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Oct 19 2013
England's Yafai slips to defeat to Armenian Avagyan in thrilling contest
Thursday, 17 October 2013 By Paul Osborne
October 17 - Two of the sport's most popular competitors came together
on the fourth day of the World Boxing Championships in Almaty when
former British Lionhearts team member Gamal Yafai took on AIBA
Professional Boxer (APB) Aram Avagyan in the bantamweight division.
The two did not disappoint in their opening fight of the competition,
displaying some truly extraordinary boxing in what would come to be
one of the best bouts of the tournament so far.
The technique and class on show was of a different level and it was
almost impossible to call come the final bell.
It was the Armenian who was eventually awarded the win with each judge
scoring the fight 29:28 in his favour.
But Yafai can leave the competition with his head held high after that
performance with Avagyan looking like a serious contender for the
title.
One man looking to stop the Armenian will be Turkey's Selcuk Eker, who
beat American Eduardo Castellon in his first bout of the
Championships.
The fight got off to a relatively quiet start with each getting the
feel of their opponent.
Eker notched it up a gear in the second however, throwing a barrage of
punches at Castellon in an effort to gain the upper hand.
This onslaught continued throughout much of the second round with
Castellon getting caught badly on a number of occasions.
As the second round neared its conclusion it looked as though the Turk
had punched himself out as he started to slow and lose much of his
momentum.
He managed to hold it together in the third however and despite a
frantic final round he sealed the win with a 3:0 decision from the
judges.
http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/boxing/1016551-england-s-yafai-slips-to-defeat-to-armenian-avagyan-in-thrilling-contest
Oct 19 2013
England's Yafai slips to defeat to Armenian Avagyan in thrilling contest
Thursday, 17 October 2013 By Paul Osborne
October 17 - Two of the sport's most popular competitors came together
on the fourth day of the World Boxing Championships in Almaty when
former British Lionhearts team member Gamal Yafai took on AIBA
Professional Boxer (APB) Aram Avagyan in the bantamweight division.
The two did not disappoint in their opening fight of the competition,
displaying some truly extraordinary boxing in what would come to be
one of the best bouts of the tournament so far.
The technique and class on show was of a different level and it was
almost impossible to call come the final bell.
It was the Armenian who was eventually awarded the win with each judge
scoring the fight 29:28 in his favour.
But Yafai can leave the competition with his head held high after that
performance with Avagyan looking like a serious contender for the
title.
One man looking to stop the Armenian will be Turkey's Selcuk Eker, who
beat American Eduardo Castellon in his first bout of the
Championships.
The fight got off to a relatively quiet start with each getting the
feel of their opponent.
Eker notched it up a gear in the second however, throwing a barrage of
punches at Castellon in an effort to gain the upper hand.
This onslaught continued throughout much of the second round with
Castellon getting caught badly on a number of occasions.
As the second round neared its conclusion it looked as though the Turk
had punched himself out as he started to slow and lose much of his
momentum.
He managed to hold it together in the third however and despite a
frantic final round he sealed the win with a 3:0 decision from the
judges.
http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/boxing/1016551-england-s-yafai-slips-to-defeat-to-armenian-avagyan-in-thrilling-contest