Women’s Boxing World Championship: Kazakhstan’s first opponents revealed
The draw for the Women's Boxing World Championship, set to take place in Niš, Serbia, on March 9-16, has been completed, Kazinform News Agency cites the Kazakh Ministry of Tourism and Sports.
48 kg (21 participants)
Round of 16
Nazym Kyzaibay – Nicole Durikova
Two fighters met in May 2024 at the Olympic qualification tournament for the Paris Games, where Kyzaibay emerged victorious.
50 kg (23 participants)
Round of 32
Alua Balkibekova – Nziva (Kenya)
52 kg (22 participants)
Round of 32
Anita Adisheva – Patino Juarez
54 kg (29 participants)
Round of 32
Zhaina Shekerbekova – Bekera Montesinos (Columbia)
57 kg (30 participants)
Round of 16
Karina Ibragimova will face the winner of the match between representatives of Colombia and Puerto Rico. At the Paris Olympics, Karina lost to Ashleyann Lozada of Puerto Rico in the Round of 16.
60 kg (19 participants)
Round of 16
Victoria Gracheva – Sofia Legaki
63 kg (22 participants)
Round of 16
Aida Abikeeva will meet the winner of the match between representatives of China and Slovakia.
66 kg (14 participants)
Round of 16
Zhasmin Kizatova – Ivanusa Moreira (Paris Olympics participant)
70 kg (17 participants)
Round of 16
Natalya Bogdanova – Mas Martinez
75 kg (14 participants)
Round of 16
Nadezhda Ryabets – Koroma (Sierra Leone)
81 kg (13 participants)
Round of 16
Gulsaya Yerzhan – Yang
+81 kg (11 participants)
Round of 16
Yeldana Talipova – Oltin Sotimbayeva (Uzbekistan)
They met in the final of the 2024 Asian Championship, where the Kazakh boxer won.
As reported earlier, Kazakh middleweight WBO and IBF champion Zhanibek Alimkhanuly, has expressed his desire to step into the ring against unified super middleweight champion, Mexican Saul "Canelo" Alvarez