Iran Press/ Middle East: The Asian Championship boxing matches started on Tuesday, November 1st in Amman, the capital of Jordan, and will continue until November 12th. The Iranian team participated in this event with 12 boxers, and 10 representatives of our country were eliminated.
Shahin Mousavi, Iran’s two-time Asian elite bronze winner, was beaten by his rival from Kazakhstan in the middleweight (75kg) class on Thursday, the 9th day of the competition.
The Iranian boxer beat his rival 4-1 in the first round. But he was defeated 3-2 in the second round and again 4-1 in the final and third rounds.
The other Iranian athlete, Tofan Sharifi, a 92 kg boxer, fought with Parenko Sergi from Kyrgyzstan and was declared the winner by the judges in the second round and secured his bronze medal.
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