This Thursday (4th), Brazil advanced to the round of 16 of the Boxing World Cup, in Tashkent (Uzbekistan), with Olympic medalist Abner Teixeira (category over 92 kg) and Yuri Reis (63.5 kg). There was also a successful debut today by Michael Trindade (51 kg) from Pará. The World Cup will run until May 14, with live broadcast on the website of the Brazilian Olympic Channel. The fights take place in the morning (6:00 am and 10:00 am) and the schedule is announced the day before the fights, at 9:30 pm, on the social networks of the Brazilian Boxing Confederation (CBboxe). IT’S VICTOOOOOOOOOOO! 🥊🇺🇸Abner Teixeira debuts well at the Men’s Boxing World Championship, in Tashkent 🇺🇿Victory over Vladan Babic 🇷🇸 by unanimous decision of the refereesThe Brazilian, in the over-92kg category, is in search of his 1st medal at Worlds pic.twitter.com /3TeJW9y86S — Team Brasil (@timebrasil) May 4, 2023 Bronze at the Tokyo Games, 26-year-old boxer Abner Teixeira is seeking his first medal at the Worlds. Born in Osasco (SP), he made his debut today on the right foot by overcoming Serbian Vladan Babic, by decision. The fight in the round of 16, scheduled for Sunday (7), will be against Georgian Nikolos Begadze. Debuting at the Worlds, capixaba Yuri “Falcão” Reis, 20 years old, scored his second victory in the competition. Brazilian champion last year, Falcão defeated today (4) Indian Shiva Tapia, number three in the ranking, in an exciting fight. He won the first round well, suffered a setback in the second and won the last round by split decision of the judges. In the clash for the round of 16, probably on Saturday (6), Falcão will have another challenge. The opponent will be the Cuban Lázaro Estrada, three times world champion and three times Olympic medalist. GONE, OCTAVES! 🦅🥊 https://t.co/S37B3e5lzZ — Conf. Bras. de Boxe (@cbboxe) May 4, 2023 This Thursday (4) was also good for 22-year-old Michael Trindade, from Pará, who debuted at the Worlds over South Korean Jo Sehyeong. The Brazilian’s second fight will be next Tuesday (9) against Masud Yusifzada (Azerbaijan). In addition to Abner, Yuri and Falcão, Brazil has four other athletes at the World Cup: Luiz Gabriel Oliveira (51 kg), Wanderson Oliviera (71 kg), Wanderley Pereira (80 kg) and Keno Machado (under 92 kg), runner-up 2021 world champion. 🥊🇺🇸Michael Trindade (51kg) debuts with victory at the Boxing World Championship in Tashkent 🇺🇿 Our boxer defeats Sehyeong Jo 🇰🇷 by unanimous decision. The next fight will be against Masud Yusifzada 🇦🇿. Get on him! 💪 pic.twitter.com/nNzHvT2EHS — Time Brasil (@timebrasil) May 4, 2023 Looking ahead to the Paris 2024 Games Traditionally, scoring at the Worlds would be decisive in the race for an Olympic spot. However, the International Boxing Association (IBA), organizer of the competition, is suspended by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which prevents it from defining the classification criteria for the 2024 Paris Games. qualifying for Paris 2024 will take place this year at the Pan American Games in Santiago (Chile), from October 20 to November 5.
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