Montenegrin boxer Petar Liješević did not advance to the quarter-finals of the European Under-23 Championship in Sofia.
The member of Budva is in the round of 86 in the category up to XNUMX kilograms in a fight with Belarus Andrei Masalauom suffered an arcade injury two minutes and 11 seconds before the end of the second round, and as the bleeding could not be stopped, the ring referee stopped the fight.
Given that he was injured by a headbutt from his rival, scoring began until the moment the fight was stopped.
After a long deliberation, the judges awarded the victory to the boxer from Belarus. Two judges - from Israel and Estonia scored 20:18 for the Montenegrin representative, two justices - from Spain and Slovakia scored in the same way, but for Belarus, while the arbitrator from Ireland declared the fight a draw - 19:19.
A re-voting followed and the minimum advantage was given to Masalau, who will fight against the Estonian Anton Vinogradov in the quarter-finals.
"The regret remains due to Liješević's injury, because of which he could not continue the fight. He had just caught the rhythm and started to "break" his rival, when that careless header from the Belarusian happened. I think he would have won it easily until the end and then he would have gone to Estonian Vinogradova, whom he already defeated. Maler, there is nothing, but let's move on," said the Montenegrin national team coach Nikola Ružić.
Montenegro has two more trumps left in Sofia, who came within a step of winning a medal, as they secured a place in the quarterfinals.
On Tuesday, Bojana Gojković will fight Hungarian Rebeka Doboš in the quarter-finals of the category up to 57 kilograms, while Tomislav Đinović will face Moldovan Vladislav Vaskovski in the semifinals of the category up to 60 kilograms on Wednesday.
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