Azerbaijan will be represented by 43 boxers at the "Great Silk Road" international tournament to be held in Baku on April 2.
"Report" informs that the national teams of Azerbaijan, Australia, Algeria, Bulgaria, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Turkey and Uzbekistan will compete in the traditional competition to be held at the Baku Boxing Center.
126 boxers will test their strength for 14 sets of medals (10 weight categories for men, 4 weight categories for women). The winners of the tournament will be determined on April 7. Azerbaijan will be represented by 37 boxers in the men's competition and 6 boxers in the women's competition.
The opening ceremony of the tournament will be tomorrow at 15:00. Then the fights will begin.
It should be noted that the supervisor of the tournament will be Svetoslav Sapounciyev (Bulgaria), and the chief referee will be Anar Babanli (Azerbaijan). In addition to Azerbaijani referees, referees from Algeria, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Turkey and Uzbekistan will also manage the meetings.