Damian Durkacz Is Going to Tokyo. Pole Secures Olympic Qualification

Damian Durkacz (69 kg) secured qualification for the Tokyo Olympic Games (2021) in Paris. A day after defeating Hungary’s Milan Fodor, our young boxer faced a much tougher task. His opponent was the outstanding Belarusian Dzmitry Asanau. The favorite did not disappoint, clearly beating the Pole on points, 5-0.

Let us hope this defeat will show Damian which aspects he should work on before traveling to the Japanese capital. The level of the opponents he will face there will be at least comparable to that displayed by the Belarusian.

QUARTERFINAL RESULTS [winners listed first]

52 KG
Galal Yafai (Great Britain) – Koryun Soghomonyan (Armenia) 5-0
Batuhan Ciftci (Turkey) – Cosmin-Petre Girleanu (Romania) 4-1
Billal Bennama (France) – Sakhil Alakhverdovi (Georgia) 5-0
Gabriel Escobar (Spain) – Brendan Irvine (Ireland) 5-0

57 KG
Roland Galos (Hungary) – Peter McGrail (Great Britain) 3-2
Samuel Kistohurry (France) – Tayfur Aliyev (Azerbaijan) 5-0
Mykola Butsenko (Ukraine) – Jose Quiles (Spain) W/O
Albert Batyrgaziev (Russia) – Hamsat Shadalov (Germany) 3-2

63 KG
Gabil Mamedov (Russia) – Yaroslav Khartsyz (Ukraine) 5-0
Dzmitriy Asanau (Belarus) – Damian Durkacz (Poland) 5-0
Luke McCormack (Great Britain) – Enrico Lacruz (Netherlands) 5-0
Sofiane Oumiha (France) – Javid Chalabiyev (Azerbaijan) 5-0

69 KG
Pat McCormack (Great Britain) – Eskerkhan Madiev (Georgia) 5-0
Aidan Walsh (Ireland) – Yevheniy Barabanov (Ukraine) 3-2
Lorenzo Sotomayor (Azerbaijan) – Aliaksandr Radzionau (Belarus) 5-0
Andrey Zamkovoy (Russia) – Necat Ekinci (Turkey) 5-0

75 KG
Gleb Bakshi (Russia) – Vitali Bandarenka (Belarus) ABD 1
Andrej Csemez (Slovakia) – Lancelot Proton de la Chapelle (Belgium) 5-0
Arman Darchinyan (Armenia) – Giorgi Kharabadze (Georgia) 3-2
Oleksandr Khyzniak (Ukraine) – Adam Chartoi (Sweden) DQ 3

81 KG
Benjamin Whittaker (Great Britain) – Liridon Nuha (Sweden) 5-0
Luka Plantic (Croatia) – Emmet Brennan (Ireland) 5-0
Gazimagomed Jalidov (Spain) – Bayram Malkan (Turkey) 4-1
Loren Alfonso Dominguez (Azerbaijan) – Imam Khatayev (Russia) 3-2

91 KG
Muslim Gadzhimagomedov (Russia) – Aziz Abbes Mouhiidine (Italy) 5-0
Ammar Abduljabbar (Germany) – Uladislau Smiahlikau (Belarus) 5-0
Cheavon Clarke (Great Britain) – Vagkan Ninitzanian (Greece) 3-2
Emmanuel Reyes Pla (Spain) – Radoslav Panteleev (Bulgaria) DQ 2

+91 KG
Mahammad Abdullayev (Azerbaijan) – Tsothe Rogava (Ukraine) 4-1
Mourad Aliev (France) – Giorgi Tchigladze (Georgia) 5-0
Ivan Veriasov (Russia) – Petar Belberov (Bulgaria) 5-0
Frazer Clarke (Great Britain) – Berat Acar (Turkey) 5-0