Iceland made history in the opening day at the 21st edition of the Danas Pozniakas U19 Youth International Boxing Tournament in Vilnius, Lithuania following both of their talents won their contests.
Armenia, Czechia, Estonia, France, Germany, Iceland, Israel, Latvia, host Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, and Ukraine are the participating nations in the event.
Boxers who were born in 2008 or in 2009 will be eligible to participate in the new edition of the 21st Danas Pozniakas Youth Tournament.
The bout of the day
Iceland is a unique country among the participating teams at the Danas Pozniakas U19 Youth Tournament. Their Artem Siurkov competed in smaller international events in the past but he had the strong game plan against Estonia’s Aleksandr Silinskii in the first contest of the 60kg. The Icelandic boxer followed the strategy well enough in this contest and he eliminated a tough Estonian out of his way.
The surprise of the day
Following Artem Siurkov’s success in one of the closest contests of the first competition day, Iceland’s next boxer, Mihail Fedorets also won his challenge in Vilnius. The Icelandic boxer competed in the last three editions of the King of the Ring Tournament in Sweden but his clear success over Lithuania’s Kristupas Povilionis was slightly unexpected.
The Round-Up
Latvia’s Denys Bulchenko and France’s Anthony Gillardi started the entire Danas Pozniakas U19 Youth Tournament in Vilnius after the Opening Ceremony. The Latvian boxer found the rhythm immediately in the first round and he controlled all of the exchanges to beat his French rival unanimously at the 55kg weight class.
Moldova sent a smaller but strong squad to the Lithuanian capital and the country is active in all of the major events this month. Their Damian Grisman has the potential to compete in the highest level of boxing in the future and he underlined his strong progress in his opening bout. Ukraine’s Matvey Kolupay was not able to match Grisman’s skills and the Moldovan marched to the next stage of boxing in Vilnius.
Mateusz Adamski was a quarter-finalist at the 2024 edition of the European Junior Boxing Championships and he has the strong plan to reach the podium in the top events this year. The Polish boxer won two out of the three rounds and the entire contest against Lithuania’s Kornelijus Kerpe at the busy 55kg.
Lithuania’s Karolis Onaitis eliminated his teammate, Klaudijus Stankevicius at the 75kg weight class, controlling all of the three rounds. Poland’s Kasjan Galkiewicz continued his nation’s winning path in Vilnius where he stopped Estonia’s Vladislav Kharitonov in the next bout of this middleweight.
Germany’s Dietrich Hermann reached the Top8 at the last edition of the European U19 Boxing Championships in Ostrava and he is still competing in this age group in 2026 as well. The German opened his bout better than Estonia’s Daniil Panin and he was able to keep the control until the last seconds of this 80kg contest.