Kazan will host the All-Russian boxing tournament "Victory Cup"
On July 8, at 19:00, the finalists of the second draw of the large-scale All-Russian tournament "Victory Cup" will be determined in the walls of the Kazan "Pyramid". It is on this day that the semifinal matches between the teams "Kama" and "Moscow", as well as between "Leningrad" and "Caucasus" will be held in the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan.
The All-Russian Victory Cup tournament is organized by the Dynamo Boxing Promotions promotion company with the support of the Russian Boxing Federation. The general partner of the large-scale tournament is the betting company "League of Bets".
Competitions are held in the format of professional boxing in five weight categories (up to 58, up to 65, up to 73, up to 80 and over 86 kg). The fight formula is four rounds of three minutes. In case of equality of points on the judges' notes in the duel, the victory is awarded to the boxer who was the best in the last round.
Almost all teams have made changes to their lineups compared to the quarterfinal matches. The only exception was Leningrad, which will exhibit the same composition as in the confrontation with Siberia.
The bronze medalist of the World Championship-2023 Vsevolod Shumkov and the participant of the World Championship in Tashkent Pavel Sosulin, as well as the quarterfinalist of the Olympic Games-2020 Ivan Veryasov will perform for Leningrad. Also noteworthy is the inclusion of the silver medalist of the 2019 European Games, participant of the 2020 Olympic Games Gabil Mammadov in the "Kama" team. The complete compositions look as follows:
"Kama" (PFD) – "Moscow":
Up to 58 kg. Ruslan Belousov (Saransk) - Levan Khasaya;
Up to 65 kg. Gabil Mammadov (Orenburg) – Egor Chernushevich;
Up to 73 kg. Sergey Sergeev (Kazan) – Shohabbos Shukurov;
Up to 80 kg. Odiljon Aslonov (Uzbekistan) – Beslan Bogatyrev;
Over 86 kg. Abubakar-Salah Mutselkhanov (Orenburg) - Ramazan Karnukaev.
Leningrad – Kavkaz (North Caucasian Federal District):
Up to 58 kg. Vsevolod Shumkov – Ilyas Naibkhanov (Republic of Dagestan);
Up to 65 kg. Ilya Popov – Eldar Hajiyev (Republic of Dagestan);
Up to 73 kg. Pavel Sosulin – Cheerav Ashalaev (Republic of Dagestan);
Up to 80 kg. Ruslan Kolesnikov - Beshto Shavlaev (Chechen Republic);
Over 86 kg. Ivan Veryasov – Tamerlan Turgunov (Republic of Crimea).
The entire tournament will be shown live on Match TV and Match! A fighter." The meeting of "Kama" and "Moscow" can be watched on July 8 on the TV channel "Match! Fighter" from 20:30 (Moscow time), and the broadcast of the confrontation between Leningrad and the Caucasus will be held on Match TV, beginning at 22:25 (Moscow time).
The superfinal and the third place match will be held on July 15 in Orenburg. The prize fund of the Victory Cup will be 7.5 million rubles. For the victory, the team will receive three million rubles, for the second place – two million, for the third – one million. At the same time, the boxer will receive 30 thousand rubles for each victory.
Recall that the winner of the first draw of the Victory Cup was the Kama team, which defeated Leningrad in the Superfinal. Bronze in the asset of boxers from "Moscow".