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Mongolian boxer is 2nd by world rank
SportsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ International master of sports and Asian Games gold medalist D.Otgondalai has been ranked the 2nd in the latest world amateur boxers’ rankings.
He has collected 1,600 points in the men’s lightweight division (57-60kg), while this division has been topped by a Cuban Lazaro Alvarez, Olympic bronze medalist and three-time world champion. In the light flyweight category, G.Gan-Erdene IMS is the fifth with 850 points. A Cuban World champion Joahnys Argilagos Peres has also topped this division with 1,900 points.
State Honored Sportsman and Olympic silver medalist N.Togstsogt, who has started his professional career, has come to the 31st place among 68 boxers in the flyweight category, while his countryman E.Iderkhuu IMS is the 51st.
Other boxers--B.Tuvshinbat (69kg), B.Chinzorig (64kg) and N.Shinebayar (75kg)--have come to the 13th, 50th and 51st places, respectively.
Boxers of the men’s national team have headed for China to compete in Olympic qualification tournament that will run March 25-April 3.
