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AZERI BOXER TO RIVAL WITH RUSSIAN SPORTSMAN

Society Materials 16 July 2005 12:56 (UTC +04:00)

The fight of Shahin Imranov with Aleksey Tishenko will be a culmination of the semi-final match of Azerbaijan and Russian national teams at the World Cup on box, which is currently being held in Moscow. The specialists are waiting for competition in weight category till 57 kg, where old rivals will face.

The boxers had a meeting at the Olympic Games in Athena, when Imranov could not fight at the next round for injury on his eyebrow, though he was stronger his rival. However, Tishenko became an Olympic champion and the athletes are to compare their forces.

The Azerbaijan national team won Koreans and Ukrainians at the preliminary round providing the participation in the next round.

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