Ethe spanish boxer Oier Ibarretxe is just one win away from qualifying for the 2024 Paris Games by advancing to quarterfinals at the Bangkok Olympic Qualifiers by defeating the dane Abdullah Abou-Arab by a resounding 5-0 in the category of 63,5 kilos and a unanimous decision on all scores of 30-27.
The Biscayan’s fight was impeccable as he was fast, receiving his rival with precise combinations, hitting and moving throughout the ring, the Royal Spanish Boxing Federation (RFEB) highlighted in its official profiles.
The Basque’s third victory leaves him one victory away from qualifying for Paris and, for this, the Friday the American will be measured Emilio Garcia.
Like in the 63.50 category is awarded five places and not fourin case of defeat they would enter another round with the quarterfinalists who did not manage to enter the semifinals and among them they would play for the remaining place.
Ayoub Ghadfa debuts with victory against Canadian Foreman
The champion of Europe Ayoub Ghadfa He debuted this Wednesday with a victory in the Pre-Olympic by beating the Canadian Doni George Foremanin the category of more than 92 kilosto advance to the round of 16
The Marbella boxer The combat began overwhelminglyscheduled for three rounds of three minutes each, when he activated punch combinations that provided him points and were an insurmountable wall for Foreman, the Royal Spanish Boxing Federation announced in a statement.
In addition, Ayoub Ghadfa He defended himself perfectly in the first two rounds and stopped every attempted attack by the Canadian. In it third partialand with the first two decided in favor of the Spanish representative, The scare came in the form of Foreman’s handalthough the Spaniard recovered and managed to seal his victory.
At the moment, with the Pre-Olympic still to finish, Spain has three boxers qualified for the Paris Games: Laura Fuertes (50 kilos), which also She will be the first Spaniard to be an Olympian in this sport; Emmanuel Reyes Plan (92) y Jose Quiles (57).
This tournament is the third and last chance to get the ticket to Parisafter the respective continental qualifiers and the first pre-Olympic tournament that was held in Busto Arsizio (Italy).