Bakr and Gendy qualify to quarter finals in AFBC

CAIRO – 21 June 2017: Egyptian national team boxers Islam Gendy and Hossam Bakr qualified for the quarter finals in the AFBC Boxing Championships held in Brazzaville, Congo June 17-25.

Gendy managed to win in the 16th round against a Moroccan player in the 64kg class, and Bakr made it to the quarter finals after beating the champion of Uganda in the 16th round of the 75kg group.

Fellow Egyptian Hesham Yehya was knocked out of the tournament after losing to a Moroccan player in the 16th round of the 60kg weight class.

Egypt sent five competitors to the tournament: Hossam Bakr (under 75kg), Hesham Yehia (under 60kg), Islam Gendy (under 64kg), Walid Said (under 69kg) and Yasser Rezk (above 91kg).