Men's Light-Contact at WAKO World Championships 2007 Belgrade -79 kg

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The men's 79 kg (173.8 lbs) Light-Contact category at the W.A.K.O. World Championships 2007 in Belgrade was the fifth heaviest of the male Light-Contact tournaments falling between middleweight and light heavyweight when compared to Low-Kick and K-1's weight classes. There were twenty-three men from three continents (Europe, Asia and Africa) taking part in the competition. Each of the matches was three rounds of two minutes each and were fought under Light-Contact rules.

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Owing to the unequal number of fighters not suitable for a thirty-two man tournament, nine of the contestants had byes through to the second round. The tournament gold medalist was the Hungarian Zoltan Dancso who won gold by defeating the German Stefan Bücker by split decision. By virtue of reaching the semi-finals, Slovak Martin Navratil and Poland's Robert Matyja won bronze medals. [1]

Results

1st round 2nd round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Flag of Germany.svg Stefan Bücker D(3:0)
Flag of India.svg Mukeshar R. Chowdhury  
Flag of Germany.svg Stefan Bücker D(2:1)
Flag of Russia.svg Ruslan Ishmakov  
Flag of Russia.svg Ruslan Ishmakov DQ
Flag of Slovenia.svg Mirzad Vukalic   Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nicholas Gardner  
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nicholas Gardner D(3:0) Flag of Germany.svg Stefan Bücker D(3:0)
Flag of Slovakia.svg Martin Navratil  
Flag of Turkey.svg Volkan Karaduman D(3:0)
Flag of Iran.svg Armin Ghenaati Yeganeh   Flag of South Africa.svg Mark Welvering  
Flag of South Africa.svg Mark Welvering DEC(3:0) Flag of Turkey.svg Volkan Karaduman  
Flag of Slovakia.svg Martin Navratil D(3:0)
Flag of Ireland.svg Stewart Edgeworth  
Flag of Slovakia.svg Martin Navratil D(3:0) Flag of Slovakia.svg Martin Navratil D(3:0)
Flag of Austria.svg Bernhard Sussitz   Flag of Germany.svg Stefan Bücker  
Flag of Hungary.svg Zoltan Dancso D(2:1)
Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Primitivi D(3:0)
Flag of Sweden.svg Olle Blomquist D(3:0) Flag of Sweden.svg Olle Blomquist  
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Toni Cerundolo   Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Primitivi  
Flag of Poland.svg Robert Matyja D(2:1)
Flag of France.svg Mamadou Traore  
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Homolka   Flag of Poland.svg Robert Matyja D(3:0)
Flag of Poland.svg Robert Matyja D(3:0) Flag of Poland.svg Robert Matyja  
Flag of Hungary.svg Zoltan Dancso D(3:0)
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ruslan Batrudtinov  
Flag of North Macedonia.svg Slobodan Kajmakoski   Flag of Croatia.svg Sanjin Dedic D(3:0)
Flag of Croatia.svg Sanjin Dedic D(3:0) Flag of Croatia.svg Sanjin Dedic  
Flag of Portugal.svg Hugo Matos   Flag of Hungary.svg Zoltan Dancso D(2:1)
Flag of Romania.svg Daniel Lazar D(3:0) Flag of Romania.svg Daniel Lazar  
Flag of Hungary.svg Zoltan Dancso D(3:0)

Key

AbbreviationMeaning
D (3:0)Decision (Unanimous)
D (2:1)Decision (Split)
KOKnockout
TKOTechnical Knockout
ABAbandonment (Injury in match)
WOWalkover (No fight)
DQDisqualification

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References

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