Boxers back with 3 bronze medals from Ukraine
Boxing / 10 July 2013 | 13:30440
Boxers back with 3 bronze medals from Ukraine

SC Gabala"s Hidayat Musayev (69 kg), Rahil Mammadli (81) and Mahammadali Tahirzadeh (91+) have gained bronze medals of the A category Klitschko Bros Tournament held in Berdychiv, Ukraine.

At the preparation competition ahead of the World and European championships, Hidayat beat an opponent from Kazakhstan at his first leg before winning over his Ukrainian rival. Squaring his tally to semifinal, he came on against a USA fighter and lost the fight. 

Another Gabala hero other than Hidayat is Rahil defeating 2 opponents from USA and Ukraine on the trot. He lost the semifinal fight to earn a bronze medal.

The 3rd Gabala fighter gaining bronze is Mahammadali Tahirzadeh defeating to an Ukrainian boxer in semifinal.

The tournament tested 161 sportsmen from Azerbaijan, USA, Germany, Ukraine, Georgia, Al Jazeera, Israel, Russia, Lithuania, Moldova, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Belarus and Iraq. Azerbaijan joined the competition with 13 boxers. The tournament are going to end today.