Rising stars shined in the European U19 Boxing Championships

Rising stars secured their places in the last eight at the European U19 Boxing Championships in Loznica, Serbia on Day3.

Scotland’s Aaron Sarwar began boxing only five years ago but he had already more than 60 contests during his short career. The Scottish had a few difficult moments against England’s Brayden Dyer in the first round but he was better in the second round and he made an outstanding last period to turn back their contest. The referee counted the English boy two-times in the third round and Sarwar made a stormy comeback to win their Round of 16 meeting.

England’s Jaya Kalsi is one of the main favourites at the women’s 54kg weight category and she opened her long road to the final today. The 17-year-old English overcame Scotland’s Rosie Swailes in the attacks therefore the judges favoured her after three minutes. Kalsi had a flexible strategy today, and her unpredictable movements were too much for the Scottish youngster today.

Ireland’s European U17 Champion Kristina Jubani will turn 17 only later this year but he is such an amazing talent in this sport and one of the gold medal contenders at the men’s 50kg weight category. Jubani was a hard target for Hungary’s Laszlo Papai and his impressive speed advantage guaranteed a massive advantage on the scorecards after two rounds. The Hungarian moved forward more in the second part of the bout but Jubani’s footwork was strong enough to win this bout unanimously.

Montenegro’s European U17 Champion Matija Roganovic shocked his opponent in the first round, he knocked down Ukraine’s David Kurskyi which determined the entire bout in their 85kg preliminary. Roganovic made the show in the third round and he stopped his Ukrainian opponent with powerful combinations.

Ireland’s Ellen Joyce is probably the smallest boxer in the women’s 48kg weight class but she worked from longer distance against Ukraine’s Anastasia Tiurina and she trusted on her speedy actions. The little Irish girl used her own strategy against the tall Ukrainian and she had several nice jabs in the first and second rounds. She was even better in the third round and her stamina decided their preliminary bout at the women’s 48kg weight category.

Germany’s next boxer in action was Yoan Hernandez, the silver medallist from the recent Brandenburg U19 Cup. He lost to Poland’s Aleksander Sikora in that final and the two boxers had to meet each other in a re-match in Loznica. Yoan Hernandez has strong family roots to boxing as his father was the Cuban World Champion from the 1990s, Javier Hernandez. The German used different tactics as last time in Frankfurt an der Oder and he succeeded against the strong Polish boxer, starting his road with a revenge at the 90kg.

Serbia’s Vuk Milenkovic used his height advantage as the best weapon against the Swedish athlete, Moses Bazzi and he had the advantage on the judges’ scorecards after three minutes. Milenkovic had the technical skills and the routine to win this Round of 16 contest in the men’s 90kg weight class, making the crowd happy. Milenkovic had a cut during this heavyweight preliminary bout and hopefully he will be able to continue the event.

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