2024-08-02 23:04:50
“I’m betting that he will reach the final to continue his fight from David to Goliaths,” predicted Mahyar Monshipour, football consultant for Le Parisien for these Olympic Games, on Thursday. Bet won for the former boxing champion. Djamili-Dini Aboudou won by many jurors (4-1) against the Ecuadorian Gerlon Gilmar Congo Chala, in the quarter final over 92 kg, on Friday evening at the Arena Paris Nord (Villepinte).
After Sofiane Oumiha, Thursday evening, and Billal Bennama, this Friday afternoon, the super-heavyweight from Grande-Synthe (North) Olympic medalist, at least bronze. “We are proud of our boxers. We are counting on three or four praises for these Games. So it is a great satisfaction, he bowed to Malik Bouziane, the coach of the French men’s team. But we are not surprised because they have worked hard for the past three years. » Special description for Djamili-Dini Aboudou: “You gave yourself the means, our love, you went to get your medal”, greeted the commander.
After the observation, the Northerner began his boxing while moving, “hopping”, as Mahyar Monshipour described it, and looking for the best time to attack his opponent. He insisted on this final and the judges gave him a slight advantage (3-2).
“I think he will give it”
“At first, I was a little worried. Then I thought he was going to collapse, so I moved forward to make him go back,” indicated Djamili-Dini Aboudou, who raised his level of play in the next two rounds to be more aggressive before losing himself the judges (4-1, 4-1). The Cubans tried to respond in the 3rd round, but the French intervened.
Not a little proud to qualify for the semi-finals, next Thursday, at 10:18 pm, also in Villepinte. “From the beginning, I have tried to give my best. Some people saw that I lost in my first fight. I left it like a hunter. So, everything I win from now on will be extra,” said the boxer, turned on by the many French supporters who had taken over the Villepinte hall.
Tony Yoka and Souleymane Cissokho, two medalists from the Rio Games (2016), also came to encourage the Habs. “All this support gives me strength. Tony Yoka and Souleymane Cissokho, they are models for me,” appreciated Djamili-Dini Aboudou, who will see the Spaniard Ayoub Ghadfa on his way in the next round.
The two men have already met. With victory for all. “It won’t be easy, but I will give it my all. I will not give up,” promised the French boxer.
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