Sporting Digest: Boxing
WORLD AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS (Tampere, Fin) Finals: Light-flyweight (48kg): N Munchian (Armenia) bt D Petrov (Bul) pts (8-6). Flyweight (51kg): W Font (Cuba) bt K Akhemedov (Uzb) pts (17-8). Bantamweight (54kg): A Christov (Bul) bt J Casamayor (Cuba) pts (13-7). Featherweight (57kg): S Todorov (Bul) bt E Carrion (Cuba) pts (11-6). Lightweight (60kg): D Austin (Cuba) bt L Nicholson (US) pts (6-2). Light-welterweight (63.5kg): H Vinent (Cuba) bt J Kjall (Fin) pts (7-1). Welterweight (67kg): J Hernandez (Cuba) bt V Karpaciauskas (Lith) pts (9-3). Light-middleweight (71kg): F Vastag (Rom) bt A Duvergel (Cuba) pts (14-3). Middleweight (75kg): A Hernandez (Cuba) bt A Kuloglu (Turk) pts (9-7). Light-heavyweight (81kg): R Garbey (Cuba) bt J Jacobs (Nigeria) pts (10-4). Heavyweight (91kg): F Savon (Cuba) bt G Kandelaki (Geor) w/o (Kandelaki ret before final). Super-heavyweight (over 91kg): R Balado (Cuba) bt S Russinov (Bul) pts (10-1).
PROFESSIONAL PROMOTION (Scottish Exhibition Centre, Glasgow): 12rds for WBO Super-middleweight Championship: C Eubank (Brighton, holder) drew with R Close (Belfast). 12rds for WBO Flyweight Championship: J Matlala (SA) bt P Clinton (Sco, holder) ko 8th. 12rds for WBO Strawweight Championship: P Weir (Sco) bt F Martinez (Mex, holder) rsf 7th. 6rds super-featherweight: A Levine (Liverpool) bt R Davison (Salford) pts. 6rds super-middleweight: W Quinn (Sco) bt D Owens (Castleford) pts.
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