Fazliddin Erkinboev of Uzbekistan and Jaismine Jaismine of India and became the first male and female boxers to win gold medals at the World Boxing Championships in Liverpool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jaismine was first to strike gold as she defeated Poland\u2019s number one seed Julia Szeremeta in a high-class featherweight (W57kg) final. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Erkinboev followed soon after as he also defeated the number one seed in his weight class, Rami Kiwan of Bulgaria, to secure the men\u2019s middleweight (W75kg) crown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following the final bout of the evening, the pair were joined by Poland\u2019s Agata Kaczmarska who defeated Nupur Nupur of India in the women\u2019s heavyweight (W80kg) final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking in the mixed zone, after becoming the first ever World Boxing Champion, Jaismine said: \u201cI really feel very good. This is my first ever medal and also, I become a world champion, so it\u2019s a great feeling for me. All I can do is that my only motive is that I have to make my country proud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd because of our coaches, because of our federation and because of our supporting staff, that\u2019s why I win today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The three finals concluded an evening session which started with 10 semi-finals in the women\u2019s flyweight (W51kg), light-middleweight (W70kg) and light-heavyweight (W80kg+) weight classes and the men\u2019s light-middleweight (M70kg) and cruiserweight (M85kg) categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First up at flyweight was the number one seed Buse Naz Cakiroglu who has been one of most consistent boxers in the competition. And the Turk did not disappoint as she secured a 4-1 victory over Feruza Kazakova of Uzbekistan to set-up a final against Alua Balkibekova of Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At light-middleweight Torekhan Sabyrkhan of Kazakhstan overcame a sustained onslaught from England\u2019s Odel Kamara to edge a 4-1 victory, much to the disappointment of the home crowd. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kamara started strongly and seemed to be connecting frequently in the second round, but the judges\u2019 saw it differently scored both the second and third in favour of the Kazak who will box Japan\u2019s Sewonrets Okazawa in tomorrow\u2019s final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sadly, for the home nation, the women\u2019s light-middleweight semi, which featured another England versus Kazakhstan match-up followed a similar pattern. England\u2019s Chantelle Reid started the better of the two, to take the first round on three of the judges\u2019 cards, but Natalya Bogdanova gradually fought her way back in the fight and edged it on a narrow 3-2 split.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bogdanova will meet the Australian number one seed Lekeisha Pergoliti who looked impressive in her unanimous 5-0 win over Kazakhstan\u2019s Aziza Zokirova.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After two narrow losses in the men and women\u2019s light-middleweight semis, the home nation finally got some joy at cruiserweight when Teagn Stott defeated Ukraine\u2019s Danylo Zhasan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Boxing in front Ukraine\u2019s legendary world heavyweight champion, Oleksandr Usyk, who is in Liverpool for the Championships, Zhasan, struggled to get to grips with Stott\u2019s sharp jab. And though he rallied in the third, it was not enough to disrupt the Englishman who managed the fight well to run out a 4-1 winner and set-up a final with Uzbekistan\u2019s Akmaijon Isroiliv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The final semi of the evening session was in the women\u2019s light-heavyweight division where wins for England\u2019s Emily Asquith and Australia\u2019s Eseta Flint will see them meet in tomorrow\u2019s final. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier in the day, the first session featured 14 semi-finals in the women\u2019s light-flyweight (W48kg), bantamweight (W54kg) and middleweight (W75kg) and the men\u2019s flyweight (M50kg) bantamweight weight (M55kg) welterweight (M65kg) and light-heavyweight (M80kg) divisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At light-flyweight the bouts went to form with victories for Kazakhstan\u2019s number one seed, Nazym Kyzaibay, and the number three seed from India, Minakshi Minakshi. The pair will meet in tomorrow\u2019s final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The bantamweight category saw two unanimous 5-0 victories for the Yoseline Perez of the USA and Chinese Tapiei\u2019s Hsiao-Wen Huang, in sprang a minor surprise in defeating the number two seed and Paris 2024 medallist, Aeji Im of Korea. Huang and Perez in the final in tomorrow\u2019s early session. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A see-sawing middleweight clash between Ireland\u2019s Aoife O\u2019Rourke and China\u2019s Lima Wang was one of the most entertaining bouts of the early session and could have gone either way until a decisive final round from the Irish boxer have her a 4-0 victory. 2024 Olympian, O\u2019Rourke will meet Busra Isildar of Turkey in the final after she overcame Australia\u2019s Emma Greentree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the men\u2019s flyweight contests a shoot-out of the top four seeds saw Kazakhstan\u2019s Sanzhar Tashkenbay overcome Alejando Claro Fiz of Cuba and Mongolia\u2019s Battuga Aldarkhishig get the better of Soushi Makino of Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Kazak team enjoyed more success at bantamweight as Makhmud Sabyrkhan secured a unanimous 5-0 victory over Chuang Liu of China to set-up a final with Spain\u2019s Rafael Lozano Serrano who defeated Ireland\u2019s Patsy Joyce in the second semi-final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Boxing off the backfoot, Joyce had looked in charge after a strong first round, but the Spaniard came back strongly in the second before nicking a cagey final round on three of the five judges\u2019 cards to secure a razor thin 3-2 victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first welterweight semi-final was one of the most eagerly awaited bouts of the day as Cuba\u2019s Paris 2024 gold medallist, Erislandy Alvarez, met Brazil\u2019s highly rated Yuri Falcao. Both boxers showed their full range of skills, but it was the Brazilian who did the more eye-catching work take the fight 4-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Falcao will face Uzbekistan\u2019s Asadhkuja Muydinkhujaev in the final, who was given a walkover after his Georgian opponent pulled out with a hand injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The last two bouts of the morning saw victories for Javokhir Ummataliev of Uzbekistan and France\u2019s Yojerlin Cesar at light-heavyweight. They will meet in Sunday\u2019s final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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