2023IBAWorldBoxingChampionships… Amsterdam victorious, Allicock outclassed on Day 5

Guyana’s two-member team suffered a mixed bag of fortunes on Day five of the International Boxing Association’s (IBA) 2023 World Boxing Championships, when the event continued yesterday in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Intheday’sfirstsession,GuyanaBoxing Association’s(GBA)2022BoxeroftheYear, Desmond ‘Dynamite’ Amsterdam, won unanimouslyagainsthisBulgarianopponent Kristiyan Nikolov, while Keevin Allicock suffered defeated at the hands of the host nation’sAbdumalikKhalokov,inthesecond session.

This means Amsterdam has now progressed to the Round-of-16 stage while the journey has ended for Allicock at the Round-of-32stage.

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FightingoutoftheredcornerintheElite Men75-80KGLightHeavyweightDivision, Amsterdamreignedsupremewitha3–2split decision against Nikolov, who was stacked withalongerreachandaheightadvantage.

However, Amsterdam showed more aggression and threw more effective power punches consistently in the final two rounds after clearly conceding the first, to tip the judge’sscaleinhisfavour

For Allicock, who fought out of the red corner in the Elite Men 54-57kg FeatherweightDivision,hewasupagainstan Uzbekistaniwiththefullsupportofthehome crowd.

Khalokov was taller with a reach advantagebutalsomoreevasiveandtactical than Allicock, which showed for the entire threerounds. Thefive-judgesystemruled0 – 5 to end Allicock’s campaign after he sufferedaquestionablepointdeductionearly on and had troubles reading the unorthodox movementsofhisopponent,whichaddedto hisdespair

Meanwhile, Amsterdam’s campaign continuesonTuesday,May9,asheattempts toqualifyforthequarterfinalstage. Thetournamentisscheduledtoconclude onSunday,May14.