Rafael ‘Balita’ Lozanonational amateur boxing coach, announced this Saturday that “consistency and sacrifice have been rewarded” with “three medals in national championship” which this weekend will end in Tashkent, which “marked a before and after” in Spanish boxing.
Martín Molina (flyweight), Gazi Jalidov (light heavyweight) and Ayoub Ghadfa (super heavyweight) reached the semifinals in the Uzbek capital “showing”, according to Lozano, “that they can face any boxer, be they Russian, Uzbek, Kazakh… thanks to their “ability to excel in every training session and every competition “.
In addition, Spain placed three other boxers in the quarterfinals, at the doors of the podium: Gabriel Escobar, Jose Quiles and the heavy Emmanuel Reyes Plamedalist two years ago in Belgrade and quarterfinalist in Tokyo 2020.
“We have a great team. I always tell them that unity is strength, that we are a family, they represent a country like Spain and that motivates them more. Now we just hope to go to the Olympic qualifiers to qualify as many of boxers “, said the Cordovan coach, Olympic medalist in Atlanta and Sydney.
Source: La Verdad
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