For the first time in history, a female boxer from Uzbekistan wins gold at the World Boxing Championships

Askar Yakubov · 14:14, 23.04.2021 · Updated 18:33 · 735 views

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.uz) - The World Youth Boxing Championship is ending in the city of Kielce (Poland). The final among girls was held today.

It should be noted that so far not a single girl of ours has made it to the World Cup final. Today is a truly historic event in the history of Uzbek boxing - two representatives of Uzbekistan entered the ring as part of the final.

Nigina Uktamova (-54 kg) fought against Christina Lakichuk from Ukraine and won 4:1. Thus, she became the first Uzbek girl to win gold at the World Championship. Then, and Mokhinabonu Abdullayeva (-64 kg) had the final match with Azalia Amineva from Russia, but unfortunately the Uzbek athlete lost.

Thus, our girls completed the world youth championship, having won 1 gold, 1 silver and 4 bronze medals.

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