Syria’s veteran Abdelmouen Aziz advanced to the quarter-finals of the Mediterranean Games on Day2
The boxing tournament of the Mediterranean Games continued with the preliminaries in Tarragona, Spain where men boxers can attend in nine different weight classes. Syria’s veteran boxer Abdelmouen Aziz continued his teammate Ahmad Ghossoun’s success on Day2 and also advanced to the quarter-finals of the Games.
The Mediterranean Games is a multisport event which holds every four year generally but the last edition was held in Mersin, Turkey in 2013. Due the busy competition schedule the organizers of the Mediterranean Games decided to host the multisport event in 2018 and not in 2017 as the previous plan.
Syria is taking part in the event with strong team, six of their best boxers are attending in the event in spite of their crisis in the country. The Syrian boxing team worked well in the last edition of the ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships in Tashkent and also in the Islamic Solidarity Games one year ago therefore their goals are high in Tarragona.
Islamic Solidarity Games winner Hussin Al-Masri (52kg), Mohamed Kherim Mousatat (64kg), veteran Abdelmouen Aziz (69kg), their star Ahmad Ghossoun (75kg), powerful Alaaldin Ghossoun (91kg) and two-time ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships bronze medallist Mohamed Moulayes (+91kg) are representing Syria in the boxing tournament of the Mediterranean Games.
The second Syrian boxer who was in action on Day2 of the Mediterranean Games was veteran Abdelmouen Aziz who was quarter-finalist in the Tashkent 2017 ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships. Aziz moved back to the welterweight (69kg) in the recent months which is perfectly fit for his height. The Syrian boxer controlled the first and second rounds against F.Y.R. of Macedonia’s Lulzim Ismaili and in spite of his difficulties in the third Aziz was able to advance to the quarter-finals in Tarragona.
Mohamed Kherim Mousatat is National Champion in Syria who was involved to the national team at the very first time in a big event. The 26-year-old light welterweight (64kg) boxer was competitive against such a strong rival as AIBA Youth World Champion and EUBC European Youth Champion Tugrulhan Erdemir but finally the Turkish talent was able to win their bout by split decision.
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