Let’s look at the opponent, it’s a pity that it’s not La Cruz.
In St. Petersburg, the official weigh-in of athletes took place before the Russia-Cuba boxing match, which will be held on October 22 at the Sibur Arena.
The captain of the Russian team, European and world champion, Olympic silver medalist in Tokyo Muslim Gadzhimagomedov (up to 92 kg) turned out to be 4.4 kg heavier than his Cuban bone champion Christian Pinder. The weight of the Russian was 89.9 kg, the weight of the Cuban was 85.5 kg.
Champion of the Youth Olympic Games, winner of the European Youth Championship, medalist of the Russian Championship Ilya Popov (up to 65 kg) showed himself worthy of weight with his rival, Cuban champion Yoelis Leal – 64.5 kg each.
The boxers have the same weight, they will have to fight in the weight category up to 71 kg – the bronze medalist of the Russian championship, master of sports of international class Dmitry Zakharov and the champion of Cuba Renier Diaz – 70.5 kg each.
The difference in weight between the champion of Russia Pavel Sosulin (up to 75 kg) and the champion of the Noelvis Reyes Cup reduced the weight by less than a kilogram – 74.1 kg for Sosulin against 73.4 kg for Reyes.
The biggest difference was in the republican weight category over 92 kg, where two champions of their countries will meet – Russian Ivan Veryasov and Cuban Angelo Morejon. Ivan’s weight was 109.6 kg, and Angelo’s weight was 102.1 kg.
At the Summer Olympics in Tokyo 2020/21 Cuban boxer Julio Cesar La Cruz victory in the final Gadzhimagomedovaleft in Russia by a boxer with a silver medal. At the Sibur Arena, Gadzhimagomedov will have a chance to take revenge from the Cubans, although not from the right opponent.
Let’s see what this Cuban is like. It is a pity, of course, that my opponent in the finals of the Olympics, La Cruz, was not brought, but I hope that we will definitely meet soon, since the International Boxing Association has allowed me to compete in international tournaments. I think that next year at the World Championships we will definitely meet with him, – Muslim Gadzhimagomedov explained.
The organizers of the Russia-Cuba match are Channel One, Dynamo boxing Promotions and the St. Petersburg Boxing Federation. The general partner is the betting company Liga Stavok.
The live broadcast match meeting “Russia-Cuba” will be held on Channel One, starting on Saturday at 23:00 Moscow time.