Szeleczki and Szira delighted the home crowd in Budapest

Hungary’s duo as Lilla Szeleczki and Zsofia Szira delighted the home crowd on the fourth competition day at the European U23 Women’s and Men’s Boxing Championships in Budapest where both are finalists.

Poland’s Nikola Prymaczenko had the strong performance to beat Hungary’s Laura Horvath at the 54kg while her Olympic silver medallist teammate, Julia Szeremeta worked much better than in her first appearance in Budapest, beating England’s Vivien Parsons.

Ukraine’s Maksym Zymenko eliminated one of the stars, Ireland’s World bronze medallist Thady Patsy Joyce and he continued his winning path against Germany’s Ali El Sari in the quarter-finals of the men’s 55kg.

Georgia’s Luka Nikabadze was the favourite in the quarter-finals of the men’s 70kg against Israel’s Yehor Novikov and he accomplished his minimum target.

Belgium’s Rayen Ben Othmen is not an experienced boxer in the international competitions but he found the best tactics against Bulgaria’s Semion Boldirev to manage his way into the semi-finals of the 85kg.

Hungary’s No.1 in the women’s U23 national team, Lilla Szeleczki eliminated Ukraine’s Sofya Turbinina in the quarter-finals and she defeated Poland’s Marta Prill as well on their re-match while her teammate, Zsofia Szira is also a finalist.

Turkey’s Bilge Kagan Kanli started better than Bulgaria’s Viktorio Iliev in the first round and he took the lead in all of the judges’ scorecards. The 19-year-old Bulgarian switched into a different level of boxing in the second round and he turned back this quarter-final at the 65kg.

Germany’s Nikita Putilov claimed his first European title in 2021 and his nation’s best U23 boxer had some difficulties in the first round against Bulgaria’s Kiril Georgiev but he stepped into the gas in time to win their quarter-final by RSC.

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