Russian boxer Sergey Vodopyanov commented on the final bout of the world championship in the up-to-57 kg weight class, in which he lost to Ukrainian Vasyl Lomachenko. "Now I understand how hard it is to stay at the top. I am not satisfied with my final place at the world championship, although I have no great complaints about myself - I performed normally throughout the tournament. For the final, the instruction was to work as the second number. I did everything I could, but it didn't work out.
Somewhere in the middle of the fight I tried to change the tactical pattern, started working as the first number, but Lomachenko was ready for this. Today he was stronger. What is his advantage? First of all, in tactical literacy, in the ability to easily readjust during the fight. In this he has no equals," the boxer was quoted as saying by the official website of the Russian Boxing Federation.
The Ukrainian national team finished fifth in the overall standings of the world boxing championship that ended in Milan on Saturday. The Ukrainians have a full set of medals. Vasyl Lomachenko (57 kg) won gold, Roman Kapitonenko (+91 kg) won silver, and Oleksandr Usyk (91 kg) won bronze.
The Russian national team won the overall standings, earning two golds, four silvers and two bronzes.
In second place is the Italian team (2-0-0), the third spot was shared by the Cubans (1-1-2) and the Uzbeks (1-1-2).