The boxers that advanced from round two action Saturday in the featherweight division include Falk HUSTE (GER), who won an 8-4 decision over Ulgbek IBRAGIMOV (UZB). Floyd MAYWEATHER of the United States took control and dominated Artur GEVORGYAN of Armenia by a 16-3 decision. Bulgaria's Serafin TODOROV built a 6-2 lead after the first round over Australia's Robert PEDEN en route to a 20-8 victory.
"I won with a very tactical match, I was satisfied," said HUSTE of Germany. "I think the crowd saw what they wanted to see."
Germany's Markus BEYER, a bronze medalist at the world championships, started the night off with a win, defeating Gyorgy MIZSEI from Hungary. Southpaw BEYER fought to a 5-1 lead after the first round. MIZSEI scored midway through the second round with a right cross to cut the lead to 5-2. But BEYER never let up scoring with four straight lefts and pushing his lead back up to 9-2. In the third round MIZSEI scored the first point, BEYER then connected with a right jab and two lefts to push the margin to 12-3. MIZSEI came back with three rights and trimmed the lead to 6 points. BEYER then closed out the bout scoring with two lefts. The final score was 14-6.
Other boxers advancing are from Alfredo DUVERGEL (CUB), Antonio PERUGINO (ITA), and from Ezmouhan IBZAIMOV (KZK).
BEYER (GER): "I was determined not to have him drive me crazy with his clowning around. He was wiggling his arms and so forth and dancing in front of me."
The super heavyweights didn't last long in the ring as three of the four bouts were stopped by the referee. The boxers that were victorious include Tonga's Paea WOLFGRAMM, Cuba's Rubalcaba ALEXIS, Nigeria's Duncan DOKIWARI and Azerbaijan's Adaliat MAMEDOV.
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