The Island said goodbye to the Tashkent 2023 Boxing World Cup with a result well below expectations: one gold, three silver and two bronze medals. The official media Hit he shielded the failure of the Cuba Domadores team in the contest and pointed to the “work of the judges” as the culprit.
The hope of the Tamers of Cuba centered on Saidel Horta (57 kg), but this 21-year-old boxer could not beat the Uzbek Abdumalik Khalokov, who beat him 5-0. According to the official newspaperthis was for the “gift of the officers who saw him better” in the first round.
Since the misstep in Uzbekistan of Julio César La Cruz, Arlen López, Lázaro Álvarez and Roniel Iglesias, the sports site tried to make the losses less chaotic. “The work of the judges affected Roniel and Julio as part of a phenomenon that once again made itself felt in the Humo Arena,” the same official media published this Sunday, which rejected that the rivals of the Cuban boxers were superior.
Although cubadebate acknowledged last wednesday that with the defeats of its medalists, Cuban boxing “plunged into a tailspin in the quarterfinals,” to Hit “The negative” was that “the response of the hierarchs (medalists) left doubts.”
‘Cubadebate’ acknowledged last Wednesday that with the defeats of its medalists, Cuban boxing “plunged into a tailspin in the quarterfinals.”
Saidel Horta regretted not being able to win the gold medal and present the achievement as a gift to the mothers on the Island. “I worked hard to give the title to my mother and greet all the mothers in Cuba, but I still dedicate this money to them.”
Horta could not match the performances of Ángel Herrera (Belgrade 1978) and Adolfo Horta (Munich 1982), both with gold in their fights. The Island leaves with a performance that leaves several questions in the Tamers team in a tournament organized since 1974, where he has 81 gold, 38 silver and 30 bronze medals.
Yoenlis Hernández (75 kg) repeated the reign exercised in Belgrade 2021, while Erislandy Álvarez (60 kg) and Fernando Arzola (92 kg) took silver medals on Saturday and Yosbany Veitía (54 kg) and Alejandro Claro (48 kg) with bronze.
An additional mention is that of Arlen López, since the Olympic medalist was surpassed by the Chinese Tanglatihan Tuohetaerbieke. Behind this Asian boxer is Cuban coach Maikro Romero, gold medalist at the Atlanta Olympic Games (1996) and who won bronze in Sydney (2000).
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