Holguin boxers win in opening of Kazakhstan tourney

Holguin, Boxing, Cuba, Kazakhstan

Holguin boxers Jairo Munive (67 kg) and Jorge Manuel Soto (80 kg) were among the victorious Cuban quartet at the opening of the intentional boxing tournament held in the city of Karaganda, Kazakhstan.

Cuban boxers Giovis Salfrán (51 kg) and Nelson Jesús Williams (86 kg) were also victorious in the opening round of the tournament that pays tribute to trainer Galym Zharylgapov.

Salfrán and Munive won against host fighters. The former by unanimous decision over Bekzhan Abubakir, and the latter by a split vote of the judges over Aibe Tulegenov.

The second bout of that same inaugural date saw Soto’s total domination at the expense of Armenian Nursultan Beysenbyev and the RSC given by Williams in the first round of his duel with local Nurbek Sabyrbzhan.

This Tuesday, world runner-up Erislandy Alvarez (63.5 kg) and Rafael Joubert (60 kg) will take the ring, followed by Freddy Perez (92 kg) and Adonis Bell (+92 kg).

The report of the Cuban delegation specified that there will definitely be eight athletes there, given the injury of Rolando Martinez (57 kg) in the recently lost bout in Astana, another city of Kazakhstan.

From ecured:

Kazakhstan or Kazakhstan and officially Republic of Kazakhstan (in Kazakh or Kazakh Қазақстан; in Russian Казазахсстан) is a Eurasian country, its territory divided between Central Asia and a small portion in Europe, which was part of the Soviet Union until 1991.

Kazakhstan has a bicameral parliament, consisting of a Lower House (the Mazhilis) and an Upper House (the Senate). In district elections, representatives are elected to 67 seats in the Mazhilis. Another 10 members are elected under a different system.

Although the Mazhilis have legislative initiative powers, most of the legislation considered by the Parliament is proposed by the executive branch.

It has an area of 2.7 million km² and is the ninth largest country in the world. Its size is practically equivalent to that of Argentina or Western Europe.