New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) Three-time WBC Asia title winner and renowned Indian professional boxer Neeraj Goyat had the honour of representing India at the World Boxing Council (WBC) Convention in Uzbekistan.
He led the way with 19 points in an 81 67 win. italy face the dominican republic next, while angola take on the hosts. montenegro also opened with a win as they eased past mexico 91 71. that was largely due to a game high 27 points from chicago bulls star nikola vucevic. the centre made all three of his three point attempts and also added 10 rebounds. they face egypt next with lithuania awaiting mexico. we ve had the weight in for world heavyweight bout in poland between champion olexander usyk and the british challenger daniel dubois. dubois topped the scales at 16 stone 9 lbs, his lightest in 6 years. but that s still a stone heavier than the ukrainian. usyk is undefeated in 20 professional fights and is favourite to beat the 25 year old dubois but he is putting all three of his world titles on the line. all the build up to that fight on your bbc sport app.
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But that s still a stone heavier than the ukrainian. usyk is undefeated in 20 professionalfights, and is favourite to retain his three world title belts. and that s all the sport for now. we ll be back with more later on, we ll see you then. we are going to stay with sport. five days ago, spain s women s football team were the toast of the world, after beating england to win the world cup. but the celebrations since then have been somewhat overshadowed by the behaviour of luis rubiales, the head of spain s football federation. this image of him kissing the captain jenni hermoso on the lips during the presentation has gone viral. he was also seen grabbing his crotch as he celebrated at the final whistle. it was widely reported that he would resign at an emergency meeting called by the spanish fa but he has refused to go, claiming he is the victim of a social assassination. the spanish government has now started legal action
Standings and looking for a record breaking ninth race in a row the season. the american pole vaulter katie moon defended her decision to share the gold medal with nina kennedy of australia at the world athletics championships, telling critics on social media that to continue competing would have been dangerous. in a lengthy post, she hit back saying: we ve had the weigh7in for the world heavyweight bout in poland this weekend between the champion olexander usyk, and the british challenger daniel dubois. dubois topped the scales at 16 stone nine pounds his lightest in six years.