Masternak and Rio Olympian among participants in the 90th Polish Championships
The 90th Polish Senior Boxing Championships began yesterday at the domEXPO arena in Opole. This year’s tournament is highly significant in the context of the fight for a place on the national team. The squad will soon face Olympic qualifiers. A total of 142 boxers from 64 clubs are taking part in the competition.
Opole is hosting not only the familiar domestic elite. There are also some surprising names among the participants. Former EBU professional European cruiserweight champion, 32-year-old Mateusz Masternak (RUSHH Kielce, 91 kg), will compete for the gold medal. The second group includes 28-year-old Paweł Kastramin (Żoliborska Szkoła Boksu, 69 kg), the former European Championships silver medalist from Samokov in 2015 and bronze medalist at the 2013 European Championships in Minsk.
The multiple-time champion and representative of Belarus, who competed at the 2015 World Championships in Doha and was an Olympian in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, showed a glimpse of his abilities yesterday. In the qualifiers, he defeated Daniel Piotrowski (CKB Potężnie Ciechocinek) comfortably on points. Kastramin will surely be one of the leading medal contenders. Today, more preliminary bouts are scheduled in the 69, 75 and 81 kg divisions.
Preliminary bout results [November 24, 2019 – winners listed first]
69 KG
Dominik Kida (RKB Wisłok Rzeszów) – Mateusz Kalecki (KB Zagłębie Konin) 5-0
Piotr Tobolski (Imperium Boxing Wałbrzych) – Mateusz Piech (KS Grappling Kraków) RSC 3
Kacper Niewiadomski (KS Raszyn) – Jakub Raba (OKB Odra Opole) 5-0
Mateusz Karolak (Żoliborska Szkoła Boksu) – Maciej Nowakowski (UKS Włókiennik Łódź) 3-2
Paweł Obuchowicz (KSW Tygrys Elbląg) – Norbert Różański (ŁKS Boks Łódź) 5-0
Andrew Borodenko (OKB Odra Opole) – Damian Piwowar (06 Kleofas AZS AWF Katowice) 4-1
Karol Łapawa (Sporty Walki Gostyń) – Dmytro Żukow (KS PACO Lublin) 5-0
Aleksander Bereżewski (Unaffiliated) – Patryk Karbowski (KSW Tygrys Elbląg) RSC 2
Tomasz Piątek (RKB Boxing Radom) – Szymon Rywka (KS Sporty Walki Piła) 4-1
Tomasz Gryckiewicz (Unaffiliated) – Radosław Gosiewski (Rybnik Boxing) 4-1
Paweł Kastramin (Żoliborska Szkoła Boksu) – Daniel Piotrowski (CKB Potężnie Ciechocinek) 5-0
Marcin Latocha (KB Karlino) – Adam Kuszek (OKB Odra Opole) AB 2
Dawid Slobodaniuk (SKB Energa Czarni Słupsk) – Adrian Cygan (KS Red Gloves Warszawa) 5-0
Łukasz Zyguła (KS SAKO Gdańsk) – Rafał Zalewski (Gimnazjon Apin Wyszków) RSC 3
