Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Top seed loses in men's mild heavyweight division

Brazilian boxer Yamaguchi Falcao Florentino upset the best seed inside the men's mild heavyweight type Wednesday in the London Games.

Falcao Florentino won an 18-15 choice over Cuba's Julio la Cruz Peraza inside the quarterfinals. That arranged up a semifinal matchup between the Brazilian and Egor Mekhontcev of Russia. Mekhontcev defeated Uzbekistan's Elshod Rasulov on Wednesday.

The other mild heavyweight semifinal bout will pit Adilbek Niyazymbetov of Kazakhstan versus the Ukraine's Oleksandr Gvozdyk.

Zou Shiming of China and Cuba's Roniel Iglesias Sotolongo also earned trips in the direction of semifinals within their respective unwanted weight classes.

Zou, the best seed inside the mild flyweight division, won a 13-10 choice over Birzhan Zhakypov of Kazakhstan to accomplish the semis, in which he'll cope with Paddy Barnes of Ireland. Barnes posted a 23-18 gain over India's Devendro Singh Laishram.

David Ayrapetyan of Russia and Thailand's Kaeo Pongprayoon will encounter within another flyweight semifinal. The Russian beat Turkey's Ferhat Pehlivan, even although Pongprayoon ousted Bulgarian Aleksandar Aleksandrov.

Iglesias Sotolongo defeated Uzbekistan's Uktamjon Rahmonov and will cope with Vincenzo Mangiacapre of Italy inside the semifinals in the mild welterweight division. Also, Mongolia's Munk-Erdene Uranchimeg will hold on second-seeded Denys Berinchyk in the Ukraine inside the subsequent round.

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