18-20 February 2010 Strandzha Cup Champions
This Saturday was the end of the 61st international men boxing tournament Strandzha Cup. Seven Bulgarians reached the finals and twice the hymn of Bulgaria was heard honouring the champions Alexander Alexandrov (51 kg) and Detelin Dalakliv (54 kg). Maryan Momchev (75kg) and Tervel Pulev (91 kg) didn’t come up for their final fights because of injuries. The hot Bulgarian prospects Lyuben Todorov (57 kg), Angel Dimov (60 kg) and Milan Zlatev (64kg) lost their finals with a minimum point difference against far more experienced opponents. About 2000 people applauded the expected bearer of this year’s Strandzha Cup – Detelin Dalakliev. Second best at the tournament became the world champion in the light heavyweight division, the Russian Artur Beterbiev. The best technical boxer became the Armenian Hovhanes Danlyan (48 kg) and the youngest boxer was the 17-year old Stefan Slavchev. It came as u surprise that the double Olympic champion, World and European champion – the Russian Alexey Tishchenko (60 kg), lost on points (2:4) the semifinal against the Uzbek Hurshid Todzhibaev. Unexpectedly the double World champion Abos Atoev also lost on points his semifinal against Adem Kilikchi (Turkey). Despite these two surprises, there was weak competition this year and the absence of traditionally strong participants like the teams of Kazakhstan and Ukraine made it possible for younger Bulgarian boxers to reach the finals. Here are the champions in each division:
48kg – Hovhanes Danilyan (Armenia)
51kg – Aleksander Aleksandrov (Bulgaria)
54kg – Detelin Dalakliev (Bulgaria)
57kg – Karem Gyurchen (Turkey)
60kg – Hurshid Todjibaev (Uzbekistan)
64kg – Roniel Sotolongo (Cuba)
69kg – Uktamon Rahmonov (Uzbekistan)
75kg – Adem Kilikchi (Turkey)
81kg – Artur Beterbiev (Russia)
91kg – Sergey Kalchugin (Russia)
+91kg – Sergey Kuzmin (Russia)
Best boxer award – Detelin Dalakliev
Second best boxer – Artur Beterbiev
The most skilled fighter -Hovhanes Denilyan
Youngest boxer – Stefan Slachev
