Brazilian Keno Marley Machado, 21, won the silver medal at the men’s boxing World Championship, held in Serbia. This Friday (5), the Bahian from Sapeaçu was defeated in the decision of the under 86 kg category by Loren Alfonso Dominguez, from Azerbaijan.
Dominguez, a Cuban naturalized Azeri, won by points in the judges’ divided evaluation (3 to 2). Before the decision, Keno, the country’s promising name for the Paris-2024 Games, won four opponents unanimously.
In the men’s Worlds, the only gold in Brazil remains Everton Lopes in 2011. The last silver was with Robson Conceição, in 2013. Beatriz Ferreira is responsible for the most recent world title in the country, regardless of gender, in 2019.
Keno’s result follows a great participation of Brazilian boxing in the Tokyo Olympics, with three medals. In Japan, Hebert Conceição (75 kg) was gold, Bia Ferreira (60 kg) silver and Abner Teixeira (91 kg) bronze.
Keno was one match away from the Olympic medal in the 81 kg category (it was not disputed at 86 kg), with elimination in the quarterfinals. Dominguez took the bronze on the occasion.
Hebert did not go to the Belgrade Worlds, according to the Brazilian Boxing Confederation, to recover from a hand injury. He assesses his entry into professional boxing. Abner, on the other hand, ended up being eliminated on his debut.
In Serbia, Wanderson Oliveira (67kg) and Michael Douglas (54kg) were one medal victory away, but stopped in the quarterfinals.
This year’s World Cup is seen by the international amateur boxing federation (Aiba) as an attempt to clean up its image after allegations of corruption and mismanagement that prevented it from organizing the competition in Tokyo-2020.
Sport continues to be threatened with exclusion from the Olympic program in Paris-2024.
The competition in Belgrade featured the symbolism of the two competitors wearing white gloves (instead of the usual blue and red ones) and an expressive award. The gold medal was worth US$ 100,000, the silver, US$ 50,000, and the bronze, US$ 25,000.
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