08/07/2021 9:09 AM
Clarín.com
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Updated 08/07/2021 9:13 AM
The 12-ounce gloves used in the categories over 200 pounds minimize the chances of seeing categorical definitions in Olympic bouts to the extreme.
However, there is always someone who strikes the right blow.
And someone who suffers from it.
This time he was executed by Brazilian Hebert Conceição Sousa, who became champion in the division up to 75 kilos with a tremendous knockout over Ukrainian Oleksandr Khyzhniak in the third round that allowed him to turn around a fight that he had virtually lost.
Khyzhniak, the 2017 Hamburg world champion and the tournament's top seed, had dominated the first two rounds to the point where the five judges had awarded him victory in both episodes.
Only a knockout could save the Brazilian, who in 2019 had been third in the Yekaterinburg World Cup and had won the silver medal at the Pan American Games in Lima.
When the last round was averaging, the fighter born 23 years ago in Salvador (Bahia) took advantage of the fact that his rival had lowered his right fist and had neglected his jaw and, with a lightning left-handed hook, sent him to the mat.
The European stood up, but the Indonesian referee Muhammad Arisa Putra Pohan did not give him the step.
Then the victor knelt in the ring, crying with joy.
Then he got up and celebrated with a capoeira dance.
Ukrainian wrecking ball Oleksandr Khyzhniak was well on his way to Olympic gold against Hebert Sousa, only for the Brazilian to produce a stunning left hook which sent Khyzhniak tumbling to the canvas.
One of the great upsets - and comebacks - in amateur boxing history.
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“It was very difficult to face him because he is very, very powerful.
But I believed in my possibilities.
I was lucky, I connected it and it was a knockout.
This is fantastic and I am very excited.
I want to jump.
I am very happy, ”said Conceição Sousa, who had reached this final after beating Chinese Erbieke Tuoheta, Kazakh Abilkhan Amankul and Russian Gleb Bakshi, current world champion.
The other face was Khyzhniak, who was extremely dissatisfied with the referee's decision to remove him from the fight.
"I did not understand.
He could have continued the fight and I indicated that he could continue.
After the fall, I stood up immediately ”, complained the European.
The emotion of the Brazilian Hebert Conceição Sousa and the unease of the Ukrainian Oleksandr Khyzhniak coexist on the ring of the Kokugikan Arena.
(Photo: Luis ROBAYO / AFP)
This was the second Olympic gold in the history of Brazilian boxing, after the one achieved by Robson Conceição in the category up to 63 kilos in Rio de Janeiro 2016. At these Tokyo Games, the South American giant had achieved a bronze medal through of Abner Teixeira, in the category up to 91 kilos, and on Sunday she can add another title, as Beatriz Ferreira will face the Irish Kellie Anne Harrington in the final of 60 kilos.
Unlike Conceição Sousa's brilliant victory, the other three finals that were played this Saturday at the Kokugikan Arena were resolved by points: the British Galal Yafai defeated the Filipino Carlo Paalam in the division up to 52 kilos, while the women were They consecrated the Turkish Busenaz Surmeneli (69 kilos), who beat the Chinese Gu Hong, and the Bulgarian Stoyka Krasteva (51 kilos), who beat the Turkish Buse Cakiroglu.
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