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Bulgaria's Ergyunal Sebahtin takes bronze at European Boxing Championship in Yerevan

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Ergyunal Sebahtin brought the first medal for Bulgaria from the European Men's Boxing Championship in Yerevan, Armenia, and defeated Ireland's Ricky Nesbitt 5-0. 

With this victory, Sebahtin secured a minimum bronze medal in the final on Sunday, when he will face Italian Leonardo Esposito.

Today there are three more matches in the programme with Bulgarian participation. These are the athletes Kristian Nikolov (80 kg), the 6-time European champion in youth and men Daniel Assenov (54 kg) and Javier Ibanez (57 kg).



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