Last pre-Olympic boxing tournament begins in Bangkok
The Tashkent 2023 world runners-up Erislandy Álvarez (63.5) and Fernando Arzola (+92) are also pursuing passage through the largest of the Antilles, but the first will not enter the ring until Sunday, against Noah Talalot, from American Samoa , and on Tuesday he will be second, against the Mexican Javier Cruz
Published: Friday May 24, 2024 | 11:44:46 am.
Bangkok, May 24. — The last opportunity to reach the Paris 2024 Olympic Games for boxers from around the world will begin this Friday in this city, with the celebration of the second pre-Olympic tournament of the discipline, Prensa Latina reported.
Among those who will compete in this first evening will be the Cubans Yaquelín Stornell (66 kilograms), Central Caribbean bronze medalist, who will have as an opponent the Romanian Crinuta Nicoleta Sebe, European youth title holder in 2022, and Jorge Cuéllar (71), who will fight in his premiere with Ugandan Kakande Muzamiru.
The Tashkent 2023 world runners-up Erislandy Álvarez (63.5) and Fernando Arzola (+92) are also pursuing passage through the largest of the Antilles, but the first will not enter the ring until Sunday, against Noah Talalot, from American Samoa , and on Tuesday he will be second, against the Mexican Javier Cruz.
Boxers who have not yet obtained their tickets will have until June 3 to give their best in the ring and join the select group of 248 who will compete in Paris, with an equal distribution between men and women.
The event in Thailand, which will take place at the Indoor Stadium Huamark, will provide 51 places – 23 for women and 28 for men – in 13 weight classes, six for women and seven for men.
