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Hello, welcome to highlight of the 17th world amateur boxing | :00:10. | :00:41. | |
Championships, which took place in Kazakhstan. It was a huge event, 500 | :00:42. | :00:47. | |
fighters taking part. It is the first time the best in the world | :00:48. | :00:51. | |
have come together since we experienced the colour and drama of | :00:52. | :00:52. | |
the London Olympics. The 10,000 crowd raising the decibel | :00:53. | :01:22. | |
level. You have got to work, come on! Do you want it? Do you want to | :01:23. | :01:32. | |
get on the podium? Which boxer can find the moment of inspiration? It | :01:33. | :01:36. | |
is going to be close. Utterly committed, utterly competitive. This | :01:37. | :01:43. | |
is going to be a nail-biting last second. What a finish. He has raised | :01:44. | :01:48. | |
the status of world amateur. Yes, great memories, and successful | :01:49. | :02:00. | |
for Britain, three gold medals. One of my guests got a bronze medal. We | :02:01. | :02:06. | |
are also joined by the only British rider to get a gold medal at these | :02:07. | :02:13. | |
championships. Back in 2007 in Chicago. And we could not do without | :02:14. | :02:21. | |
a boxing journalist, aficionado and General Noble. | :02:22. | :02:40. | |
a boxing journalist, aficionado and where the medals have gone between | :02:41. | :02:40. | |
1974 and 2011. The World Championships is tougher. It is | :02:41. | :02:47. | |
1974 and 2011. The World that simple to explain, they started | :02:48. | :02:52. | |
in Havana, and the first medal won by a country | :02:53. | :02:56. | |
in Havana, and the first medal won in 1999, so we went 12 tournaments | :02:57. | :02:56. | |
without getting in 1999, so we went 12 tournaments | :02:57. | :03:00. | |
medal. We would send fighters and we in 1999, so we went 12 tournaments | :03:01. | :03:07. | |
would get out of in 1999, so we went 12 tournaments | :03:08. | :03:08. | |
The first couple of tournaments, we did not send teams, because what was | :03:09. | :03:14. | |
the point? They were fighting professionals from East Germany, | :03:15. | :03:19. | |
Russia, Cuba, and getting smashed. If you look at the 70s and 80s, the | :03:20. | :03:25. | |
statistics are staggering. Some of our best fighters were lucky to win | :03:26. | :03:30. | |
once or twice. We have turned it around since 1999, so that table | :03:31. | :03:35. | |
only reflects the last 12 years. Is it still a fair reflection? Slightly | :03:36. | :03:44. | |
less so. Cuba have been affected in the last 15 years by defections. | :03:45. | :03:50. | |
Boxing was banned by Fidel Castro in 1962, there were some defections in | :03:51. | :03:55. | |
the 70s and 80s, but there have been some massive ones. One guy, a pro, | :03:56. | :04:02. | |
untouchable, he would still be winning these titles. And another | :04:03. | :04:08. | |
half a dozen. They have been hit seriously. There is a lot of money | :04:09. | :04:13. | |
in Russia, which has been ploughed into amateur sport, especially | :04:14. | :04:20. | |
boxing. Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, they are at the top. Great | :04:21. | :04:28. | |
Britain are right there, --. Frankly, you have won a gold medal | :04:29. | :04:35. | |
here, the only British boxer to do so. How tough was it? Because you | :04:36. | :04:41. | |
have got such a buzz, because you keep winning, you are so happy. I | :04:42. | :04:48. | |
was ?6 over every night, and I was losing it by the morning. It was | :04:49. | :04:55. | |
just fluid, so it was coming off. I came out of the arena, came onto the | :04:56. | :05:02. | |
scales, gutted, I went back to the hotel, I did laps of the hotel. He | :05:03. | :05:08. | |
would be buzzing. In the final, that is when I felt it. You had to do it | :05:09. | :05:15. | |
the hard way. I beat the world number one, two and three. When he | :05:16. | :05:21. | |
was going out to Chicago, we were looking at the draw, and we thought, | :05:22. | :05:25. | |
if he gets a good break, he will get to the quarterfinals. He will win | :05:26. | :05:30. | |
twice and lose in the third fight, that would be incredible. He had to | :05:31. | :05:36. | |
come through one guy, he was unbeaten since 2003. For four years. | :05:37. | :05:43. | |
He had won the World Championships, the reigning world champion, and | :05:44. | :05:49. | |
Olympic champion, and as Frankie was coming down one side of the draw, he | :05:50. | :05:54. | |
knew he would have to meet him. The Russian was knocking everybody out. | :05:55. | :05:58. | |
People thought that Frank was having a good time, but he has got this | :05:59. | :06:05. | |
Russian. So Frankie could have a nice time in Chicago! You only | :06:06. | :06:12. | |
watched it back a few days ago? I did not watch the Italian one, | :06:13. | :06:17. | |
because it was scrappy, but he would gold in 2009, and the kid I beat in | :06:18. | :06:22. | |
the second round, he has just won the gold medal here. Tell us about | :06:23. | :06:27. | |
the current batch of boxes. A lot has moved on. You are one of them. | :06:28. | :06:35. | |
All gone professional. It is a steep learning curve. The year after the | :06:36. | :06:43. | |
Olympics is always tough, it is a transitional period. We have lost | :06:44. | :06:47. | |
some experienced boxers. It is always hard. The performance of some | :06:48. | :06:56. | |
of the lads, they are the new breed, the new generation. Despite missing | :06:57. | :07:03. | |
out on a medal in 2012, Andrew Selby has been one of Britain's most | :07:04. | :07:10. | |
successful amateurs. He won silver in 2011, and in June became the | :07:11. | :07:13. | |
first British fighter to successfully defend a European | :07:14. | :07:14. | |
title. A beautiful combination. Catching | :07:15. | :07:26. | |
the judges' eyes. Such a talented boxer. A great finish. Andrew Selby | :07:27. | :07:35. | |
has done it. He has successfully defended his European championship | :07:36. | :07:38. | |
title to be crowned European champion. | :07:39. | :07:42. | |
The last time we spoke was when you became doubled European champion. | :07:43. | :07:49. | |
Just been back in the gym, training hard. I knew I had the World | :07:50. | :07:56. | |
Championships coming up. I am glad Michael Conlan moved up a weight, it | :07:57. | :08:01. | |
gives me a better chance. How much does it mean this time? It is | :08:02. | :08:07. | |
everything I trained for, it is why I became a boxer, to be the best I | :08:08. | :08:14. | |
can be. I have got the taught in the back to do it. When do the nerves | :08:15. | :08:21. | |
start? I do not get nervous on the day, it is when you are waiting in | :08:22. | :08:26. | |
the changing rooms to be called out, that is when you get nervous. I was | :08:27. | :08:31. | |
nervous in my hotel room for this interview! But yes, it is when you | :08:32. | :08:38. | |
get called into the ring, but when you are in the ring, you are fine. I | :08:39. | :08:44. | |
won my first fight, and in the second fight, I was telling | :08:45. | :08:47. | |
everybody how good I was, and I got put down. That is something I | :08:48. | :08:54. | |
learned from. Paddy Barnes has said that to have six fights over ten | :08:55. | :08:59. | |
days is too tough. What is your feeling? It is good for some people, | :09:00. | :09:05. | |
but not for others. I like it. You see the shots easier. You can slip | :09:06. | :09:15. | |
them easier, I think. You got silver last time, did you think this will | :09:16. | :09:20. | |
give you the edge, not having the head guard? Yes, I will become world | :09:21. | :09:28. | |
champion within two days, you will see a new world champion. | :09:29. | :09:33. | |
He is confident. He is looking to get through to his second successive | :09:34. | :09:40. | |
World Championship final. He faced yesterday that off in the semifinal. | :09:41. | :09:50. | |
The number one seed, Andrew Selby, experienced in World Series boxing | :09:51. | :09:58. | |
as well. Here is his opponent, Jasurbek Latipov. 22 years old. The | :09:59. | :10:09. | |
bronze medal two years ago, guess who put him out at this stage. | :10:10. | :10:15. | |
Andrew Selby. This is a rematch at the same stage of the same | :10:16. | :10:18. | |
competition, the World Championship semifinal. Andrew Selby looking for | :10:19. | :10:23. | |
a repeat. Jasurbek Latipov looking to overturn the verdict that left | :10:24. | :10:28. | |
him with a bronze medal two years ago. Andrew Selby came away with a | :10:29. | :10:33. | |
silver medal. Looking to return to the final here in Almaty 2013. He | :10:34. | :10:46. | |
would go. The first of a scheduled three three-minute rounds. The boxer | :10:47. | :10:57. | |
in the red, operating in a southpaw stance, Andrew Selby. The number-1 | :10:58. | :11:04. | |
boxer in the world. His opponent, the man wearing blue, with an | :11:05. | :11:08. | |
orthodox stance, the number four seed and the reigning bronze | :11:09. | :11:10. | |
medallist, Jasurbek Latipov of Uzbekistan. It is a bright start by | :11:11. | :11:21. | |
both boxers. Yes, Jasurbek Latipov has started quite well. Andrew has | :11:22. | :11:27. | |
got to watch out for his right hand. The key for Andrew is the movement, | :11:28. | :11:32. | |
he has got to keep it going. He is relaxed and comfortable with | :11:33. | :11:36. | |
switching. He has gone back to southpaw. The movement is the key to | :11:37. | :11:39. | |
victory for Andrew. The assessment you put forward of | :11:40. | :11:51. | |
Andrew Selby, being the best in the world, the Welsh coach told me that | :11:52. | :11:58. | |
in 2010. If you just look at how he has gone to fulfil the immense | :11:59. | :12:02. | |
promise that he has always had, the one that he has been on at | :12:03. | :12:04. | |
international level, said he had started to do the weight | :12:05. | :12:53. | |
right. In plain terms. His tournament experience reflects that. | :12:54. | :13:00. | |
Andrew Selby switching back to southpaw. | :13:01. | :13:16. | |
Jasurbek Latipov started the round quite well, but now Andrew is | :13:17. | :13:22. | |
starting to get into his stride, he is moving better, he is in and out. | :13:23. | :13:27. | |
He has increased the work rate, and he has taken the second half of the | :13:28. | :13:31. | |
round, and I think he is moving ahead now. Andrew Selby forcing his | :13:32. | :13:42. | |
man back to the ropes. Jasurbek Latipov dropped his hands. Andrew | :13:43. | :13:54. | |
Selby receiving instruction. A round broken in two phases. Yes, he | :13:55. | :14:01. | |
finished it a lot better, Andrew. He increased the workrate and tempo. He | :14:02. | :14:06. | |
got caught with the odd shot. For me, the second part of that round, | :14:07. | :14:10. | |
Andrew started to pour it on a bit. A fair reflection of the opening | :14:11. | :14:27. | |
round. The judges remember the second half of the round. You can | :14:28. | :14:31. | |
win the first half and lose the second half but lose the round. | :14:32. | :14:34. | |
Andrew finished the round very strongly. Masterful exponents of | :14:35. | :14:41. | |
finishing a round in strong fashion, sugar Ray Leonard and Muhammad Ali. | :14:42. | :14:51. | |
The number one seed, Andrew Selby, the reigning silver medallist, and | :14:52. | :14:58. | |
two-time European Championships gold medallist. | :14:59. | :15:06. | |
Jasurbek Latipov is a reigning bronze medallist, this is a rematch | :15:07. | :15:13. | |
from the semifinal two years ago in Azerbaijan. They know each other. | :15:14. | :15:22. | |
Jasurbek Latipov, 22. Andrew Selby is 24, but he has a wealth of | :15:23. | :15:31. | |
experience at elite level. Latipov is now turning to southpaw himself, | :15:32. | :15:40. | |
but with no real effect. You will not confuse Andrew Selby with that | :15:41. | :15:45. | |
style. Latipov is being picked off, mainly because his feet are too | :15:46. | :15:50. | |
slow. So he is trying to confuse Selby with the southpaw style, but | :15:51. | :15:57. | |
it is not working. A stiff right hand from Andrew Selby. Latipov just | :15:58. | :16:05. | |
losing his balance, Selby on him in a flash. Selby is a rare talent in | :16:06. | :16:16. | |
that he can box as well as a southpaw as he can orthodox. There | :16:17. | :16:20. | |
are very few boxes in the world, amateur or pro, that can do that | :16:21. | :16:24. | |
effectively with both styles, but he is one of them. Acquitting himself | :16:25. | :16:36. | |
incredibly well, Selby. Undefeated during that longer format of boxing, | :16:37. | :16:44. | |
no head guard. This is a new experience for him. | :16:45. | :17:10. | |
no head guard. This is a new Selby is trying to force his man | :17:11. | :17:14. | |
into the corner. He can't afford to get complacent. He has to watch that | :17:15. | :17:20. | |
he does not move into range to quickly. Turning to the referee and | :17:21. | :17:35. | |
gesticulating with his right fist to his forehead. He wants the referee | :17:36. | :17:42. | |
to watch Latipov's head. In the closing moments of that round, | :17:43. | :17:46. | |
Latipov got through some solid, effective punches. But he did not do | :17:47. | :17:57. | |
enough to win the round. Andrew started the round very well. It will | :17:58. | :18:03. | |
be interesting to see which way the judges go. For me, Selby has won the | :18:04. | :18:16. | |
second round. Two judges are seeing it in favour of Selby, one sees it | :18:17. | :18:22. | |
in favour of Latipov. So it is all to play for. Everything to box for | :18:23. | :18:33. | |
in this third and final round. Just got to maintain it now. Into the | :18:34. | :18:42. | |
third and final round we go. The tournament number one seed is | :18:43. | :18:47. | |
wearing red, representing Wales, and that is Andrew Selby, the reigning | :18:48. | :18:51. | |
world championship silver medallist, who takes a strong right across from | :18:52. | :18:58. | |
his opponent, Jasurbek Latipov of Kazakhstan. He has started round | :18:59. | :19:07. | |
number three brightly. Then Latipov lost balance and touched down, but | :19:08. | :19:13. | |
he has made a good start. Important for Andrew Selby to keep his shape. | :19:14. | :19:24. | |
Once he has landed shots, he must move. In and out. Andrew Selby had a | :19:25. | :19:32. | |
really tough assignment in his quarterfinal, overcoming the home | :19:33. | :19:35. | |
fighter after conceding the first round. 2-1, he won that. Kazakhstan | :19:36. | :19:50. | |
have a really strong team, inspired by this home crowd. They have been a | :19:51. | :19:56. | |
formidable force during the course of these 2013 World Championships. | :19:57. | :20:00. | |
Selby overcame that challenge but has a puzzle now. The only way he | :20:01. | :20:15. | |
can land that shot is if Selby holds his feet. That brings Latipov back | :20:16. | :20:23. | |
into it. Just don't stay in one place for one second. Beautiful left | :20:24. | :20:31. | |
hand from Andrew Selby. That was a quality punch. He'd take some risks, | :20:32. | :20:41. | |
Andrew Selby, but he reacts quickly. That was an example. It was tied | :20:42. | :20:51. | |
with two judges at 19 points apiece. Judge let ah -- judge C was in | :20:52. | :21:08. | |
favour of Selby. Latipov looking for a measure of revenge after being | :21:09. | :21:12. | |
eliminated on this same stage by Andrew Selby two years ago in Baku, | :21:13. | :21:23. | |
Azerbaijan. Latipov is relying increasingly on that backhand, but | :21:24. | :21:32. | |
Selby is seeing it coming. An effective foray from either boxer | :21:33. | :21:35. | |
could be crucial in making the difference here. Closing bell sounds | :21:36. | :21:40. | |
to conclude round three will stop Andrew Selby feels he has done | :21:41. | :21:43. | |
enough, things to his haunches, raises his right fist in celebration | :21:44. | :21:49. | |
after a keenly contested affair in this 52 kilograms flyweight | :21:50. | :21:55. | |
semifinal. Selby landed a super right-hand. That was the best shot | :21:56. | :22:00. | |
of the round. Good movement with the head. Beautiful right hand from | :22:01. | :22:08. | |
Selby, pushing his opponent back. He has won it for me. He should be into | :22:09. | :22:14. | |
the final. Both boxers enter the centre of the ring. Anxious moments | :22:15. | :22:18. | |
for the athletes and their corners as we await the official verdict. | :22:19. | :22:29. | |
Jasurbek Latipov has his place in the world championship final. He is | :22:30. | :22:34. | |
judged to have taken the third and final round by all three of the | :22:35. | :22:41. | |
judges ringside. The reigning two-time European champion, Andrew | :22:42. | :22:44. | |
Selby, has been eliminated at the quarterfinal stage. Jasurbek Latipov | :22:45. | :22:48. | |
overturns the result from Baku, Azerbaijan, two years ago. He has | :22:49. | :22:54. | |
revenge and has booked his place in the world championship final, the | :22:55. | :22:59. | |
gold-medal bout at 52 kilograms. Andrew Selby, the lone Welshman | :23:00. | :23:03. | |
through to the semifinal stage, tournament number one seed and world | :23:04. | :23:06. | |
ranked number one, has been eliminated. | :23:07. | :23:10. | |
Andrew, you punched the air at the end of that bout. But he is walking | :23:11. | :23:17. | |
into the final. You access to the judges at the end of the day. That | :23:18. | :23:25. | |
is boxing. Can you see any way that he won that? I thought I was doing | :23:26. | :23:33. | |
all the work. But the judges thought he was more aggressive or something. | :23:34. | :23:38. | |
After the quarterfinal, you told us you underperformed. It you feel you | :23:39. | :23:43. | |
underperformed here? I thought I was sharp. He is a tricky opponent. He | :23:44. | :23:50. | |
kept moving, making me miss. It was the semifinal, so I knew it would | :23:51. | :23:54. | |
not be easy. What have you learned from this experience? You are world | :23:55. | :24:01. | |
number one. I have learnt a lot. Just got to keep my head and keep | :24:02. | :24:05. | |
training. I am good enough to beat everyone here, he just won on the | :24:06. | :24:11. | |
day. Huge disappointment for the double European champion come Andrew | :24:12. | :24:17. | |
Selby. Steve Bunce, was he unlucky? I think he got it wrong in the last | :24:18. | :24:22. | |
round. He nicked the first two rounds and needed to make sure in | :24:23. | :24:27. | |
the last round, because he knew Latipov was going to come at him. He | :24:28. | :24:32. | |
beat him comfortably two years ago. At the end, he goes down on his | :24:33. | :24:36. | |
knees and raises his hand. I don't think it is in celebration, I think | :24:37. | :24:42. | |
the corn and says, are you OK? And I think he says, it is my hand. I | :24:43. | :24:48. | |
don't think he had much left in the tank. He has been a member of this | :24:49. | :24:56. | |
system now since 2008. He is the most experienced. Plus, he has been | :24:57. | :25:00. | |
in the World Series of boxing. He has had six fights without head | :25:01. | :25:05. | |
guards. That was why he was number one seed. Frankie? It was the right | :25:06. | :25:13. | |
result because of the last round. He stepped off the gas. Maybe he might | :25:14. | :25:22. | |
have been a bit tired. But he took it like a man. He was there with his | :25:23. | :25:28. | |
hands aloft before the judge called it. He thought he had it in the bag. | :25:29. | :25:32. | |
I have travelled the world with Selby, and he is a phenomenal | :25:33. | :25:37. | |
talent. They are getting used to the new scoring. He needs to fight every | :25:38. | :25:41. | |
second of every round. He switched off at the last minute, and I think | :25:42. | :25:46. | |
that cost him. But Andrew Selby will learn from that. The coaches will | :25:47. | :25:53. | |
teach him not to switch off for the last 30 seconds. You have got to | :25:54. | :25:58. | |
work. He would have won otherwise. You mention the new scoring system. | :25:59. | :26:03. | |
The length of rounds has changed. One notable change is, no head | :26:04. | :26:11. | |
guards. Are you a fan of that? I grew up with 70s boxing, when there | :26:12. | :26:15. | |
were no head guards. They were made law in 1984 at the Olympics in Los | :26:16. | :26:21. | |
Angeles. Things had to change. Computer scoring then came in in | :26:22. | :26:26. | |
1989. It was about one single point. Suddenly, the head guards have come | :26:27. | :26:32. | |
off for the first time since 1984 and the computer scoring has gone | :26:33. | :26:35. | |
and it is down to a man or woman sitting at the ringside, scoring | :26:36. | :26:43. | |
at. He is right. Everyone will have to adjust. Firstly, they have to get | :26:44. | :26:46. | |
their heads out of the way for cuts. Then they have to work on landing | :26:47. | :26:53. | |
more punches. You have got to be busier and more like a pro. That was | :26:54. | :27:03. | |
where Selby blew it. On the old points system, he would have won | :27:04. | :27:09. | |
that fight. He would be in the final. But that is not how it works | :27:10. | :27:16. | |
now. One argument is that that it will turn out hardened pros who they | :27:17. | :27:20. | |
want to cross over. Are you a fan of having no head guards? With no head | :27:21. | :27:26. | |
guards, it is teaching them more. When you first go in the pro league | :27:27. | :27:32. | |
with no head guard, it is a big difference. At the same time, | :27:33. | :27:43. | |
because you are in six fights in how many days, ten days, there are going | :27:44. | :27:52. | |
to be loads of clashes ahead. It is going to bring an cuts, which might | :27:53. | :27:58. | |
stop the best ox is going through. I am a fan of amateur boxing being | :27:59. | :28:02. | |
amateur boxing and pro boxing being pro boxing. There is a difference. I | :28:03. | :28:17. | |
think now the best boxers will not always win the tournament, because | :28:18. | :28:20. | |
some might get frustrated and accidentally stick their head on | :28:21. | :28:24. | |
somebody, and then they are out. I am not the biggest fan of it, but it | :28:25. | :28:28. | |
will be intriguing. The lads will get back in the gym and learn how to | :28:29. | :28:34. | |
get their head out of the way. So, disappointment for Andrew. Let's see | :28:35. | :28:38. | |
where the medals went in that flyweight final. We join it at the | :28:39. | :28:45. | |
beginning of the third round. Into the third and final round we | :28:46. | :28:51. | |
go. It is the 52 kilograms flyweight final. The man wearing blue is Misha | :28:52. | :28:59. | |
Aloian from Russia and his opponent, from Uzbekistan, the number four | :29:00. | :29:04. | |
seed and world championship bronze medallist Mo Jasurbek Latipov. | :29:05. | :29:11. | |
Latipov was the man who eliminated Andrew Selby at the semifinal stage | :29:12. | :29:16. | |
an island's Paddy Barnes at the quarterfinal stage during that | :29:17. | :29:22. | |
contest. Barnes tumbled to the canvas after getting tangled up. | :29:23. | :29:32. | |
Barnes actually hit his head on Latipov's me. -- on his knee. | :29:33. | :29:40. | |
Slowly, but surely, Aloian is gaining control. He is just bring | :29:41. | :29:45. | |
enough to win. Latipov is so close to being a world champion, but he | :29:46. | :29:49. | |
has got to do more. He is waiting just a bit too much. He has got to | :29:50. | :29:54. | |
start hitting the target more often and do more work. That exchange ends | :29:55. | :30:07. | |
with a good right hand from Aloian. The referee is sending Aloian to a | :30:08. | :30:15. | |
neutral corner. The ringside doctor is being called into action once | :30:16. | :30:17. | |
more to inspect the facial injury that has been sustained. -- by | :30:18. | :30:26. | |
Aloian. When you are having to fight five or six times to get to this | :30:27. | :30:31. | |
stage, or rather five times to get to the stage, you are going to pick | :30:32. | :30:34. | |
up cuts here and there without the head guard. Boxers are not used to | :30:35. | :30:42. | |
boxing without the head guard. All the tournaments before this world | :30:43. | :30:46. | |
with head guards, so some of these boxers are boxing without head | :30:47. | :30:48. | |
guards for the first time in their lives. Experience has been apparent | :30:49. | :30:58. | |
throughout the Championships, so many of the boxers lean in with | :30:59. | :31:02. | |
their head, like a bull charging out of a gate. They are very | :31:03. | :31:09. | |
inexperienced. That is why we are getting these cuts. A good left | :31:10. | :31:16. | |
hand. That was lovely from Jasurbek Latipov. He gets caught there, | :31:17. | :31:22. | |
though, that is what you have got to get the spot on. The Russian is just | :31:23. | :31:28. | |
making it again. Increased urgency from Jasurbek Latipov. Morning and | :31:29. | :31:39. | |
handling at" is. Misha Aloian keen to retain his World Championship | :31:40. | :31:46. | |
gold medal. He secured it over Andrew Selby two years ago in | :31:47. | :31:52. | |
Azerbaijan. Their head is continuing to clash with real ferocity. Deep | :31:53. | :32:01. | |
into the third round. Can Jasurbek Latipov find a big finish? Looking | :32:02. | :32:08. | |
for a simple potshot. Both men raised their arms, but you feel that | :32:09. | :32:13. | |
Misha Aloian has done enough to retain his World Championship, | :32:14. | :32:16. | |
despite conceding the opening round. Another close round. I think | :32:17. | :32:24. | |
Misha Aloian at work him. But not a lot in it at all. A couple of good | :32:25. | :32:31. | |
shots from Jasurbek Latipov went in. Overall, I think Misha Aloian just | :32:32. | :32:40. | |
had the better workrate. Misha Aloian from Russia has retained the | :32:41. | :32:44. | |
World Championship gold medal, the light in the blue corner. Their | :32:45. | :32:51. | |
man, the reigning world champion, has repeated his performance, boxing | :32:52. | :32:56. | |
throughout the entire tournament to emerge undefeated and secure his | :32:57. | :33:00. | |
position again as champion of the world. | :33:01. | :33:03. | |
For Britain, more disappointment in the semifinals, as the only other | :33:04. | :33:10. | |
fighter to make it through to the middle stage was Anthony Fowler. He | :33:11. | :33:16. | |
had guaranteed himself at least a bronze medal after victories over | :33:17. | :33:22. | |
the second seed from Ukraine and a quarterfinal points win against his | :33:23. | :33:26. | |
German opponent. But he was forced to withdraw before his semifinal | :33:27. | :33:31. | |
with a hand injury, on the advice of his Great Britain coaches. He | :33:32. | :33:35. | |
reluctantly pulled out of the tournament. | :33:36. | :33:41. | |
A highly significant achievement, but it is a case of mixed emotions? | :33:42. | :33:48. | |
Yes, a bronze medal is great, but I wanted a gold medal with all my | :33:49. | :33:52. | |
heart. I did the right thing, I am happy, but gold would be better. | :33:53. | :34:01. | |
What happened? I had a cut on my eye. But my hand was killing me. It | :34:02. | :34:16. | |
ballooned up. It is one of those things, the doctors told me out. | :34:17. | :34:22. | |
What was the moment like when you were told? It was heartbreaking, it | :34:23. | :34:30. | |
was a long day, it was playing on my mind. But I knew it was the right | :34:31. | :34:36. | |
decision. Huge disappointment, you have got to | :34:37. | :34:40. | |
have sympathy. Having to withdraw because of injury. I really feel for | :34:41. | :34:48. | |
him, you could see the shape he was in, it is a terrible shame for him, | :34:49. | :34:52. | |
because he had a couple of good victories. I know him quite well, he | :34:53. | :34:59. | |
thought he would get the gold medal. He is only young, he has had a great | :35:00. | :35:04. | |
tournament, he has excelled, and hopefully he can kick on his | :35:05. | :35:09. | |
progress. It is the only advice he could have taken, to secure his | :35:10. | :35:17. | |
long-term future. Definitely. I have to come close to him over the past | :35:18. | :35:20. | |
couple of years, we speak quite a lot, he is so dedicated, he loves | :35:21. | :35:28. | |
the sport, it is all about being number one. He is similar to myself, | :35:29. | :35:34. | |
the way he thinks, he wants to win, he will not accept second best. He | :35:35. | :35:39. | |
would have got in the ring. He would have fought with one hand. | :35:40. | :35:45. | |
Reflecting on Britain's progress, two bronze medals, but that the | :35:46. | :35:50. | |
disappointing or a huge success? It is positive. 31 British Isles | :35:51. | :35:59. | |
boxers, we have come back with four medals. It is positive. Frankie won | :36:00. | :36:06. | |
the first gold bundle in 2007, but we have sent some of our best | :36:07. | :36:10. | |
fighters, they do not come back with anything. The fact that we are even | :36:11. | :36:16. | |
debating this is exceptional. We had a couple of kids crashing out, Sam | :36:17. | :36:21. | |
Maxwell got disqualified, Charlie Edwards had a cut, Joe Joyce was hit | :36:22. | :36:28. | |
on the chin, Fred Evans didn't quite perform. With a bit more luck... | :36:29. | :36:36. | |
With a bit of luck in the jaw, we could have easily, wait with four or | :36:37. | :36:43. | |
five. Anthony Fowler fought his heart out to get to that stage, he | :36:44. | :36:47. | |
would have had had to have gone through to good fighters. It is a | :36:48. | :36:55. | |
saving grace, because there is an inadequate amount of protection with | :36:56. | :36:58. | |
the bandages that are allowed. Bankers like Anthony Fowler, and he | :36:59. | :37:04. | |
is a binder, if he is not careful, he will damage his hands | :37:05. | :37:09. | |
irreparably. It is only his second major tournament, and he has shown | :37:10. | :37:23. | |
he can compete. His withdrawal meant Zhanibek Alimkhanuly had a day off. | :37:24. | :37:26. | |
His opponent in the final was Jason Quigley. He has now amassed 32 | :37:27. | :37:33. | |
consecutive victories including the European title in June. Number 32 | :37:34. | :37:38. | |
came in the semifinals, when he beat his Russian opponent. That ensured | :37:39. | :37:42. | |
that Ireland had its first ever finalist. | :37:43. | :37:51. | |
Put into words what it means to get into the final. I can't, it has been | :37:52. | :37:57. | |
my dream since day one, to get to a World Championships was a dream, to | :37:58. | :38:01. | |
be the national champion was a dream, to get here, everything is a | :38:02. | :38:08. | |
bonus. I am enjoying every minute. Your opponent has had his feet up | :38:09. | :38:11. | |
today, is that a concern? It does not matter. I am going to be | :38:12. | :38:19. | |
prepared for anybody. Let's see how he got on when he | :38:20. | :38:22. | |
faced the home crowd favourite, Zhanibek Alimkhanuly. It is the | :38:23. | :38:24. | |
middleweight final. An historic moment for the fighting | :38:25. | :38:35. | |
nation of Ireland, the fighter wearing red, with the orthodox | :38:36. | :38:41. | |
stance, Jason Quigley, 22 years old, is contesting their first ever World | :38:42. | :38:46. | |
Championship final. The European champion going up against the Asian | :38:47. | :38:52. | |
champion, Zhanibek Alimkhanuly. 20 years old, one of six Kazakhstan | :38:53. | :38:59. | |
finalist contesting the gold medals here in the final session. Jason | :39:00. | :39:07. | |
Quigley had a terrific semifinal victory over the 2010 European | :39:08. | :39:19. | |
Championships. He demonstrated every facet of boxing, he went backwards | :39:20. | :39:22. | |
for the first two rounds, then in the third round he went forwards and | :39:23. | :39:28. | |
proved superior in that facet of the sport as well. He really put his | :39:29. | :39:34. | |
opponent under immense pressure. He was a deserving winner. That is how | :39:35. | :39:38. | |
he booked his place into the gold-medal bout. Zhanibek | :39:39. | :39:43. | |
Alimkhanuly, it could not have been easier, because Anthony Fowler... He | :39:44. | :39:52. | |
takes a hard punch, and Jason Quigley is on the canvas. He will | :39:53. | :39:56. | |
have to get his mind right. It was a swift straight shot that put him on | :39:57. | :40:04. | |
the floor. Yes, a good shot. It has been a cagey opening. Jason Quigley | :40:05. | :40:09. | |
prefers to box on the back foot, but he has waited for too long. He is | :40:10. | :40:14. | |
against a skilful southpaw. A cagey opening, but Jason Quigley walked | :40:15. | :40:19. | |
onto the shop. Things will change now. It was more or less a flash | :40:20. | :40:26. | |
knock-down, but he knows now that he should be behind in this round. He | :40:27. | :40:33. | |
should be behind, but the ten point system is under operation. | :40:34. | :40:43. | |
Just because a knock-down has been scored, it will not necessarily be | :40:44. | :40:52. | |
interpreted as a 10-8 round. We have seen one boxer go on the floor in | :40:53. | :40:57. | |
these championships, and he was adjudged to have won the round. | :40:58. | :41:04. | |
Let's see how it is scored. But he will not want to take the chance, | :41:05. | :41:09. | |
people think he will be behind. That is why he is coming back in the | :41:10. | :41:13. | |
manner he is. Zhanibek Alimkhanuly, the beneficiary of a walkover in his | :41:14. | :41:18. | |
semifinal, because Anthony Fowler, after his epic victory over the | :41:19. | :41:24. | |
German, sustained injury and damage to his right hand, he could not | :41:25. | :41:29. | |
compete jarring his semifinal. That is the closing bell. A good opening | :41:30. | :41:36. | |
round from Zhanibek Alimkhanuly. Jason Quigley, he has been on a | :41:37. | :41:42. | |
terrific run obituaries since the middle of 2011, he found himself on | :41:43. | :41:51. | |
the floor. Yes, it was a good shot, Jason Quigley was trying to land his | :41:52. | :41:55. | |
own shots, with his hands have always been low, so he just got | :41:56. | :42:01. | |
caught. It is a cagey opening, both boxers do not want to come forward. | :42:02. | :42:07. | |
They are both counterpunches, so it is to make the opponent come over | :42:08. | :42:10. | |
his front foot, that is the problem they both have. Not a 10-8 round, as | :42:11. | :42:21. | |
it would be in professional boxing, so Jason Quigley is very much in it. | :42:22. | :42:28. | |
The reigning European champion taking on Zhanibek Alimkhanuly, the | :42:29. | :42:35. | |
reigning Asian champion. It is the 75 kilograms middleweight final. A | :42:36. | :42:39. | |
gold medal at stake at the World Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan. | :42:40. | :42:47. | |
Hard punches being exchanged by both boxers. Jason Quigley had the better | :42:48. | :42:55. | |
of that exchange. He is better when his opponent is coming towards him. | :42:56. | :43:01. | |
He is in and out. You have got to make the opponent come over the | :43:02. | :43:07. | |
front foot. He needs to trigger the attack by his opponent and go back | :43:08. | :43:13. | |
at him. He has targeted the body, he has got a good right hand to the | :43:14. | :43:17. | |
body, then he has two switch to the left hook to the head. Zhanibek | :43:18. | :43:24. | |
Alimkhanuly being instructed to watch the use of the four on and | :43:25. | :43:32. | |
elbow. Running repairs needed. The footwear of Zhanibek Alimkhanuly. A | :43:33. | :43:39. | |
real quality match. The number five seed, Jason Quigley, ranked number | :43:40. | :43:46. | |
seven, 22 years old, he has not lost a contest since 2011. He lost in | :43:47. | :43:54. | |
Lithuania to the Dutchman. Since then, it has been nothing but | :43:55. | :43:59. | |
success and victories for Jason Quigley. But he has conceded the | :44:00. | :44:08. | |
opening round here. There is the left hook. It is a better response | :44:09. | :44:14. | |
from Jason Quigley, the right hand to the body and the left hook to the | :44:15. | :44:21. | |
head. He adjusts his feet very well, he has got fast hands, he just has | :44:22. | :44:24. | |
to get the timing and accuracy right. Zhanibek Alimkhanuly coming | :44:25. | :44:30. | |
with left hooks out of the southpaw stance. Both of these men engaging | :44:31. | :44:39. | |
in hard punching exchanges. What a left hand from ten macro once more. | :44:40. | :44:47. | |
Jason Quigley is fighting back. A free punch combination from Jason | :44:48. | :44:52. | |
Quigley. Both boxers testing each other's resolve. A left hand to the | :44:53. | :45:01. | |
midsection from Jason Quigley. And all action in counter. In pursuit of | :45:02. | :45:13. | |
the world Champion ship gold medal. This will suit Quigley, when they | :45:14. | :45:17. | |
are standing toe to toe like this. The opportunities are there for him | :45:18. | :45:22. | |
to land the shots. He has got to make sure the actions are very | :45:23. | :45:26. | |
quick. When he sees the opening, he has got to punch. The referee tells | :45:27. | :45:31. | |
him to watch the head, and the action resumes. Alimkhanuly tried to | :45:32. | :45:42. | |
respond with a body shot. All action stuff here in round number two in | :45:43. | :45:49. | |
this world championship final. Right hand from Quigley just before the | :45:50. | :45:54. | |
bell. What a torrid round, enjoyed by both boxers, who planted their | :45:55. | :45:59. | |
feet in the canvas and just let go with some hard punches to both head | :46:00. | :46:04. | |
and body. Both landed with good shots. Alimkhanuly's guard was a bit | :46:05. | :46:11. | |
leaky here and there, but he was throwing punches in bunches. The | :46:12. | :46:15. | |
referee said he had to keep his head up at one stage. I think this will | :46:16. | :46:22. | |
suit Quigley. How will the judges score that all action second round? | :46:23. | :46:37. | |
He can consider himself a bit unlucky, Quigley, in that round. | :46:38. | :46:47. | |
Into the third and final round we go. You see the confined space that | :46:48. | :46:54. | |
both of these doctors are operating in. That is the manner in which the | :46:55. | :46:58. | |
second round was fought, in the confines of that logo. Wearing red, | :46:59. | :47:03. | |
representing Ireland, the first-ever world championship finalist. Now he | :47:04. | :47:07. | |
is on the receiving end of April and uppercut from Alimkhanuly. And | :47:08. | :47:13. | |
again, three punch combination success for the reigning Asian | :47:14. | :47:17. | |
champion are going against his European championship counterpart. | :47:18. | :47:21. | |
Right-hand success from Quigley a few moments ago. This is a real toe | :47:22. | :47:26. | |
to toe war in the middleweight final. Quigley is not accustomed to | :47:27. | :47:40. | |
losing. This is give and take. Quigley is dragging him into this | :47:41. | :47:45. | |
toe to toe, but although he has got a high guard, he has got to move the | :47:46. | :47:50. | |
head. If you choose these tactics, head movement is crucial. The head | :47:51. | :47:54. | |
movement from his opponent is a bit better. Because Quigley is static | :47:55. | :47:59. | |
with the head, he is getting caught with shots. It is the right tactic | :48:00. | :48:03. | |
in terms of growing him in, but you have got to move the head as well. | :48:04. | :48:08. | |
He was on the floor during the first round, courtesy of a quick left | :48:09. | :48:14. | |
cross from Alimkhanuly. What a right hand, and N hand to the body from | :48:15. | :48:20. | |
Alimkhanuly. Jason Quigley will have to come back with some offence of | :48:21. | :48:25. | |
his own, and immediately does so with a dig into the rib cage of | :48:26. | :48:32. | |
Alimkhanuly. And attritional contest for both boxers, but that shows you | :48:33. | :48:41. | |
how much the top spot on the podium is needed. Again, just going at it | :48:42. | :48:53. | |
and seeing who can give and take the most. Both boxers are now feeling | :48:54. | :49:07. | |
the pace. Both demonstrating determination of the highest order. | :49:08. | :49:12. | |
Alimkhanuly on the front foot. Back comes the Irishman, forcing | :49:13. | :49:22. | |
Alimkhanuly onto the back foot. Both boxers feeling the pace, neither man | :49:23. | :49:31. | |
giving an inch. Who can produce a grandstand finish in their effort to | :49:32. | :49:36. | |
stand atop the world championship podium? Give and take from both | :49:37. | :49:47. | |
men. And there is the closing bell. What an all action encounter we have | :49:48. | :49:51. | |
had in an effort to determine the outcome of where the gold medal will | :49:52. | :49:57. | |
go. The 75 kilograms middleweight final was an absolute classic | :49:58. | :50:01. | |
between island's Jason Quigley, the tournament number five seed, and the | :50:02. | :50:07. | |
number six seed, Zhanibek Alimkhanuly from Kazakhstan. Total | :50:08. | :50:18. | |
change of tactics for both boxers compared to the first round. Quigley | :50:19. | :50:36. | |
has just come short here. Zainab al can is the middleweight champion -- | :50:37. | :50:44. | |
Zhanibek Alimkhanuly. The president demonstrates his delight that his | :50:45. | :50:47. | |
countrymen will stand on the top spot of the medal podium after a | :50:48. | :50:52. | |
really absorbing, exhilarating 75 kilograms middleweight final. But | :50:53. | :50:57. | |
let's take a moment to acknowledge Jason Quigley and the early on | :50:58. | :51:02. | |
tournament he has had, the tournament number five seed securing | :51:03. | :51:08. | |
Ireland's first-ever silver medal in the World Championships. | :51:09. | :51:15. | |
Jason, you are clearly disappointed? Yeah. It is a tough sport, and I | :51:16. | :51:23. | |
gave my whole life to it. Every minute, every second of the day. But | :51:24. | :51:37. | |
I don't want to look back, I want to be happy, but I can't take it that | :51:38. | :51:43. | |
way. At this moment, you can't take any positives, but you will going | :51:44. | :51:55. | |
forward, surely? Fair play to him. Whatever he achieves, it is hard | :51:56. | :52:00. | |
when you see somebody else doing it. If you always want something, | :52:01. | :52:08. | |
you can't have it. I will be back. He may have lost, but well done to | :52:09. | :52:12. | |
Jason Quigley. He makes history for Ireland, their first silver medal at | :52:13. | :52:16. | |
the World Championships. That was like watching a pro fight. They went | :52:17. | :52:21. | |
to to toe. The first minute and a half of the first round was like we | :52:22. | :52:26. | |
have come to expect from Eastern Block fights and like we have come | :52:27. | :52:29. | |
to expect from the Irish. They have the best system in Europe. But | :52:30. | :52:36. | |
suddenly, after he gets knocked down in the first round, it then becomes | :52:37. | :52:42. | |
like watching some mad Rocky film, two guys slugging. There were | :52:43. | :52:45. | |
moments in that last round where if you slowed it down, one throws a | :52:46. | :52:51. | |
shot and Mrs... It was cracking stuff. It was a middleweight final | :52:52. | :52:56. | |
in Almaty, Kazakhstan. What do you make of that? Yeah, there was great | :52:57. | :53:14. | |
determination. He is a really likeable guy and he will get a lot | :53:15. | :53:20. | |
of fans from that. He is going to be fan friendly. He has made huge | :53:21. | :53:25. | |
improvement in the last couple of years. You fought him twice. | :53:26. | :53:38. | |
Yeah, he is a top kid, Jason. Takes a lot of battle to get up and | :53:39. | :53:54. | |
perform so valiantly, so he did well. He is young. He will come | :53:55. | :54:00. | |
again. He and Anthony Fowler will have a nice few contest is in the | :54:01. | :54:04. | |
future. It is nice to have two top of from the UK and Ireland. You know | :54:05. | :54:12. | |
him better than I do. Can he stand it, or do you think he will go up? | :54:13. | :54:21. | |
Joe Wardle is the heavyweight. He is the middleweight. It is good. We | :54:22. | :54:26. | |
have always produced good middleweights from these shores. | :54:27. | :54:32. | |
Darren Sutherland, myself, James did Gail -- games the gale. The future | :54:33. | :54:40. | |
looks good. Ireland also had a guaranteed medal after light-headed | :54:41. | :54:43. | |
-- light heavyweight Joe Ward made it through to the last four after a | :54:44. | :54:47. | |
great win over the European champion. He faced world champion De | :54:48. | :54:55. | |
la Cruz from Cuba. We join it at the second of -- the start of the second | :54:56. | :54:57. | |
round. 81 kilograms light heavyweight | :54:58. | :55:18. | |
final. The man wearing blue is Julio Peraza from Cuba, taking on Joe | :55:19. | :55:21. | |
Ward, 19 years of age, who has already gone continental | :55:22. | :55:33. | |
championships gold in 2011. Jury the championships in 2013, he suffered a | :55:34. | :55:37. | |
leg injury when competing against the Polish oxer, Joe Ward. He won | :55:38. | :55:51. | |
the contest 3-0 in France, suffered a hand injury and was then drawn | :55:52. | :55:57. | |
against the same opponent! He must have thought, guy is my nemesis. But | :55:58. | :56:24. | |
he won the contest 3-0. So Ward is on the front foot. He knows he is | :56:25. | :56:29. | |
trailing after that company did round of boxing. Very difficult to | :56:30. | :56:39. | |
get the Cuban to come forward. Ward has got to work more to get a | :56:40. | :56:47. | |
reaction from the Cuban, make him punch and then go back at him. Ward | :56:48. | :56:51. | |
is not doing enough with his lead hand. He has got to do more. The | :56:52. | :56:56. | |
Cuban is in his comfort zone, the way he is working. So Ward has got | :56:57. | :57:04. | |
to up the workrate a bit more. A hard left right combination from the | :57:05. | :57:11. | |
la Cruz. Ward will not be found wanting in terms of commitment or | :57:12. | :57:18. | |
desire. Demonstrated that throughout his career, particularly during | :57:19. | :57:21. | |
World Series boxing, when he had an epic contest. He had a terrific | :57:22. | :57:28. | |
contest with the Number Ten seed in this tournament, home De La Cruz | :57:29. | :57:39. | |
beat at the quarterfinal stage. Good left jab from De La Cruz. Ward | :57:40. | :57:46. | |
continues to press, but this man is difficult to pin down. That was a | :57:47. | :58:01. | |
good round of boxing. Joe Ward continues to press, but in doing so, | :58:02. | :58:07. | |
is being picked off either Cuban as he is coming in. A frustrating round | :58:08. | :58:13. | |
for Joe Ward. Everything he tried, the Cuban seemed to have an answer. | :58:14. | :58:20. | |
Typical Cuban style, dictating the pace and the comfort zone. | :58:21. | :58:35. | |
So we move into the third and final round. Joseph Ward is 19 years of | :58:36. | :59:01. | |
age, staring down the barrel of elimination from this world | :59:02. | :59:03. | |
championship tournament at the semifinal stage. He is trailing 2-0 | :59:04. | :59:14. | |
against the man wearing blue, Julio Cesar la Cruz. He won the opening | :59:15. | :59:21. | |
round, with Joe Ward pressing during the second round. And he is | :59:22. | :59:30. | |
continuing to press, because he has to do punches in bunches. High | :59:31. | :59:36. | |
workrate and try to pin the Cuban down if he is to book his place in | :59:37. | :59:44. | |
the championship final. At all costs, you have got to win that | :59:45. | :59:48. | |
first round, as is becoming evident. It literally dictates the tactics | :59:49. | :59:52. | |
for the rest of the contest. Get your nose in front, and you have a | :59:53. | :59:55. | |
great chance of winning the contest. The Cubans always win that first | :59:56. | :00:01. | |
round. So do the Kazakhs. And it is difficult then to pull it round. | :00:02. | :00:11. | |
Disappointment by not making the Olympic Games. After that, he went | :00:12. | :00:22. | |
on a terrific one -- a terrific run, culminating with a victory over the | :00:23. | :00:26. | |
man who went on to take Olympic gold, he beat him out of sight. A | :00:27. | :00:31. | |
good left hand from Joe Ward, but that gives you an idea of the common | :00:32. | :00:36. | |
level that he possesses. He is only a dumb kid as well. -- a young kid. | :00:37. | :00:43. | |
In Brazil, he will be quite some boxer. 20 years old at the end of | :00:44. | :00:55. | |
the month. He has a bright future. He takes a right hand to the chest. | :00:56. | :01:03. | |
Julio Peraza is also experienced in boxing without the head guard, he | :01:04. | :01:07. | |
took part in the exhibition match against the Mexico team. That is | :01:08. | :01:14. | |
significant, because if you consider that professional boxing is back in | :01:15. | :01:25. | |
Cuba, it has not been on the island since 1961, so it is a significant | :01:26. | :01:35. | |
move. Joe Ward out of range with that left hand. It is difficult to | :01:36. | :01:46. | |
get past the range of the Cuban, his arms seem to go down to his boots. A | :01:47. | :01:51. | |
good performance from the Cuban. Celebration from Julio Peraza, and | :01:52. | :01:57. | |
the body language of Joe Ward and the shake of the head, it suggests | :01:58. | :02:03. | |
that he knows his World Championships have come to an end. | :02:04. | :02:10. | |
Julio Peraza will contest a second consecutive World Championship | :02:11. | :02:17. | |
final. We wait for the official verdict. | :02:18. | :02:26. | |
Julio Peraza has beaten Joe Ward on points to book his place in another | :02:27. | :02:37. | |
World Championship final. Handshakes from the Irish corner for the Cuban | :02:38. | :02:41. | |
Maestro, because he boxed a brilliant performance against the | :02:42. | :02:48. | |
Irishman, but he is only 19, contesting his second World | :02:49. | :02:52. | |
Championships, and he has come away with a place on the podium. | :02:53. | :02:57. | |
No shame in being beaten by the defending champion. Great movement, | :02:58. | :03:04. | |
I could not get to him at all, very tricky. I am disappointed, but what | :03:05. | :03:14. | |
can I do? I had a good tournament, I got my bronze medal, so I have to be | :03:15. | :03:17. | |
happy enough. What have you learned? It is a huge experience, I | :03:18. | :03:26. | |
am only 19. He is an exceptional boxer, his movement is very good. | :03:27. | :03:31. | |
His experience got to me, I could not get to him. | :03:32. | :03:36. | |
Bronze for Joe Ward, a terrific prospect. The man he has replaced in | :03:37. | :03:40. | |
the Irish team has been around forever. He won the European gold | :03:41. | :03:46. | |
eight years ago and he had shrunk opinions on this year's | :03:47. | :03:48. | |
Championships. Two medals for Ireland, what is your | :03:49. | :03:54. | |
assessment of how they have got on? Our target was two medals, we have | :03:55. | :04:01. | |
taken boxers here -- ten boxers here. We had five in the | :04:02. | :04:09. | |
quarterfinals. If we had got the decisions we wanted, it could have | :04:10. | :04:13. | |
been five medals. Two medals is a great achievement. It is a time of | :04:14. | :04:18. | |
transition for amateur boxing, what have you made of the new rules? We | :04:19. | :04:24. | |
have noticed a lot of cuts and broken hand. I do not agree with | :04:25. | :04:34. | |
that. I would lock -- I would rather leave the head guards on, there are | :04:35. | :04:37. | |
too many injuries. You will have good lads going into the ring and | :04:38. | :04:43. | |
getting cut early and having to go home, it is not fair. Given the | :04:44. | :04:50. | |
changes, looking ahead to 2016, are you still excited about the prospect | :04:51. | :04:53. | |
of what Ireland can do and what the sport will look like? It is all | :04:54. | :05:01. | |
about building, it is about keeping them focused, keeping them | :05:02. | :05:08. | |
interested. The head guards situation, if that will deter | :05:09. | :05:10. | |
certain lads, they will think they might as well go professional. It | :05:11. | :05:19. | |
will be interesting. It was a great World Championships for Ireland, it | :05:20. | :05:21. | |
could have been more, but two medals are brilliant. | :05:22. | :05:26. | |
A great outing, that it is a recurring theme, the removal of the | :05:27. | :05:35. | |
head guards. Come the Olympics, the image of bloodstained boxers is not | :05:36. | :05:41. | |
the image that the elliptic committee will want to betray. That | :05:42. | :05:47. | |
is why they were faded in and became law in 1984. It took them 18 months | :05:48. | :05:54. | |
to take over. I can see there being a serious inquest. Lots of blood, | :05:55. | :06:01. | |
guts and thunder, great knockouts, but it has been a problem. My | :06:02. | :06:12. | |
understanding is that the IOC are not happy with the head guards being | :06:13. | :06:17. | |
dropped, so they could be a request going in. But the boxing body is | :06:18. | :06:24. | |
powerful, so expect there to be a debate. The boxing body do not want | :06:25. | :06:30. | |
them, but the IOC might want them back. As for Ireland, a great | :06:31. | :06:37. | |
showing. They have got a set up in Dublin, next to the National | :06:38. | :06:41. | |
Stadium, it is brilliant, the envy of the world. The great written | :06:42. | :06:47. | |
squad used what they were doing and we try to build on it. They are | :06:48. | :06:53. | |
creating fighters. I was in Belfast last week, five or six of the guys | :06:54. | :06:56. | |
would all have been there if they had stayed amateur, near to a medal. | :06:57. | :07:03. | |
They have a great system, amateur boxing in Ireland if the number one | :07:04. | :07:08. | |
sport. You try and walk down the street with Kenny, you cannot have | :07:09. | :07:18. | |
it. You cannot do it. It is a bit like walking with you in London! Joe | :07:19. | :07:22. | |
Ward coming out to the defending champion, Julio Peraza, let's see | :07:23. | :07:30. | |
what happened to the Cuban in the final when he faced another man from | :07:31. | :07:36. | |
Kazakhstan, Adilbek Niyazymbetov. We join it at the beginning of the | :07:37. | :07:37. | |
third round. The light heavyweight final clean | :07:38. | :07:48. | |
the reigning defending champion, Julio Peraza, operating in the blue | :07:49. | :07:54. | |
vest, and the orthodox stance, and the men he is going against, Adilbek | :07:55. | :07:59. | |
Niyazymbetov, the reigning Olympic silver medallist and World | :08:00. | :08:05. | |
Championship silver medallist. He was consigned to the silver medal by | :08:06. | :08:10. | |
Julio Peraza two years ago. Adilbek Niyazymbetov's defeat are too slow, | :08:11. | :08:17. | |
he is waiting to long. He does not want to commit because he will walk | :08:18. | :08:20. | |
onto the counter, but he has to do things differently. He is starting | :08:21. | :08:26. | |
to lose the contest, he has got to increased the tempo and put the | :08:27. | :08:30. | |
Cuban under more pressure. Julio Peraza is allowed to box like this, | :08:31. | :08:32. | |
he is almost in periods. Again, the Cuban is making the | :08:33. | :08:46. | |
Kazakhstan under his terms at his pace, so clever at doing it, the | :08:47. | :08:58. | |
Cubans. The tangle causes Julio Peraza to lose the brilliant | :08:59. | :09:04. | |
balance. Just continuing to poke away at the abdominals of Adilbek | :09:05. | :09:08. | |
Niyazymbetov. Not allowing him to set. What a right hand from Julio | :09:09. | :09:21. | |
Peraza. His hands are also down by his belt line, but luck at how it is | :09:22. | :09:28. | |
being made to pay. It is accurate. He is keeping him occupied, and will | :09:29. | :09:36. | |
be registering with the judges. A good left-hander from Adilbek | :09:37. | :09:40. | |
Niyazymbetov. Adilbek Niyazymbetov has got to double up the jab, that | :09:41. | :09:45. | |
is how you close down the gap. Most definitely with fast feet. Single | :09:46. | :09:51. | |
attacks are not enough. Boxing at the Cuban's case, the Cuban is doing | :09:52. | :09:57. | |
things a bit better, finding the quality work, the right hand here | :09:58. | :10:01. | |
and there. Keeping his opponent off balance. | :10:02. | :10:08. | |
Julio Peraza boxing on the back foot, moving wonderfully, side to | :10:09. | :10:14. | |
side, skipping around the boxing ring. The balletic grace that belies | :10:15. | :10:22. | |
his muscular physique. Adilbek Niyazymbetov should be working | :10:23. | :10:29. | |
there. You must work. He is not experienced in that mode of boxing. | :10:30. | :10:35. | |
The new interpretation of the rules. Julio Peraza picking his man off. | :10:36. | :10:40. | |
The bell sounds, Julio Peraza raises his arms in anticipation of victory, | :10:41. | :10:46. | |
because he feels he has done enough to retain his World Championship | :10:47. | :10:49. | |
gold medal against the man he beat to claim the title two years ago in | :10:50. | :10:55. | |
Azerbaijan. A good display, in and out boxing from Julio Peraza, but | :10:56. | :10:59. | |
his general rhythm and the way he controlled the pace, Julio Peraza, I | :11:00. | :11:05. | |
cannot see how he can give it to Adilbek Niyazymbetov. Julio Peraza | :11:06. | :11:15. | |
has successfully defended and retained his World Championship gold | :11:16. | :11:19. | |
medal with a delightful display of boxing over the tournament's number | :11:20. | :11:26. | |
one seed, Adilbek Niyazymbetov. It was a battle between the number one | :11:27. | :11:30. | |
and number two seeds, the best to light heavyweight boxers in the | :11:31. | :11:32. | |
world at the moment, they came together, and the Cuban, Julio | :11:33. | :11:36. | |
Peraza, has prevailed. Cuba might be the country which will | :11:37. | :11:45. | |
always be associated with amateur boxing, but in Kazakhstan, the home | :11:46. | :11:48. | |
nation proved they were the ones to beat, with eight boxers making it | :11:49. | :11:53. | |
through to the semifinals. With all of the local success, we sent our | :11:54. | :11:56. | |
man out into Almaty. When they told me I was going to | :11:57. | :12:12. | |
Kazakhstan, the first thing I thought was Bora. But there is more | :12:13. | :12:19. | |
to this country than the stereotypes you may have seen. | :12:20. | :12:26. | |
The city of Almaty is as much about shopping moles as it is about market | :12:27. | :12:33. | |
stalls. And boy, is this country big, you | :12:34. | :13:10. | |
can fit France, Finland, Spain, Germany, Italy, Sweden and the UK | :13:11. | :13:13. | |
all into Kazakhstan. When it comes to sport, they are | :13:14. | :13:48. | |
bonkers about boxing. TRANSLATION: It is a tradition, it comes from our | :13:49. | :13:52. | |
ancient roots, our people were really strong infighting. In the | :13:53. | :13:59. | |
Mongolian boars, we try to win, so our love of boxing comes from the | :14:00. | :14:02. | |
tradition of fighting from our history. But of course, today, | :14:03. | :14:10. | |
boxing is very popular, and our people love it. Kazakhstan, a | :14:11. | :14:16. | |
country bubbling with culture and banged up for it boxing. | :14:17. | :14:21. | |
Amateur boxing can take you to some obscure places, where has it taken | :14:22. | :14:26. | |
due, what has been the most enjoyable? I will start with the | :14:27. | :14:33. | |
worst, Ukraine, when I was in the European cadets, a 5-star hotel, we | :14:34. | :14:39. | |
got there late at night, and we went out, the top of the flats tore | :14:40. | :14:45. | |
down, so we were getting chased by dogs. In the middle of a building | :14:46. | :14:52. | |
site! And the best? The Commonwealth Games, Australia, the highlight of | :14:53. | :14:57. | |
my career. I did not go to the Olympics. I have never done a mixed | :14:58. | :15:02. | |
games, nixed sports, and I did there. It was so nice a country, and | :15:03. | :15:09. | |
all of the sports supported each other, Dean Macey was so | :15:10. | :15:15. | |
supportive. He came to all of our fights, he was as happy as we were. | :15:16. | :15:20. | |
You want a Lonsdale Belt outright last month, what is next for you? I | :15:21. | :15:30. | |
am currently the British and Commonwealth champion. I am European | :15:31. | :15:46. | |
number two. Hopefully, Lee Purdey will win, because he is from London | :15:47. | :15:53. | |
and has a good domestic fight. Next year, I definitely want to see a | :15:54. | :15:57. | |
world title fight. Where are we with you? You are free fights into your | :15:58. | :16:04. | |
pro career. Yeah, I am still just a baby. I am enjoying it. I had | :16:05. | :16:09. | |
imaging injury, but I am over that. Which is a shame. Yeah, I was meant | :16:10. | :16:18. | |
to fight in Vegas, but I decided to pull-out because I did not want to | :16:19. | :16:22. | |
go there and not docs as well as I could. But I will hopefully be fine | :16:23. | :16:31. | |
before the end of the year. And then 2014. Me and Steve were saying | :16:32. | :16:34. | |
earlier that there are loads of Jewish boxers who are unbeaten -- | :16:35. | :16:43. | |
British boxers. Hopefully, I will take some of the unbeaten records | :16:44. | :16:48. | |
and just progress. I am just enjoying doing what I am doing. We | :16:49. | :16:55. | |
always like to see the big rise in action, so let's have a look at the | :16:56. | :17:00. | |
superheavyweight final. Kazakhstan got a fight through. It was the | :17:01. | :17:03. | |
seven foot tall number two seed and home fighter, taking on the world | :17:04. | :17:09. | |
number one from Azerbaijan. We join it at the start of the second round. | :17:10. | :17:28. | |
The gold medallist had the privilege of taking championship gold in front | :17:29. | :17:37. | |
of his fans to years ago in Baku, Azerbaijan. The man trying to | :17:38. | :17:42. | |
emulate that is the boxer in blue, who was beaten by Medzhidov in the | :17:43. | :17:50. | |
semifinal stage two years ago. The incessant pressure applied by | :17:51. | :17:55. | |
Medzhidov was enough to overcome the tarring figure that is the six foot | :17:56. | :18:02. | |
nine Dychko. Slower start of the contest than we anticipated by | :18:03. | :18:05. | |
Medzhidov, who normally was his way forward and makes the opponent pay | :18:06. | :18:13. | |
will stop instead, he is being kept on the end of a peppering jab from | :18:14. | :18:28. | |
the figure from Kazakhstan. Perfect tactics again from the Kazakhs. | :18:29. | :18:33. | |
Winning that opening round is the priority. That then dictate the | :18:34. | :18:45. | |
tactics. Dychko was attempting the uppercut that you were referring to, | :18:46. | :18:51. | |
to try and keep Medzhidov at bay. Medzhidov is not fighting with the | :18:52. | :18:55. | |
same intensity as earlier. That is because he had a hard, long | :18:56. | :19:00. | |
tournament. You have got to be so fit to win this gold medal. You need | :19:01. | :19:05. | |
a bit of luck. Dychko is having the luck in terms of beating the German | :19:06. | :19:09. | |
in the semi. Much easier contest. On the other hand, Medzhidov, totally | :19:10. | :19:16. | |
different. In his quarterfinal, Dychko was also the beneficiary of a | :19:17. | :19:23. | |
walkover. The Indian Federation were under suspension, so it was a | :19:24. | :19:29. | |
relatively comfortable tournament for Dychko. Perhaps that freshness | :19:30. | :19:35. | |
makes him fresher than a man who was engaged in a really torrid encounter | :19:36. | :19:39. | |
yesterday. This is as subdued as I have seen Medzhidov in global | :19:40. | :19:52. | |
competition. Right hand to the body from Medzhidov, but they are all | :19:53. | :19:55. | |
singles. Where is the marauding energy we have seen? Generally, they | :19:56. | :20:06. | |
are threes and fours. He is swinging away, but not in punching range. | :20:07. | :20:13. | |
Dychko appears composed. There is less head movement from Medzhidov. | :20:14. | :20:22. | |
That speed has gone out of his work. At the end of the second run, one | :20:23. | :20:26. | |
suspects that Dychko, in the presence of the nation's leader, | :20:27. | :20:31. | |
will have done enough to open up a two round advantage. Medzhidov just | :20:32. | :20:38. | |
fell short with that shot. Medzhidov has got an uphill task | :20:39. | :21:11. | |
now. As we move into the third and final round of this superheavyweight | :21:12. | :21:17. | |
gold medal bout, the reigning champion, wearing red, Medzhidov, | :21:18. | :21:23. | |
could well be on the witty losing his crown. Oh, and that right-hand! | :21:24. | :21:30. | |
One single punch has put Dychko on the floor. The Kazakhstan is in | :21:31. | :21:36. | |
trouble. The referee is making the mandatory eight ounce. That is the | :21:37. | :21:42. | |
danger when you face this man. Medzhidov has a haymaker of a right | :21:43. | :21:48. | |
hand, and lets out a rule of delight, because Ivan Dychko has | :21:49. | :21:51. | |
been knocked to the canvas and appears to be in bad condition. The | :21:52. | :21:56. | |
referee immediately called the ringside doctor into the ring. Let's | :21:57. | :22:02. | |
hope Ivan Dychko is OK. Still doesn't know where he is. It is a | :22:03. | :22:09. | |
walk on rubbery legs back to his blue corner, aided by the doctor. | :22:10. | :22:15. | |
What a defending performance that is for this fella. Magomedrasul | :22:16. | :22:22. | |
Medzhidov has retained his world championship title in the most | :22:23. | :22:31. | |
explosive fashion. Look at that for a thunderous right-hand, an absolute | :22:32. | :22:37. | |
thunderbolt. The towering figure of the six foot Dychko went to the | :22:38. | :22:45. | |
canvas. That was the follow-up after the mandatory count. Magomedrasul | :22:46. | :22:49. | |
Medzhidov is the winner, and once again champion of the world. | :22:50. | :22:54. | |
What a finish. Medzhidov came alive in that last round. The it is great | :22:55. | :22:59. | |
to see. What is what superheavyweight boxing should be | :23:00. | :23:03. | |
about. I am still not decided on the head guards, but that was classic. | :23:04. | :23:11. | |
How did the referee allowed that to continue? In pro boxing, it would | :23:12. | :23:15. | |
have been stopped after the first knock-down. In amateur boxing, it | :23:16. | :23:19. | |
would be stopped after a slight wobble. But the referee let it | :23:20. | :23:24. | |
continue. You will not see many knockouts like that in amateur | :23:25. | :23:27. | |
boxing. It was like something from the 70s. Those guys know each other. | :23:28. | :23:34. | |
They have bubbly boxed seven or eight times. They are like friends! | :23:35. | :23:38. | |
That silver medal for Kazakhstan meant they finished on top of the | :23:39. | :23:45. | |
medal table with four golds, two silver and two bronze. | :23:46. | :23:58. | |
How did the British team view their world championship experience? We | :23:59. | :24:03. | |
caught up with the coaching team after the finals. | :24:04. | :24:15. | |
They are a young team coming into these championships and relatively | :24:16. | :24:19. | |
inexperienced. But coming away with two medals at one of the toughest | :24:20. | :24:26. | |
tournaments in the world, we would have taken that before we got on the | :24:27. | :24:30. | |
plane to come out here. There are a lot of positives to take forward. | :24:31. | :24:36. | |
What have you made of the new rules in terms of no head guards and the | :24:37. | :24:41. | |
point-scoring system? You have got a generational doctors who have not | :24:42. | :24:45. | |
boxed with head guards. Only the referees will take time to adjust. | :24:46. | :24:51. | |
Hopefully, in time, boxing will get better. At the minute, it is delay | :24:52. | :24:58. | |
transitional period. But it has been a great learning experience in this | :24:59. | :25:02. | |
championship. It has been a young team, and they will only benefit | :25:03. | :25:05. | |
from boxing in these championships. They know now that if this is the | :25:06. | :25:10. | |
way it is going to be, they will be better next time. If you look at Lee | :25:11. | :25:20. | |
Fowler, it was his first championships, and he has been a | :25:21. | :25:24. | |
revelation. That shows the other boxers what can be done. It is | :25:25. | :25:30. | |
possible to come here and get a medal. How have the guys handled | :25:31. | :25:38. | |
some of the low points? As a team, the lads have all got round it. | :25:39. | :25:42. | |
Andrew Selby, the lads all supported him. Same with Anthony Fowler. That | :25:43. | :25:48. | |
was a big disappointment because of his injury. But it is a happy team. | :25:49. | :25:57. | |
They live with each other for a long time, so it is a good team spirit. | :25:58. | :26:07. | |
It looks good for Rio. We are in a much better position than a few | :26:08. | :26:13. | |
years back. Coming away from this championships with two medals is a | :26:14. | :26:16. | |
great performance. It is an inexperienced team, because we lost | :26:17. | :26:23. | |
all our big guns post-London. Things look good for the future. Come Rio, | :26:24. | :26:29. | |
we will have a strong squad. So two medals for Great Britain. | :26:30. | :26:35. | |
That puts us in a good place. There are a lot of boys in the GB system. | :26:36. | :26:44. | |
I would say that some of the coaches are great group of men. They will | :26:45. | :26:48. | |
look at the 20 or 30 boxers inside the GB system and narrow it down to | :26:49. | :26:54. | |
about 15. It still has to be narrowed down to ten, but it is a | :26:55. | :26:59. | |
solid team if we can keep them. No matter how much money we throw at | :27:00. | :27:02. | |
them, it is still hard to keep them. Not long ago, you were on the | :27:03. | :27:07. | |
other side of the line. Now you are looking in. Who should we look out | :27:08. | :27:12. | |
for? I look forward to seeing Sam Maxwell. The talent from Liverpool. | :27:13. | :27:22. | |
Lovely lad. His tournament was cut short because of the head-butt. He | :27:23. | :27:28. | |
is a mature lad. I have been lucky to work with those coaches we just | :27:29. | :27:35. | |
saw. Those lads have got the best coaches in the world looking after | :27:36. | :27:39. | |
them, and if they knuckle down hard, they can surpass what we did in | :27:40. | :27:48. | |
London. Frankie, still our only world champion. Who should we be | :27:49. | :27:55. | |
looking at? Fowler. Definitely. He is only just moving up to | :27:56. | :28:02. | |
middleweight. By Rio, he will be middleweight. As a lightweight, he | :28:03. | :28:11. | |
has played 67 and lost three. We have to leave it there. Thanks very | :28:12. | :28:20. | |
much to all our guests, Frankie, Anthony and Steve. So two bronze | :28:21. | :28:24. | |
medals signals and encouraging turn for Britain in Kazakhstan. But after | :28:25. | :28:27. | |
seven bronze medals, Jason Quigley picks up Ireland's first silver at | :28:28. | :28:32. | |
the World Championships. For the Irish, the bronze age is over. From | :28:33. | :28:35. | |
all of us, goodbye. | :28:36. | :28:41. |