Azerbaijani boxers in the 1/4 finals of the WC Ruslan Gadirov and Farhad Sheydayev, who represented Azerbaijan in the European Championship among boxers under 23 years of age (U-23) in Bulgaria's capital, Sofia, reached the 1/4 finals.
Offsideplus.az reports that Gadirov, fighting in the 60 kg category, defeated Stefan Samovic (Serbia) 5:0 (29:27, 28:28, 28:28, 28:28, 28:28) in the 1/8 finals. .
His opponent at this stage will be Radoslav Rosenov from Bulgaria.
Sheydayev (75 kg) also won the 1/8 final match. Boxer Chadi Baraia (France) won by 4:1 (29:28, 29:28, 28:29, 29:28, 29:28). Sheydayev will test his strength against Alan Perry (Scotland) in the 1/4 final match.
Both athletes will have their next fight on October 16.
It should be noted that the European Championship will be concluded on October 20.