AIBA World Championships: Azerbaijan strikes back

[East Side Boxing]

Almaty, Kazakhstan, October 25, 2013 – With Italian Clemente Russo taking Azerbaijan’s Teymur Mammadov out of the competition earlier today, Super Heavyweight Magomedrasul Medzhidov got one back for the Azeri with a win over Italy’s Roberto Cammarelle. This was not only revenge for the team, but also a levelling of old scores on a personal level. This evening we had the Flyweights (52kg), the Lightweights (60kg), the Welterweights (69kg), Light Heavyweights (81kg) and the Super Heavyweights (91+kg) battling it out for a place in the finals. Bout of the session Super Heavyweight Magomedrasul Medzhidov of Azerbaijan took out veteran Roberto Cammarelle in a stunning performance. This bout was a repeat of London 2012 Olympic Games semi-final, but this time we saw the opposite result as the Azeri pulled one back against the Italians for the whole Azerbaijan team. Medzhidov floored the Italian in the first round, just two minutes into the round giving the stunned looking Italian a standing eight count. Thereafter (and at long last), the Italian’s hands finally went up to cover his head. But the bad habits resurfaced in the second when during an exchange he dropped his right hand and got nailed again with a blow […] http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eastsideboxing/egEo?d=yIl2AUoC8zA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eastsideboxing/egEo?i=zrqiq3HZl6s:RpM5p9Ry0zE:D7DqB2pKExk http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eastsideboxing/egEo?d=qj6IDK7rITs

 

 

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