Surprises at the Adriatic Pearl Youth Boxing World Cup

Young hopefuls delivered several surprises in the recent session of the Adriatic Pearl Youth Boxing World Cup in Budva, Montenegro.

Altogether 93 female and 152 male boxers are competing in this important international youth event this week.

Albania, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cuba, France, Georgia, Greece, India, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Mexico, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Switzerland, and Turkey are the 22 participating countries in the event.

Mexico sent a team to Budva in 2023 as well and the country returned to Montenegro once again. Kevin Esteban Felix is not an experienced international boxer yet but the teenager exceeded his previous level and defeated Kazakhstan’s Almaz Nurlan at the men’s flyweight (51kg).  

Mohammed Dahmane Djemmal is a French talent who had a tough and more experienced rival in the last session but he managed to beat Kazakhstan’s Yerkhan Ongtalapov in the men’s bantamweight (54kg).

Bulgaria’s bantamweight (54kg) prospect, Angel Dimitrov progressed a lot in the previous months but his success over Cuba’s Kevin Alejandro Sanchez was one of the top sensations of the second session in Budva.

Georgia’s Levan Demurovi not only competed in several European Championships during his career but he got strong achievements on these events. The Georgian lightweight (60kg) boxer was able to keep the full concentration to beat Croatia’s Matej Marton by unanimous decision in Budva.

Montenegro’s Milos Roganovic competed in the last edition of the Adriatic Pearl Youth Tournament in 2023 and the local welterweight (67kg) boxer also delivered a surprise on Day2 when he defeated India’s Aaditya Raj.

Austria’s Saifouallah Saidoulaev is their top talent of the previous years and his strength decided the light heavyweight (80kg) bout against India’s Sharma Chirag. Slovenia’s Igor Saberi (67kg), Poland’s Igor Rondos (80kg) and Cuba’s Javier Alexander Rawlins (86kg) were also among the winners in the session.