Bulgarian national Rami Keuan (right) was eliminated in the quarterfinals in the category up to 71 kilograms at the Paris Olympic boxing tournament and remained one step away from the medals, reports BTA.
24-year-old Kewan lost to Omari Jones (USA) with 0:5 (27:30, 27:30, 27:30, 27:30, 27:30) judges' votes and failed to qualify for the semi-finals, with which to guarantee at least bronze.
The current European champion at 75 kg played an equal match against the world vice-champion from Belgrade 2021 at 67 kg Jones. The two showed a similar style of boxing, keeping good distance and trying to counterattack, but the American was slightly more accurate and was favored by the five judges in all three rounds.
Four of the five Bulgarian competitors in the Olympic boxing tournament in Paris reached the quarterfinals.
Javier Ibáñez steps into the ring tonight against #7-seeded Huangzhou 2023 Asian Games runner-up Shudai Harada (Japan) and will guarantee a spot on the podium if successful.
In the women's category, Stanimira Petrova yesterday lost to the Chinese Yuan Chan and missed out on a medal in the 54-kilogram category, and Svetlana Kamenova in the 57-kilogram category will try to reach the semi-finals tomorrow at 12:00 in a match against the reigning champion from Asian Games and Paris No. 1 - Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting, two-time Istanbul 2022 world champion from New Delhi 2018.
Radoslav Rosenov was eliminated in the round of 16 after being defeated by the leader in the scheme in the category up to 63.5 kilograms Wyatt Sanford (Canada).