Moroccan pugilists offer 6 medals including 4 gold

Moroccan boxers and boxers won six medals, including four gold medals, at the end of the boxing trials, played Thursday at the Al Amal indoor sports hall, as part of the 12th African Games held in the Kingdom until August 31. The Moroccan boxers taking part in these events during the 11th day of the continental tournament have been on the podium several times. Mohamed Hamout won the gold medal in the boxing event, the "pen" category (57kg) after his victory over Ugandan Isaac Masembe 4-1.
His compatriot Abdelhaq Nadir did not fail by offering the second gold medal in the Kingdom in the "lightweight" category by taking the best of the Mauritian Louis Richarno Colin on the score of 3 to 2. The Moroccan dismissed in half final the Namibian Jonas Junias (3-2) and Congolese Fiston Mbaya Mulumba in the quarter-finals (5-0).
Morocco's third gold medal was won by boxer Tarik Allali in the middleweight category (75kg), who beat Uganda's Semmuju David Kavuma 3-2 after ousting Kenyan Cosby Ouma George (5-0).
Moroccan women's boxing did not break the rule by bringing the total gold medal to 4 following the performance of boxer Mardi Khadija in the 75 kg average category after taking over the Mozambican Gramane Rady on the score of 4 to 1.
Youness Baalla missed the opportunity to climb on the top step of the podium and was content with a silver in the "heavy" category (91 kg), after his defeat against the Algerian Abdelhafid Benchabla (1-3). In the semifinal, the 20-year-old Moroccan won against Kenyan Ocholla Elly Ajowi.
Yasmine Mouttaki of Morocco won the silver medal in the "flyweight" category (51kg), after losing her face-to-face match with Algerian Roumaysa Boualam (2-3).
In previous rounds, Yasmine had eliminated Congolese Modestine Munga Zalia (4-1) and Tunisian Amel Chebbi (5-0) in the quarterfinals.