Turkish boxer Cakiroglu becomes European champion for 3rd time in a row

ISTANBUL

Turkish boxer Buse Naz Cakiroglu became European champion for the 3rd time in a row on Saturday.

Cakiroglu defeated Anastasia Kool from Russia to win the gold medal in the Women’s Boxing Championships’ 52 kg final in Serbia’s capital Belgrade.

Having two golds at European Championship events, the 27-year-old previously bagged a silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics and a gold in the 2022 IBA Women’s World Boxing Championship.

In the women’s 66 kg final, Busenaz Surmeneli, another Turkish boxer, bagged the gold medal after beating Albina Moldazhanova from Russia.

Surmeneli, 25, previously made history at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in women’s welterweight, sealing the first-ever Olympics medal in boxing for Türkiye.