Li Jiazhao: Boxing Career and Results
Li Jiazhao won bronze in the light-flyweight division at the 2009 AIBA World Boxing Championships in Milan. His finish placed him among the medalists in a field of 48 kg competitors from across the world.
Li’s quarterfinal breakthrough
The light-flyweight competition was the championship’s lightest weight category and took place at the Mediolanum Forum. Li represented China in a draw that included leading boxers from Europe, Asia and the Americas.
In the quarterfinals, he defeated Poland’s Łukasz Maszczyk, the tournament’s top seed. The contest ended through a referee stoppage because of injury in round three. That victory secured Li’s place in the semifinals and guaranteed him a medal.
The semifinal and final standings
Mongolia’s Pürevdorjiin Serdamba defeated Li 11–7 in the semifinal. Serdamba subsequently won the final against Russia’s David Ayrapetyan, taking gold while Ayrapetyan received silver. Li shared bronze with South Korea’s Shin Jong-Hun.
The embedded video features the meeting between Li and Serdamba. It shows the contest that ended Li’s run, rather than the quarterfinal that had already secured his podium place.
A semifinal loss did not erase the achievement of reaching the final four, because both losing semifinalists received bronze.
Sources
Career records and reporting: scribd.com; boxrec.com.
Tags
Boxing, Boxing History
