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The World Boxing Cup held in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, has come to an end.
Apasport.az reports that the Azerbaijani national team achieved a historic result at the competition, which was attended by 400 athletes from 49 countries.
Our team won 3 gold and 1 bronze medal for the first time at the World Cup.
In the final, Subhan Mammadov (50 kg) fought Issam Bensayara (Morocco). Our boxer, who finished all 3 rounds in his favor, won with a score of 5:0 (30:27, 30:27, 29:28, 29:28, 30:27) and won the gold medal.
Following him, Mahammad Abdullayev (+90 kg) also climbed to the highest step of the podium. He showed his strength to Davit Chaloyan (Armenia) in the decisive match. Abdullayev, who defeated his opponent with a score of 3:2 (29:28, 28:29, 28:29, 29:28, 29:28), secured the third gold medal for our team and the Azerbaijani anthem was sung for the third time in Brazil.
In the first session of the final stage, Saidjamshid Jafarov (75 kg) became the winner of the World Cup, and Nabi Isgandarov (70 kg) won a bronze medal earlier.
Thus, our men's national team, which won 3 gold and 1 bronze medal, finished the World Cup in second place in the team standings. The hosts surpassed our team, which participated in the competition with 6 male boxers, only with a silver medal.
It should be noted that our boxers will return to their homeland on April 29.
