Stoyka Krasteva qualifies for the eighth finals of the Olympic boxing tournament in the category up to 51 kg.
The Bulgarian defeated hard but deservedly the representative of Vietnam Ti Tam Nguyen with 3: 2 referee votes after a disputed clash between the two.
This is the second Olympic participation of the 35-year-old Bulgarian after the Games in London in 2012, when she finished in fifth place.
Krasteva started strongly in the first round, in which she avoided almost all the blows of her opponent and made nice left and right hooks. He also scored combinations. After that, however, the Vietnamese scored very good left hooks.
In the second round Stoyka scored two right straight lines, but also got one. Both became very aggressive in this part and the Bulgarian had to defend herself skillfully. The round ended with three accurate hits.
The third round started with more activity for Nguyen, but Krasteva responded appropriately. The Bulgarian scored accurate goals, but her opponent finished the part better. After all, the victory was for our girl.
In the round of 16 Krasteva, who is a two-time European champion, will play the American Virginia Fuchs, who beat the Russian Svetlana Soluyanova 3: 2.
Fuchs is a bronze medalist at the 2018 World Championships in New Delhi.
“It was a difficult match, the opponent is not weak. Maybe I didn’t show the best I could, but I still managed to win. I hope that as a first match it was the setting for entering the tournament and every next one will be better. “better”, commented the 35-year-old Bulgarian.
“The desire to win and everything we trained before helped me, because despite the pandemic, we didn’t stop. We worked hard, more than the others. I feel good physically. If I have to, I can go up and play another game now. “, said Krasteva.
I hope for an even better game and another victory. We know each other, we have several matches. Last time we played together at the Strandzha tournament. He is not a weak opponent, he is not to be underestimated, but I think my arsenal is a bit bigger. bigger than hers and I hope to show it, “said Krasteva, who beat Fuchs by a 4-1 judge (29:28, 30:27, 30:27, 29:28, 28:29) at the end of February on the road. to the title of the Strandzha tournament.
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