo, and despite having less experience he beat Fazliddin Gaibnazarov, world runner-up and silver of the world, already classified for the Olympic games of Rio de Janeiro.
Oliva, although he was indecisive at times, in the third round he began to gain confidence to finish as the winner of the fight with a couple scoring 49-46, 49-46 and 49-46 from the combat evaluators.
But the shortest and most forceful fight was carried out by Cuban Arlen López, first in the world ranking in the 75-kilo division, who only had the initial assault and a blow from his left to knock Ulugbek Khakberdiev down on the canvas, and leave him out. combat by technical knockout.
The fifth lawsuit, in the 91 kilogram division, allowed Erislandy Savón, the most prominent competitor of the World Series in 2015, to show his superiority against Mirzobek Khasanov, a rival with many technical limitations who at most only managed to tarnish the duel.
Tomorrow Friday, in the last poster of this cap, they will fight for the Tamers, Yosbany Veitía (52 kilos) against Abrorjon Kodirov, Roniel Iglesias, in 69, against Makhmud Gaipov, Julio César La Cruz, in 81, against Shuhrat Abdullaev, and Lenier Peró in over 91 against Mirzohidjon Abdullaev.
The cast that is the winner of this match will be the opponent of the winner between the British “Lionhearts” and the “Astana Arlans” of Kazakhstan, in the final of the championship to be held on the 26th and 27th of this month in London.
Cuba sweeps Uzbekistan in semifinal of World Boxing Series
