Cuba regains world boxing title
Campaign News | Monday, 21 November 2005
Team wins four golds, on silver and three bronze medals
Beijing, Nov 20 (Prensa Latina) With an outstanding performance of its super heavy weigh Odlanier Solis, who won his third consecutive crown, Cuba recouped Sunday the World Boxing title in Miangyang, China, by winning four golds, one silver and three bronzes.
Under coach Sarbelio Fuentes, the Cuban boxers totalled 54 points to lead the competition, while reigning monarch Russia came behind with three gold and 41 points.
Cuban boxers Guillermo Rigondeaux (54kg), Yordenis Ugas (60), Erislandi Lara (69), and Solis (91 plus) wrapped up the gold medal, while Andry Laffita (51 kg) won the silver.
The Russian winners were Alexei Tischenko (57 kg), Matvey Korobov (75), and Alexander Alekseev (91), Alekseev winning in a no-show.
Twice Olympic and now three-time world champion, Cuban Guillermo Rigondeaux secured his title by defeating German Rashimov Rustamhodza, 37-23.
Especially noteworthy in these contests was the prowess shown by two Cuban novices in this kind of championships, Yordenis Ugas and Erislandi Lara, who won the belts by defeating Azerbaijan Romal Amanov (42-28) and Belorussian Magomed Nurudinov (24-9), respectively.
For his part, Solis, also Olympic champion in Athens 2004, put a golden finishing touch to the performance of Cuban boxers in Mianyang be defeating 29-22 the strong Russian boxer Roman Romanshuk.
No other Latin American boxer in the championship won a medal. Fighters from 21 countries won at least one medal. Kaz
Following the medals by country and the medal winners:
MEDALS BY COUNTRIES
Country (Gold Silver Bronze Total).
Cuba 4 1 3 8.
Rusia 3 1 1 5.
Kazakhstan 2 0 3 5.
China 1 0 0 1.
S.Korea 1 0 0 1.
Azerbaijan 0 2 1 3.
Uzbekistan 0 1 2 3.
Bulgaria 0 1 1 2.
Croacia 0 1 0 1.
Belorus 0 1 0 1.
Hungary 0 1 0 1.
Ucrania 0 1 0 1.
Armenia 0 0 1 1.
Egypt 0 0 1 1.
England 0 0 1 1.
France 0 0 1 1.
Germany 0 1 1 2.
Italy 0 0 2 2.
Romania 0 0 1 1.
Tajikistan 0 0 1 1.
USA 0 0 2 2.
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