Sport24.az
The opening ceremony of the traditional "Great Silk Road" international tournament among men's and women's boxers was held in Baku. Sport24.az reports that the event began with a parade of participating teams.
Then, Samir Huseynov, advisor to the president of the Azerbaijan Boxing Federation (ABF), spoke about the importance of the competition and said that strong teams participated in the tournament.
After that, Svetoslav Sapoundjiev, the Bulgarian supervisor of the competition, expressed his gratitude to the Organizing Committee and wished the participants success.
After the National Anthem was played, the tournament was declared open.
It should be noted that the tournament held at the Boxing Center will end on April 7. National teams of Azerbaijan, Australia, Algeria, Bulgaria, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Turkey and Uzbekistan are testing their strength in the competition. Male boxers will determine the winner in 10 weight categories, and women in 4.
Fights in the tournament with the participation of 126 athletes will start every day at 15:00.
