(MENAFN- AzerNews) Azerbaijani boxer Aynur Rzayeva reached the semi-finals of the
world championship held in New Delhi, India, Azernews reports.
The member of Azerbaijani national team, who performed at the
championship in the weight class above 81 kg, knocked out Selin
Li-Lo (New Zealand) in the quarter finals.
Referring to the Azerbaijan Boxing Federation, it is reported
that the European Championship finalist, who finished all three
rounds in his favor, won with a score of 5:0. Aynur Rzayeva secured
at least a bronze medal for herself by advancing to the
semi-finals. With this, she wrote her name in the history of
women's boxing of Azerbaijan. Since our local athlete has not
progressed to this stage in the World Cup, Aynur Rzayeva signed
first. It also ended the 9-year unsuccessful streak since the last
time we won a medal in the world championships in 2014.
Our boxer will fight Lazzat Kungaybayeva from Kazakhstan in the
semi-finals.
We should note that the final fights of the world championship
with a prize fund of $2.4m dollars will be held on March 25 and 26.
The winner of the competition in which more than 300 boxers from 65
countries participated will receive $100,000, the finalist will
receive $50,000, and the bronze medalist will receive $25,000.
Azerbaijani boxer Aynur Rzayeva reached the semi-finals of the
world championship held in New Delhi, India, Azernews reports.
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