Boxing Men's Welter Weight Okazawa's First Olympic Representative Job Offer March 12 1:12

For the first time in the Jordan boxing Tokyo Olympics and Asia-Oceania qualifiers, the tournament finals for fifth place in the men's welterweight class took place, and Seoka Okazawa won the Chinese player against Judges for the first time. The Olympic representative has decided.

Boxing Asia / Oceania qualifiers for the Tokyo Olympics will be held in Amman, Jordan from March 3rd. If you win the quota given to the top 4 to 6 players in each class, you will be offered the Olympic title. To do.

In the men's welterweight class, where the top five players will be given a quota, the four who lost in the quarterfinals will go to the tournament to determine the fifth place player, and Seoka Okazawa won the first match, and on the last day, 11th I went to the final.

In the finals, Okazawa played against a Chinese player, and from the beginning he moved around quickly and passed the opponent's offense while deciding on his best left punch and winning 5-0.

As a result, Okazawa was ranked 5th in the Men's Welterweight category, winning the Tokyo Olympics quota and being nominated for the first time.

This is the third Japanese athlete to enter the Olympics in this qualifying session, following women's featherweight Sina Irie and women's flyweight Namiki Tsukiumi.

All other Japanese players were defeated by the quarterfinals and did not qualify for the qualifying this time.

Reputation for Okazawa Defense technology

Seo Okazawa is a 24-year-old from Yamagata, who is a member of the Kagoshima Athletic Association, and has a reputation for his skill in defense with the ability to use his opponent's punches.

My father was a Ghanaian and my mother was Japanese.

Boxing began when I was invited to a senior student during the first year of Nichidai Yamagata High School.

He continued boxing at Chuo University where he went on to study, and after graduation, he had been offered a job at a private company. However, he introduced a junior junior student and chose a way to continue playing as a player while belonging to the Kagoshima Athletic Association.

Last year, he finished second in 36 years as a Japanese player in the Asian Championships, and also finished in the Top 8 in the World Championships.

The All-Japan Championship has been a victory until last year, and was awarded the Best Player of the Year by the Japan Boxing Federation.

At the first Olympic Games, we aim for a gold medal.

Okazawa commented, "I think I was able to show the meaning of Japanese boys. I think more Japanese men will be able to play an active part in the Olympics, so I want to work hard as a Japanese team until the Tokyo Olympics."