WBC Boxing Grand Prix Phase 2 results, stats, quarter-finalists
The WBC Boxing Grand Prix Phase 2 – Round of 16 – provided an exciting second stage.
Over two days of fighting, there are now just 32 boxers left who will face each other in the third phase – quarter-finals – of the first world boxing championship in history, to be held in August.
Here is a summary of the two days of activity in the second stage of the WBC Boxing Grand Prix:
Super-lightweight
Ntethelelo Nkosi (South Africa) defeated Wu Ju (China) by decision
Danylo Lozan (Ukraine) defeated Eric Basran (Canada) by TKO
Mujibillo Tursunov (Kazakhstan) defeated Alan Dutra (Argentina) by UD
Fiorenzo Priolo (Italy) defeated Efe Konuk (Turkey) by decision
Carlos Utria (Colombia) defeated Alan David Crenz (Argentina) by decision
Sanatali Toltayev (Kazakhstan) defeated Jerald Into (Philippines)
Spencer Wilcox (Canada) defeated Bartlomiej Przbyla (Poland) by decision
Misael Cabrera Urias (Mexico) defeated Orlando Barajas Tirado (Mexico) in a great duel between Mexican warriors
Full fight reports
Middleweight
Carlos Sinisterra Palacios (Colombia) 12-1-0 (9) defeated Hajji Muhis (Finland) by decision
Lancelot de la Chappelle (France) defeated Isaac Torres Busnegos (Colombia) by TKO 4
Derek Pomerleau (Canada) defeated Paul Ryan (Ireland) by TKO
Ephrem Bariko (France) defeated Maksym Molodan (Ukraine) by decision
Petro Frolov (Ukraine) defeated Saulo Morales (Mexico) by decisio
Dylan Biggs (Australia) won against Ciril Johnson (France)
Emiliano Aguillon Castro (Mexico) defeated Josè Ramón Montes (Mexico)
Dmytro Rybalko (Ukraine) won by defeating Mohammad Issa (Jordan)
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Featherweight
Bekizizwe Innocent Maitse (South Africa) defeated Juma Ramadhani Choki (Tanzania)
Ayubkhon Bakhtiyorov (Uzbekistan) won a fierce battle with Jhon Sebastian Bolaño Mendoza (Colombia)
Muhamet Qamili (Italy) defeated Holy Dorgbetor (Ghana)
Yoni Valverde (France) defeated Oleksandr Solomennikov (Ukraine)
Yusuf Adisa Adeniji (Nigeria) defeated Alexandr Kovrigin (Kazakhstan)
Troy Nash (USA) defeated Zholdas Zhengissov (Kazakhstan)
Brandon Mejia Mosqueda (Mexico) defeated Gulraj Singh Powar (UK)
Iman Joshua Lee (USA) secured the last ticket to the next round of the tournament by defeating the tough Héctor Alejandro Munguía (Mexico)
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HEAVYWEIGHT
Dante Stone (USA) defeated Emiliano Mendoza (Argentina) by decision
Keaton Gomes (South Africa) knocked out Alija Mesic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Devon Young (USA) defeated Jonathan Vergara (Argentina) with a commanding performance
Kevin Ramírez (Argentina) defeated Reagan Apanu (Congo) by decision
Piotr Lacz (Poland) knocked out Marko Milun (Croatia) in the first round
Lazizbek Mullojonov (Uzbekistan) won by dominating Youness Baalla (Morocco)
Ahmed Krnjic (Bosnia & Herzegovina) defeated Davide Brito (Italy) by TKO
Tsotne Rogava (Ukraine) defeated Vitaliy Stalchenko (Ukraine) by UD
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WBC Boxing Grand Prix Stats
- 71.88% of victories were by unanimous decision
- 9.38% of victories were by majority decision
- 18.75% of victories were by TKO
- Ahmed Krnjic and Keaton Gomez have the most TKOs with two each
- Mexico, Ukraine, South Africa are the countries with the most finishes
- Europe and Africa are the continents with the most TKOs with two each
- Third round has seen the most finishes in the entire tournament with six