Maestre’s masterclass sends Venezuela into semis Costa Rica secures first medal ever

[East Side Boxing]

Almaty, Kazakhstan, October 23, 2013 – Gabriel Maestre of Venezuela slipped through to the semi-finals after a fantastic display at the AIBA World Boxing Championships Almaty 2013. He was joined by fellow Latin American David Rodriguez (Costa Rica) who made history in the process. In another blistering evening of boxing, tonight’s second quarter-finals session featured the Flyweights (52kg), Lightweights (60kg), Welterweights (69kg), Light Heavyweights (81kg) and Super Heavyweights (91+kg). Bout of the session Flyweight Andrew Selby of Wales took on Llyas Suleimenov of Kazakhstan in the opening bout of the night. The Welsh boxer was light on his toes against the Kazakh though Suleimenov looked to be the more aggressive of the two. Selby got caught once or twice and was briefly cornered towards the end of the first round, without offering much in the way of reply, but when out in the open ground in the centre of the ring, he was able to mix it well. The Welshman had to trade punches more in the second round but the Kazak boxer looked very strong. Still Selby looked better in the exchanges in this round. The Kazakh boxer looked very sharp coming up to the end of round two […]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eastsideboxing/egEo?d=yIl2AUoC8zA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eastsideboxing/egEo?i=B7JZR0UE0GE:7QhFuVtt7DY:D7DqB2pKExk http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eastsideboxing/egEo?d=qj6IDK7rITs

 

 

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