Embarrassing defeat for Poland in Lviv. Ukraine won every bout

On the second day of the team-format International Boxing Tournament “Lviv Boxing Cup”, Poland lost 0–16 to Ukraine. The fighters coached by Jerzy Baraniecki were unable to put up an even contest against the hosts in any of the eight bouts.

The Ukrainian team included reigning world and European champion Olexandr Khizhnyak (75 kg), European champions Yuriy Shestak (60 kg) and Viktor Vikhrist (+91 kg), as well as European silver medalist Mykola Butsenko (56 kg).

Today, Poland will face Ukraine’s second team in the bout for third place. In the tournament final, the hosts’ first team will meet Cuba’s young national team.

POLAND – UKRAINE 0:16 [September 15, 2018, Lviv – winners listed first]

48 KG Nazar Kurotchin – Jakub Słomiński 5:0
56 KG Mykola Butsenko – Marcin Hejosz 5:0
60 KG Yuriy Shestak – Radomir Obruśniak 5:0
64 KG Olexandr Melenyuk – Damian Durkacz 4:0
75 KG Olexandr Khizhnyak – Bartosz Gołębiewski AB 2
81 KG Denis Solonenko – Mateusz Goiński 5:0
91 KG Ramazan Muslimov – Aleksander Celejewski AB 2
+91 KG Viktor Vikhrist – Adam Kulik 5:0