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• 05 / 05 / 2010

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The Cuban boxing celebrated on Tuesday the first place achieved in the 16th World Junior Championship in Baku, Azerbaidzhan, with three gold, one silver and one bronze medals.

  Captain Robeisis Ramírez, Irosvani Duvergel and Leinier Perot were the three gold medalists making Cuba the winner of the competition with 38 points.

Ramirez beat Indian athlete Shiva Thapa 14-1 for his 7th win in the 54 kilogram competition, and reached his 154th victory in his career with only two defeats.

Duvergel reached his 5th victory in the 81 kg category, with verdict of 7-0 on Uzbek Sardorbek Begaliev, and Perot beat Russian Alexander Ivanov 11-0 in the 81 kg category.

The only defeat of the Cuban team was for Norlan Vera (57 kg), who lost to German Artur Bril 3-10. Cuban Yosvani Veitia won a bronze medal in the 48 kg category.

Cuba was the champ of the competition by 11th occasion -28 victories in 36 matches- followed by Russia, Azerbaidzhan, India, Uzbekistan and Germany.

By Tomas Armenteros Crespo   

Source:PL