“Alireza Staki” On Wednesday, in an interview with IRNA’s sports reporter, regarding the performance of 6 boxers from our country in the international tournament in Kuwait, who won 2 silver medals and 4 bronze medals, he stated: First of all, I must say that we could have a representative in the heavyweight division, but when we went to the place When we arrived at the tournament, we realized that the host had changed the weights.
He added: “For this reason, we had to take Shahin Mousavi from 75 to 80 kg and Mustafa Rigi from 52 to 51 kg. Professional athletes know that losing one kilogram of weight for lightweight boxers for 6 days is exhausting work.”
Stecki said: Even after his competitions, Rigi practiced for several hours every night and during these 6 days, he suffered a lot to be a tennis player. The silver medal he won in Kuwait really stuck to me, and maybe if he wins a medal in the Olympics, it won’t be so enjoyable because he really suffered a lot.
Regarding the performance of his team members, he said: “Sajjad Mohammadpour”, the captain of Iran in the 56 kg weight class, first defeated the representative of Syria with authority, and then he fought fiercely with the Thai boxer, who was one of the phenomena of the tournament, and finally won the bronze medal. Receipt.
The head coach of the national team praised the fight of “Baqer Faraji” in the weight of 63 kg. He said: “He defeated the boxers of Kuwait, Yemen and Iraq to face an opponent from Thailand in the final, who had succeeded in defeating the Olympic champion from Uzbekistan.” Faraji won the first round with a score of 4-1, but unfortunately his eyebrow was torn and the referee stopped the game so that the representative of Thailand was declared the winner.
He said: “We have Ashkan Rezaei, Mehdi Amiri and Bagher Faraji in this weight class and believe me, it is very difficult to choose the main player among them.”
Staki said: Unfortunately, Moslem Maghsoodi could not accompany the Iranian team in the 71 weight category due to the problem he had to leave the country. Although the good people of Asia went to the ring in Kuwait, but if it was him, he would have been a finalist. Unfortunately, there was so little time that we could not replace him.
The head coach of the Iranian team continued: Hossein Mirahmadi, an 18-year-old boxer from our country, who participated in the international event for the first time, presented a unique fight in the 80 kg weight category. He defeated the representatives of Saudi Arabia and Bulgaria with authority, and in the semi-final against the famous representative of Kyrgyzstan, who has many titles, he presented a spectacular fight and lost with a very close score. Of course, he could have won.
He said: Shahin Mousavi, the other representative of Iran in this weight, first defeated China, and then in the fight against the world’s second-ranked Uzbekistan, he faced a clear decision by the judges. .
Staki said: In the weight of 92 kilos, Tofan Sharifi lost 3-2 against his opponent from Uzbekistan, so he didn’t get what he deserved.
Stating that the Iranian team participated in this event with 30% of the main players, Staki continued: We did not have players such as Iman Ramadanpour, Siavash Omidi, Maisham Qeshlaghi, Pouria Amiri, Muslim Maghsoudi, Mehdi Sarbaz, Ashkan Rezaei, Daniyal Shahbakhsh and Mehdi Khosravi. . Moshavi and Sharifi were the only members sent to our main team, and now I say with authority that the Iranian team is also very strong and its members presented excellent campaigns.
He clarified: Rigi, Mira Ahmadi, Faraji are people you will hear more about in the future. We must not forget that the Iranian team had the right to win the championship in Kuwait, but refereeing problems did not allow this and we ended up third. I told the coach of one of the prominent teams during the competition that it is a pleasure to win gold with injustice, and he just laughed and left.
Expressing his satisfaction with the performance of his students, Staki stated: Iran Boxing Federation did not pay any expenses for these competitions and the financial sponsor assumed zero to one hundred expenses. I hope sponsors have a special look at boxing.