Novosibirsk boxers became champions of Russia

In Saransk, the Russian Boxing Championship ended, where athletes from Novosibirsk Egor Kozorezov and Danil Prokudin brought gold and silver awards to the region. The mayor of the city highly appreciated the contribution of the athletes’ mentors and expressed hope for their triumphs in international competitions.

Competitions among men aged 19-40 years were held from August 25 to September 5. Boxers from 62 subjects of the country took part in them. The Novosibirsk delegation consisted of eight fighters.

Kozorezov, who played in the category up to 67 kg, won the title. This 22-year-old master of sports of international class, part of the national team, boxing has been familiar since 2014. On the way to gold, he won four confident victories.

This success was the first for Novosibirsk in such competitions since 2015. Earlier, Egor’s assets included victories at the memorial of Konstantin Korotkov in Khabarovsk and the junior championship of Russia in Krasnodar, as well as silver of the European championship in Yerevan.