The first semi-finals of the World Boxing Cup Kazakhstan – Astana 2025 are complete, with four boxers booking their place in the final.
The women’s 80kg+ weight category semi-finals took place with Yeldana Talipova, from Kazakhstan, winning a close bout by a 3:2 split decision against Uzbekistan’s Oltinoy Sotimboeva. In the other semi-final in that weight class, India’s Nupur Nupur beat Türkiye’s Seyma Duztas via a 5:0 unanimous decision.
Men’s 90kg was the other weight class to hold its semi-finals today. In the first, Emrah Yasar of Türkiye beat Sagyndyk Togambay, who was fighting on home soil. Brazil’s Isaias Ribeiro booked his ticket in the final with a clinical 5:0 victory against France’s Soheb Bouafia.
Twelve quarter finals also took place meaning every weight category is now into the semi-final stage, other than the two finals which were locked in today. 36 semi-finals will take place across two sessions tomorrow, the first starting at 14:00 (UTC+5) and the second at 19:00 (UTC+5), teeing up an action-packed day of finals on Sunday.
Full results from today’s session and schedules for the rest of the tournament, can be found at: https://www.kfb.kz
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