Tajik boxers will return from Belgrade without medals

All eight Tajik boxers have been eliminated from the men’s boxing world championship in Belgrade. Two Tajik athletes lost in the round of 16 and concluded their performances.

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According to the press center of the National Olympic Committee of Tajikistan, on November 1, Bahodur Usmonov and Shabbos Negmatulloev entered the ring in the round of 16 of the world championship.

In the weight category up to 80 kilograms, Shabbos Negmatulloev lost to Irish representative Keelan Cassidy, while Bahodur Usmonov lost to Thai boxer Somchai Wongseuwan.

Bahodur Usmonov and Shabbos Negmatulloev are participants in the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Earlier, Abdurakhmon Yokubov in the 60 kg weight category lost to Alex De La Cruz Baez from the Dominican Republic, and Jahon Kurbanov in the +92 kg weight category lost to Indian athlete Narender.

The boxing world championship started on October 24 in Serbia and will last until November 6. More than 500 athletes from 88 countries participated in the men’s boxing world championship across 13 weight categories.

For the first time in the history of the championship, winners will receive cash prizes totaling $100,000 in addition to medals. Second and third place holders will receive $50,000 and $25,000, respectively.