In its category of less than 60 kilos, Sofiane Oumiha beat Kazakh Samatali Toltayev on Tuesday afternoon. At 26, the Toulousain reached the semi-finals of the amateur world championship. Whoever has his own boxing gym in the Papus district in Toulouse will face a Dominican on Thursday. He is sure to come back with a medal.
Half Thursday
Sofiane Oumiha, released in the first round at the Tokyo Olympics, finds there the category in which he was crowned world champion in 2017. In 2016 in Brazil, he won the silver medal and the title of vice-Olympic champion in the light weight category (59-61 kilos).
At the same time, the Toulousain Billal Bennama, a native of Albi (Tarn), had the Kirghiz Sanzhai Seidekmatov in the under 54 kilos. The 22-year-old Blagnac licensee will fight a Japanese halfway on Thursday.