Kloetzer and Szeremeta are the surprise winners of the last session in Busto Arsizio

Germany’s Maxi Kloetzer and Poland’s Julia Szeremeta both defeated their favourite rivals in the last session of the 1^st World Olympic Boxing Qualifying Event in Busto Arsizio.

Kazakhstan’s Alua Balkybekova moved up to the light flyweight (50kg) only in the previous months but she was taller than Germany’s Maxi Kloetzer in the key quota contest. The German surprised the World Championships silver medallist Kazakh in the first round, Kloetzer was able to continue almost until the last gong, and she caused a huge sensation with her 3:2 success.

The Polish girls amazed in the last competition day, their Aneta Rygielska (66kg) and Elzbieta Wojcik (75kg) both were favourites for the Olympic quotas today. Their stars accomplished that target but the 20-year-old Julia Szeremeta exceeded her previous level and due to her last round, she defeated the US boxer, Alyssa Mendoza.

Italy’s Alessia Mesiano and Slovakia’s Miroslava Jedinakova both lost their semi-finals but they met in a specific Box-off to decide the third quota place at the women’s lightweight (60kg). The Italian landed the better shots in this important contest and she earned the host nation’s fourth quotas today.

Bulgaria’s Rami Kiwan is better and better every year but he was not the favourite against Brazil’s Wanderson Oliveira today. The Bulgarian light middleweight (71kg) boxer fought over his previous levels and his hard work in this bout delivered his country’s fourth Olympic quota for Paris 2024.

Kazakhstan’s World Champions quartet, Saken Bibossynov (51kg), Makhmud Sabyrkhan (57kg), Aslanbek Shymbergenov (71kg) and Nurbek Oralbay (80kg) all qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games with impressive performance.

Among the boxing powerhouses, Uzbekistan was perfect in the men’s part of the 1^st World Olympic Boxing Qualifying Event, their Ruslan Abdullayev (63.5kg), Asadkhudja Muydinkhudjayev (71kg), Turabek Khabibullayev (80kg) and Lazizbek Mullojonov (92kg) all succeeded today.