Gazi Jalidov The fourth medal for Spain vanishes after an impressive KO
The controversial lost medal of the 'Prophet' Reyes Pla "It has been an injustice"
"They have taken the medal from us. This was our medal and we had won it."
Rafa Lozano
, Spanish boxing coach, thus showed his indignation after the defeat of
Gabriel Escobar
in the quarterfinal fight against Kazakh
Saken Bibossinov
. Again, the decision of the judges generated controversy in the Spanish delegation, which leaves Tokyo without going up to the podium.
The judges' cards decided the luck of the winner.
The Russian
Yaroslav Renev
(29-28), the Moroccan
Makfouni Abdellatif
(29-28) and the Ugandan
Antonio Aciga
(29-28) opted for Bibossinov, while the American
Beau Campbell
(29-28) and the Thai
Karn Naklam
( 30-27) gave Escobar an advantage.
Likewise, the judges left two shoves by Bibossinov unpunished to cut Escobar's pace when he got into close range.
"They have told me, 'we are tied'. And now to shoot, this is dying on top of the ring for Spain, for my family, for everything. world ranking.
Convinced of his triumph
Despite being convinced of his triumph, seconds before hearing the final verdict, Escobar fell head down from the ring until he collapsed in one of the chairs at the Kokugikan Arena.
Spain had already been left on the edge of the podium with the quarterfinal losses of
Gazi Jalidov
(heavy middleweight) and
Enmanuel Reyes
(heavyweight).
Reyes, born in Havana and arrived in Spain in 2017, also harshly criticized the judges of his fight against Cuban
Julio la Cruz
, assuring that he had made more merits to win.
In this way, the national delegation is left without fighters, so no one will be able to take over from Rafa Lozano, the last boxer capable of conquering a medal at the Games, when he achieved a silver in the light flyweight in Sydney 2000.
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