Kurt Walker will face Mongolian southpaw Tsendbaater Erdenebat for at least bronze in the quarter-finals of the World Elites in Ekaterinburg, Russia tomorrow.
The Antriam feather, who beat Canada’s Robin Basran today, and Erdenebat will be in the ring at 3pm (Irish time) in the first contest in the 2nd session in Ring B.
Uzbekistan’s Mirazizbek Mirzakhalilov and Kazakhstan’s Kairat Yraliyev meet in the corresponding bout.
All of the top seeds from 1 to 8 are throught to the last eight in the 57kg class.
2019 World Elite Men’s Championships Ekaterinburg, Russia
September 18
Q/Final
57kg Kurt Walker (Ireland) v Tsendbaater Erdenebat (Mongolia)
Results
September 17
Last 16
57kg Kurt Walker (Ireland) beat Robin Basran (Canada) 5-0
September 16
Last 32
69kg Aidan Walsh (Ireland) lost to Pat McCormack (England) 2-3
Last 16
75kg Michael Nevin (Ireland) lost to Gleb Bakshi (Russia) 2-3
September 15
Last 32
57kg Kurt Walker beat David Avila (Columbia) 4-1
91kg Kiril Afanasev (Ireland) lost to Radoslav Panaleev (Bulgaria)1-4
September 14
Last 32
75kg Michael Nevin (Ireland) beat Vytautas Balsys (Lithuania) 5-0
September 13
Last 64
69kg Aidan Walsh (Ireland) beat Miroslav Kapuler-Cishchenko (Israel) 4-1
September 12
Last 64
52kg Regan Buckley (Ireland) lost to Aldoms Suquor (Indonesia) 2-3
63kg Wayne Kelly (Ireland) lost to Matthew Alexander (Trinidad & Tobago) 2-3
September 10
Last 64
81kg Kane Tucker (Ireland) lost to Erkin Adylbek (Kyrgyzstan) 0-5
91kg Kiril Afanasev (Ireland) beat Austin Aokuso (Australia) 5-0
September 9
Last 64
75kg Michael Nevin (Ireland) beat Andre1 Vreme (Moldova) 5-0
Irish squad
52kg: Regan Buckley (St Teresa’s)
57kg: Kurt Walker (Canal)
63kg: Wayne Kelly (Portlaoise)
69kg: Aidan Walsh (Monkstown)
75kg: Michael Nevin (Portlaoise)
81kg: Kane Tucker (Emerald)
91kg: Kiril Afanasev (Smithfield)
High-Performance Director: Bernard Dunne
Head coach: Zaur Antia
Coaches: John Conlan and Eoin Pluck
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