The men's 79 kg (174 lb) Semi-Contact category at the W.A.K.O. World Championships 2007 in Coimbra was the fifth-heaviest of the male Semi-Contact tournaments falling between middleweight and light heavyweight when compared to Full-Contact's weight classes. There were sixteen fighters from four continents (Europe, Asia, North America and Oceania) taking part in the competition. Each of the matches was three rounds of two minutes each and were fought under Semi-Contact rules.
The tournament gold medallist was the Hungarian Zsolt Moradi who defeated Neri Stella from Italy by points decision in the final. As a result of their semi final finishes, Ireland's Mark McDermott and Bulgarian Mitko Kostadinov won bronze medals.[1]
Results edit
| 1st Round | Quarter Finals | Semi Finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
 Zsolt Moradi
| D(11:1) | ||||||||||||||||||
 Andrew Cleeves
| Zsolt Moradi
| D(9:7) | |||||||||||||||||
 Tobias Weiss
| D(10:4) | Tobias Weiss
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 Eric Dubois
| Zsolt Moradi
| D(17:7) | |||||||||||||||||
 Mark McDermott
| D(23:13) | Mark McDermott
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 Jonas Jacobsen
| Mark McDermott
| D(23:20) | |||||||||||||||||
 Wojciech Ołtarzewski
|  Alexander Lane
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| Alexander Lane
| D(15:11) | Zsolt Moradi
| D(13:8) | ||||||||||||||||
 Jure Vetrsek
| D(16:6) |  Neri Stella
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 Hugo Matos
| Jure Vetrsek
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 Clint King
|  Mitko Kostadinov
| D(15:12) | |||||||||||||||||
| Mitko Kostadinov
| D(10:0) | Mitko Kostadinov
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 Bappu Ghule
| Neri Stella
| D(11:1) | |||||||||||||||||
 Guentay Kantarkiran
| D(11:1) | Guentay Kantarkiran
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 Patrick Moosburger
| Neri Stella
| 14:3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Neri Stella
| TKO | ||||||||||||||||||
Key edit
| Abbreviation | Meaning |
|---|---|
| D (3:0) | Decision (Unanimous) |
| D (2:1) | Decision (Split) |
| KO | Knockout |
| TKO | Technical Knockout |
| AB | Abandonment (Injury in match) |
| WO | Walkover (No fight) |
| DQ | Disqualification |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Official WAKO results (Zip File - Click on Pools SC.pdf)". www.wakoweb.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-03-19.