The men's boxing world championship was held in Serbia on the 5th, and both bantamweight Tomoya Tsuboi and welterweight Sewon Okazawa won the gold medal.
This is the first time a Japanese player has won a gold medal at the World Boxing Championships.
The men's boxing world championship was held in Belgrade, Serbia on the 5th, and Japanese players including bantamweight Tsuboi and welterweight Okazawa participated.
Tsuboi played against a Kazakh player in the bantamweight final and aggressively attacked from the beginning, such as setting up a series of left and right hits.
In the final third round, he showed a strong right hook and did not loosen his attack until the end, winning the judgment and winning the gold medal.
In the welterweight final, Okazawa, who participated in this year's Tokyo Olympics, played against an American player.
Okazawa showed his strength in a close battle, such as showing a skillful defense with a light movement, and won the judgment and won the gold medal following Tsuboi.
According to the Japan Amateur Boxing Federation, the best result of Japanese players so far in the world championship is the silver medal won by middleweight Ryota Murata in 2011, and Tsuboi and Okazawa are the first Japanese players to win the gold medal. bottom.
Gold medal that gives momentum to the Paris Olympics of Okazawa's resurrection
Sewon Okazawa won the gold medal at the welterweight division of the world boxing championship.
Behind the feat was the regret that I had at the Tokyo Olympics.
25-year-old Okazawa won the second place as a Japanese player in the 2019 Asian Championship for the first time in 36 years, and was expected to win a medal in the welter class at the Tokyo Games, which was his first appearance in the Olympic Games.
However, the Cuban player who won the gold medal of this tournament in the second round lost the judgment, and the dream of the medal came quickly.
"I'm sorry I couldn't give back on the stage made by various people. I want to get stronger and definitely come back to the Paris tournament." After the match, Okazawa vowed to make a comeback.
This world championship was the stage for a restart for the Paris Olympics.
"I felt the importance of the results at the Tokyo Olympics. I only saw the gold medal,"
Okazawa said with enthusiasm.
In the tournament, he won by making full use of his agile defense, and in the final he won a close battle and won the gold medal following bantamweight Tomoya Tsuboi.
Okazawa won the gold medal at the world championships with the regrets he experienced at the Olympics.
I got a momentum for Paris.