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Three Iranian boxers eliminated from ASBC Juniors Boxing Championships 2017

Thursday, 03 August 2017 9:20 AM [ Last Update: Thursday, 03 August 2017 10:41 AM ]

Members of the Iranian boxing delegation pose for a photograph during the ASBC Juniors Boxing Championships 2017 in Puerto Princesa coastal city, western Philippines, on August 2, 2017.

Iranians’ run in the Asian Boxing Confederation (ASBC) Juniors Boxing Championships 2017 has hit a major snag as three participants tumbled out of the competition in the first round.

On Wednesday, Iranian pinweight boxer Mostafa Rigi lost to a representative from Kazakhstan in the preliminary round of the event in Puerto Princesa coastal city, western Philippines, and was eliminated.

In the featherweight 57-kilogram category, Farhad Moradi failed to get past Uzbekistan’s Javlonbek Yuldashev.

Iran’s Ehsan Adai also went down to his South Korean opponent Lee Chae Hyun in the light welterweight 63-kilogram class.

The ASBC Juniors Boxing Championships 2017 started in Puerto Princesa, the Philippines, on August 2 and will conclude on August 7.

The Iranian delegation has seven participants: Mostafa Rigi in the pinweight (46-kilogram), Hossein Hajagha Barari in the bantamweight (54-kilogram), Farhad Moradi in the featherweight (57-kilogram), Arash Amintorabi in the lightweight (60-kilogram), Ehsan Adai in the light welterweight (63-kilogram), Armin Azari in the light heavyweight (80-kilogram) and Ali Sepehr in the heavyweight (+80-kilogram) categories.

They are under the tutelage of Gholamreza Karimi and Homayoun Amiri. Ali Daneshmand is the manager of the team.

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