Cuban Boxers Win in Morocco

HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 15 (acn) Olympic monarchs Robeisy Ramirez and Roniel Iglesias gave two more wins to Cuba on the second date of Mohamed VI Boxing Cup, which takes place in Marrakech.

From that Moroccan city, the Cuban delegation reported that featherweight Ramirez did not need to work hard to beat 3-0 Egyptian Hesham Yehia Mahmoud in his debut.

However, the welterweight Iglesias, who won his first combat, did have to fight harder to win 2-1 over the local Rabil Mohamed, bronze medalist at Cordova Cardin Tournament this year .

Meanwhile, the lightweight double world champion Lázaro Álvarez suffered a stomach affection, so he lost by forfeit to Senegalese Wade Ibrahina.

Cuba earned six wins in the opening, has already achieved nine bronze medals and five of its men will fight for the silver medal today: flyweight Santiago Amador; Robeisy; light welterweight Yasnier Toledo; middleweight Arlen Lopez, and heavyweight Erislandy Savon.