Bulletin for July 16th
BOXING
Die Hard!
Croatian National Team manager Pero Tadić has selected following boxers for this tournament:
(-54 kg) MIRSAD AHMETI
(-60 kg) FILIP PALIĆ
(-64 kg) BORIS KATALINIĆ
(-69 kg) BORNA KATALINIĆ
(-75 kg) MATEJ MATKOVIĆ
(-81 kg) MARIO ŠIVOLIJA
(-91 kg) VEDRAN ĐIPALO
(+91 kg) MARKO TOMASOVIĆ
results of our team so far:
(-75 kg)
JACK BADOU (SWE) vs MATKOVIć MATEJ (CRO) PTS 30:16
(-64 kg)
KATALINIĆ BORIS (CRO) vs ANDREEV ANATOLIY (MDA) PTS 36:15
(-60 kg)
ALEXANDRU ADRIAN (ROM) vs PALIĆ FILIP (CRO) PTS 47:26
(-69 kg)
KATALINIĆ BORNA (CRO) vs STRETSKYY OLEXANDR (UKR) RET - R3
(+91 kg)
TOMASOVIC MARKO (CRO) vs TIMURZIEV ISLAM (RUS) RET - R2
I've put "die hard" title, but it seems that our boxers are becoming too easy targets for their opponents, only Boris Katalinić managed to win in his first appearance, one other thing is bothered me more than this early loses.
Apparently in today issue of Sportske Novosti, Filip Palić thru the autor of that article words mentioned that his major problem/reason why he failed to succeed wasn't because he was in a bad shape and below the class of european top amateur boxers, but because city of Zagreb didn't give him a public flat here in Zagreb.
Somehow they forgot to mention that someone paid their preparations and trainings and someone is doing that for years, and only thing Palić ever did is winning european bronze back in 2001 (and after that followed his transfer to Zagreb in which they promised him a public flat on service), not to mention a honor for representing his country on international level. So our dear Filip Palić if you're so worried about material things - I've got one little advice for you: take a chance and go to the pros!
I'm aware about all the existential difficulties in amateur sports here in Croatia, but in sports like boxing where any athlete can make a decision: to fight amateur or to go professional, bitching about bad situation is pointless specially after you lose against first decent opponent on your way.
At the time I'm writing this Vedran Đipalo is fighting, so instead of waiting for his result I decided to go out and to drink a few beers, and the results of his fight I'll post later this evening
and he lost too...
(-91 kg)
DIPALNO VEDRAN (CRO) vs ROSBERG JARNO (FIN) PTS 25:31
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