Javier Ibáñez debutes successfully in professional boxing

Cuban-born Bulgarian Olympic bronze medalist Javier Ibáñez has achieved a decisive victory in his first match in the professional ring in a fight in San Sebastian, Spain. Ibáñez left no chance for Anderzon Lopez from Spain. The Bulgarian boxer achieved success with a technical knockout in the fifth of the planned eight rounds of the clash in the featherweight category, the Bulgarian Boxing Federation reports. Lopez was on a streak of eight consecutive victories, but Ibáñez showed brilliant performance less than four months before the European Championships in Sofia (September 15-27).

Editor: Miglena Ivanova