Bojana Gojković made a successful start at the first World Championship under the auspices of the World Boxing Federation, after winning 5:0 against Mexican Diana Paloma Perez at the Liverpool Arena.
The match, the 110th at the championship in the City of the Beatles, was marked by the great movement of the boxer from Budva, who demonstrated greater class and speed than the bronze medalist from the American Games, Perez, in the 57 kilogram category.
Gojković's biggest senior result is a European silver, but then under the auspices of the IBA. She started the championship in visibly great form, with fast left jabs she continuously and successfully opened the way for right hooks, while Peres did not have enough speed to threaten our best boxer.
In the 57 kg category, 29 competitors are boxing, and Bojana has advanced to the round of 7, where she will fight against the winner of the match between New Zealander Ali Carlyle-Lai and Uzbekistan's Kumorabon Mamajonova on September 19,30th at XNUMX:XNUMX PM.
In Liverpool, Montenegro will also be represented by Tomislav - Bato Đinović, who was bye in the first round of the lightweight category. The bronze medalist from the last European Championship, Đinović, will enter the ring tomorrow and in the round of 60, his rival will be Dutchman Al Čabtuna. As many as 43 boxers are fighting in the XNUMX kg category.
The World Championship in Liverpool is the first under the auspices of the new international federation - World Boxing, and is also historic, because for the first time the male and female boxing elite are performing together at the same event.
554 boxers are competing at the championship in Liverpool - 329 in the men's competition and 225 in the women's competition from 68 countries around the world, in a total of 20 categories - ten for men and ten for women.
With the Montenegrin boxers in Liverpool are national team coach Nikola Ružić and coach Momčilo Zlatičanin.
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