The scandal at the World Cup. Croats ask to punish boxer from Kyrgyzstan

The fight at the World Boxing Championship in Moscow ended in a scandal . Tashkent (Uzbekistan). This is reported by Vesti.kz .

According to them, the incident happened in the 1/8 finals in the weight category up to 80 kilograms, where Kyrgyz boxer Omurbek Bekzhigit uulu and Croat Gaberiel Veocic met.

During the match, the referee issued two warnings to the Kyrgyzstani for violations of the rules, and after the third stopped the meeting. As a result, Omurbek Bekzhigit uulu was disqualified in the second round, and the victory was awarded to the Croatian.

However, the representative of Kyrgyzstan expressed disagreement with the referee's decision and made indecent gestures after the fight. The Croatian side called on the International Boxing Association (IBA) to punish the boxer."Kyrgyz, the fifth seed of the World Championship, deserved a much tougher disqualification from the IBA by his behavior — after the Italian judge authoritatively disqualified him, he did not want to reach out to the winner, and he repeatedly pointed the middle finger to the judges and delegates!" the Croatian Boxing Union said in an Instagram post.