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| November 15, 2005 | Tuesday | Shawwal 12, 1426 |
Meherullah, Asghar score impressive points victories
MIANYANG (China), Nov 14: Pakistan’s Meherullah cleared the first hurdle when he defeated Djelkhir Khedafi of France on points in the preliminary featherweight bout of the world boxing championships on Monday. On Sunday, another Pakistani Asghar Ali Shah moved ahead after beating Dulat Borankulov of Kazakhstan on points to win the lightweight fight.
Yan Bartelemy and Sergey Kazakov, currently the two best light-flyweights in amateur boxing, cleared their paths toward a possible grudge fight for the gold.
The Cuban southpaw Bartelemy, the reigning Olympic champion, put on a show of power, speed and aggression in disposing of his preliminary round opponent, M.Nasir of Wales and set himself on course for the medal rounds.
Using his right jabs to open up his foe’s defenses, he chased the game Welshman across the ring from the opening bell, delivering a dizzying variety of killer hooks and upper-cuts to the face and combination body punches for an easy-points win over four rounds.
Fellow left-hander Kazakov, the rangy world and European champion with a pressing fighting style, decked another boxer from the British isles, Darren Longley of England, in the third round en route to a points decision on the other half of the draw.
Bartelemy holds the upperhand in their personal rivalry with two wins notched-up against Kazakov, including one in the World Cup in Moscow earlier this year, but it was the Cuban who went out in the early rounds in the last world championships in Bangkok in 2003.
Bartelemy later won the gold in the Athens Olympics last year, while the Russian went out against another foe in the semifinals. “Bartelemy is the better fighter,” insists Cuban coach Sarbelio Fuentes.
Standing on the Cuban’s path on the top half of the draw is local fighter Zhou Shiming, who lost to Bartelemy in the Olympic final last year and bowed to Kazakov in Bangkok in the last world championships.
Zhou hurdled his first bout here Monday, disposing of Poland’s Lukasz Maszczyk by points.
The Cubans, favorites for the overall title in this tournament, are now 7-1 after two days of preliminary bouts after another dazzling display in their campaign to reclaim the world championship they narrowly lost to Russia in Thailand two years ago.
A rampant Yuriolkis Gamboa, the second of four reigning Cuban Olympic champions here, later ambushed hapless Afghan featherweight Homayoun, landing 13 straight punches without reply to force a win in 73 seconds.
Results:
48kg: Zhou Shiming (CHN) bt Lukasz Maszczyck (POL) pts; Salim Basriev Salimov (BUL) bt Vincent Lee Montoya (USA) pts; Yan Bartelemy Varela (CUB) bt M. Nasir (WAL) pts; Anton Bekish (BLR) bt Monthon Butdee (THA) pts; Abiyev Jeyhun (AZE) bt Fayziyev Fozzil (UZB) pts; Zhakypov Birzhan (KAZ) bt Victor Adriano (ANG) pts; Kadri Kordel (TUR) bt Ro Sok (PRK) pts; Kenji Ohkubo (JPN) bt Kelvin de la Nieve (ESP) pts; Sergey Kazakov (RUS) bt Darran Langley (ENG) pts; Asloum Redouane (FRA) bt Godfrey Castro (PHI) pts; Bedak Pal (HUN) bt Arles Contreras (COL) pts; P. Serdamba (MGL) bt Alfonso Pinto (ITA) walkover.
57kg: Andreas Propp (GER) bt Imranov Shahin (AZE) pts; Mehrullah (PAK) bt Djelkhir Khedafi (FRA) pts; Eric Donovan (IRL) bt Usmanee Arash (CAN) pts; Simion Viorel (ROM) bt Sasa Janjic (SCG) pts; Alexey Tischenko (RUS) bt Bekzod Khidirov (UZB) pts; Argenis Mendez Zapata (DOM) bt Jarmo Jyri Naskali (FIN) pts; Vakup Kilic (TUR) bt Lbida Aboubakr-sedik (MAR) pts; Berik Serikbayev (KAZ) bt Miguel Marriaga (COL) RSC 3rd rd; Chung Chun An (TPE) bt Luke Jackson (AUS) RSC 4th rd; Yuriolkis Gamboa Toledano (CUB) bt Homayoun (AFG) RSC 1st rd; Kim Song Guk (PRK) bt Sadiq Abdullatheef Mohamed (QAT) pts; Sergey Kunitsyn (BLR) bt D. Edwards (WAL) pts; Alexey Valerievich Shaydulin (BUL) bt Pkhakhadze (GEO) pts; Li Yang (CHN) bt B. Sodgerel (MGL) pts; Lisandro Bolivar (VEN) bt Nejmaoui Saiffeddine (TUN) pts; Mark Davis (USA) bt Dmytro Bulenkov (UKR) pts.
64kg: Mykola Semenyha (UKR) bt Martin Halas (CZE) pts; Som Bahadur Pun (IND) bt Kevin Bizier (CAN) pts; Karl Sharif Dargan (USA) bt Carl Heild (BAH) RSC 3rd rd; Serik Sa piyev (KAZ) bt Hlavacka (SVK) pts; Abdulla Farhan (DEN) bt Tsai Yao Chun (TPE) pts; Myke M.R. de Carvalho (BRA) bt Yiu Yuk Kin (HKG) ret, 1st rd; Emil Maharramov (AZE) bt Adriani Vastine (FRA) pts; Boris Katalinic (CRO) bt Khourched Djouraev (TJK) pts; Dmitrijs Sostaks (LAT) bt Mohammed A. Abdurrahman (QAT) pts; Dilshod Mahmudov (UZB) bt Sergey S. Kudraveev (MKD) pts; Anatoly Andreev (MDA) bt Carmine Cirillo (ITA) pts; Martin Dressen (GER) bt Lahcene Houari (ALG) pts; Gheorghe Ionut (ROM) bt Chen Tong Zhou (CHN) pts; Inocente Fiss Caraballosa (CUB) bt Shin Myong Hoon (KOR) pts; Guemersindo Carrasco (ARG) bt Jose Gutierrez (ESP) pts; Boris Metodiev Georgiev (BUL) bt Andrei Chyruk (BLR) pts.
91kg: Jasur Matchanov (UZB) bt Jose Payares (VEN) pts; Adam Malcom Willett (USA) bt Jarno Antero Rosberg (FIN) ret, 4th rd; Vitalijus Subacius (LTU) bt Sanou Aboubacar (BUR) pts; Mihail Muntea (MDA) bt K. Evans (WAL) pts; Ruslan Myrsataev (KGZ) bt Daniel Vacaru (ROM) pts; David Dolan (ENG) bt Krzysztof Zimnoch (POL) pts; Elchin Alizade (AZE) bt Acar Gokhan (TUR) ret 3rd rd; Antelj T omislav (SCG) bt Emad Abdelhalim Ali Abdalla Ali (EGY) pts; Jozsef Darmos (HUN) bt Gino Nardari (CAN) pts; Zhenis Tavmurnvov (KAZ) bt Zhang Wen (CHN) pts; Alexander Alexseev (RUS) bt Bradley Pitt (AUS) RSC 3rd rd; Beka Lobzhnidze (GEO) bt Jung Eu Chan (KOR) pts; Alexander Povernov (GER) bt Dipalo Vedran (CRO) RSC 3rd rd; Luis Ortiz Alarcon (CUB) bt Lukas Viktora (CZE) RSC 4th rd; Viktor Zuyev (BLR) bt Vitaliy Mikhyeyenko (UKR) pts.—AFP
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