The dream final at the 80kg has realized between Germany’s Dietrich Hermann and Armenia’s Samvel Siramargyan at the 21st edition of the Danas Pozniakas U19 Youth International Boxing Tournament in Vilnius, Lithuania on Day3.
Armenia, Czechia, Estonia, France, Germany, Iceland, Israel, Latvia, host Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, and Ukraine will be the participating nations in the event.
Boxers who were born in 2008 or in 2009 will be eligible to participate in the next 21st Danas Pozniakas Youth Tournament.
The bout of the day
Moldova’s Damian Grisman eliminated Ukraine’s Matvey Kolupay in the previous round of the 55kg and he met a Polish opponent, the European Junior quarter-finalist Mateusz Adamski as next. Both the Moldovan and the Polish boxers had the similar speed and game plan therefore the first round was close between them. The Moldovan felt the tempo and the distance better in the second and third rounds and Grisman managed to win this important semi-final contest in Vilnius.
The surprise of the day
Latvia progressed in all of the age groups in the recent one year and their Romans Iljins dominated his quarter-final bout against Ukraine’s Oleksandr Sychevskyi on Day2. The Latvian 65kg boxer faced with Lithuania’s promising Arturas Majauckas and his powerful combinations guaranteed the success for Iljins.
The Round-Up
Czechia’s Dorian Kropog eliminated Lithuania’s Jokubas Nedzinskas in the previous round at the 60kg which was the bout of the second session. The 18-year-old Czech was experienced in all levels of boxing but he could not repeat his performance against another local boxer, Dovydas Kerpe and he claimed a bronze medal in Vilnius. Kerpe will meet his teammate, Simonas Puniskis in the upcoming final bout in this strong weight class.
Lithuania’s European Junior Championships competitor Giedrius Bacianskas eliminated his teammate, Emilis Murauskas in the quarter-finals and he met Poland’s Lew Myslowski-Mikos became as next at the 65kg. The Lithuanian was smaller than his Polish opponent but Bacianskas stepped into the best fighting distance with great footwork to win this semi-final.
Lithuania’s Lukas Petraska competed in the last edition of the European U19 Boxing Championships in Ostrava half year ago and he has strong plans for 2026. The Lithuanian eliminated Poland’s Samuel Kulik in the first semi-final of the 70kg and he will now meet for the title another Polish talent, Kewin Trukawka.
The next Lithuanian battle was held between Kajus Bogusis and Karolis Onaitis in the semi-finals of the 75kg weight class. Bogusis had the advantages in terms of height, longer reach and technical skills therefore his had was raised after the final bell. He will be boxing for the title of this weight class with another Lithuanian talent, Matas Naumcev, who had a point decision success over Poland’s Kasjan Galkiewicz.
Germany’s European U19 quarter-finalist Dietrich Hermann eliminated Estonia’s Daniil Panin and Lithuania’s Donatas Bartosevicius during his road to the semi-finals at the 80kg. He used his longer hands effectively against Latvia’s Kirils Salkovskis and stopped the attacks of his Baltic opponent. The tall German looked confident also in the second and third rounds to beat Salkovskis by large margin of difference.
Armenia’s No.1 in this age group, the European Youth Champion Samvel Siramargyan eliminated Lithuania’s Vadim Ivanov on Day2 and he met a taller German opponent as next, Leon Kulle. The 18-year-old Armenian reduced the fighting distance successfully and his hooks resulted a clear success for him in the battle of the southpaw boxers.