Nagpur, April 15
City boxer Alfiya Pathan will start her campaign in AIBA Youth Men's and Women's World Boxig Championships, in Kielce, Poland with her quarterfinal bout against Hungarian Hoffmann Reka on April 18 afternooon. According to schedule in women's heavy above 81 kg catgory, Alfya will clash in the quarterfinals. The other boxers apart from Alfiya and Reka in this category are BodganovaTatiana, (Russia), Toborek Oliwia (Poland), Kozorez Daria(MDA), Paraiso Martinez Clara (Spain), TalipovaYeldana (Kazikastan) and Levchuk Viktoriia (Ukrain).
If Alfiya beat Hungarian opponent, she will have to play the winner of second quarter-final to be played between Russian Tatiana Bogdanova and host country’s Oliwia Toborek. Due to new wave of Covid-19 in Europe, the Polish city of Kielce is under lockdown but is going ahead with the international tournament.
Boxers from more than 50 countries are participating in the 10-day long tournament. The Boxing Federation of India (BFI) is fielding a 20-member squad
including ten in girls’ category the season’s first global competition.
The local organising committee has advised all the participating teams to strictly follow Covid-19 protocols of social distancing and wearing of masks.