Azerbaijani boxer wins Olympics championship

  27 August 2014    Read: 846
Azerbaijani boxer wins Olympics championship
Boxer Rufet Huseynov has earned the Azerbaijani national team a new medal at the 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games hosted by Chinese city of Nanjing.

Competing in the weight category of 49kg, the Azerbaijani boxer won the top prize of the tournament.

In his first two fights, he defeated Kumar Kakaraya (India) and Shalkar Aykinbaya (Kazakhstan). In today’s final encounter, He took on his Uzbekistani opponent Sulaymon Latipov. The Azerbaijani boxer won the all three rounds, giving no chance to the opponent.

The national team of Azerbaijan had gained 10 medals at this tournament.

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