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Azerbaijani boxer crowned European champion after defeating Armenian opponent

16 July 2025 11:00 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijani boxer Amina Taghi has won the title of European champion, Apasport.az reports.

The athlete, competing in the 50 kg weight category, achieved this success at the continental championship among juniors held in Novi Pazar, Serbia.

She defeated Armenian Amest Afrikyan in the final. Azerbaijani boxer defeated her opponent with a score of 4:1 (29:28, 29:28, 29:28, 27:30, 30:27) and climbed to the top of the podium, and the Azerbaijani anthem was played in her honor in Novi Pazar.

Among our other female boxers, Jamila Muradli (52 kg), Fidan Bekarova (63 kg), Sema Abbasova (66 kg) won silver, Aylin Nazarova (46 kg), Guler Huseynova (48 kg), and Zahra Mammadova (54 kg) won bronze medals.

Thus, the Azerbaijani women's national team finished the European Championship with 1 gold, 3 silver, and 3 bronze medals.

On the sixth day of the competition, Safdar Mammadzade (+80 kg) entered the final. He defeated Belarusian Kirill Zhukovsky with a complete advantage in the semi-final. Mammadzade will fight Russian Bogdan Smolkin in the decisive match.

Note that earlier the Azerbaijani male boxers, Gardash Rahimov (46 kg), Mahammad Rasulov (50 kg), Raul Heydarli (54 kg), Shahin Aslanli (60 kg), and Hagverdi Hasanov (63 kg) won bronze medals.