Yousry Hafez

Yousry Hafez (born 30 August 1993) is an Egyptian amateur boxer who competed at the 2017 and 2019 World Championships. He has also won gold medals at the 2018 Mediterranean Games and 2019 African Games.

Yousry Hafez
Statistics
Real name	Yousry Rezk Mostafa Hafez
Weight(s)	Super-heavyweight
Height	6 ft 4 ^1⁄2 in (1.94 m)
Nationality	Egyptian
Born	30 August 1993 Cairo, Egypt
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing  Egypt African Games 2019 Rabat Super-heavyweight Mediterranean Games 2018 Tarragona Super-heavyweight African Championships 2017 Brazzaville Super-heavyweight

Amateur career

His first international medal was at the 2017 African Championships in Brazzaville, where he lost in the semi-finals to eventual gold medalist Arsène Fokou and took home a bronze medal.[1] He then competed in that year's World Championships in Hamburg, losing in his first bout against Joseph Goodall.[2] He won a gold medal at the 2018 Mediterranean Games, winning every fight by unanimous decision (UD) and beating Mohamed Firisse of Tunisia in the final,[3] and soon achieved another gold medal at the 2019 African Games.[4] The latter qualified him for the 2019 World Championships in Yekaterinburg, where he managed to win his first fight against Brazilian representative Joel da Silva.[5] In the 2020 African Olympic Qualification Tournament, he was the number one seed in the super-heavyweight bracket, but was eliminated in the first round by Maxime Njieyo Yegnong by split decision.[6]

Amateur results

2015 National Championships in Egypt (super-heavyweight)[7] Lost to Issa Ahmed Madian Kassem 0–3 2016 African Olympic Qualification Tournament in Yaoundé, Cameroon (super-heavyweight)[8] Defeated Fred Ramogi (Kenya) 3–0 Lost to Aymen Trabelsi (Tunisia) 0–3 2016 National Championships in Egypt (super-heavyweight)[7] 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku, Azerbaijan (super-heavyweight)[9] Lost to Magomedrasul Medzhidov (Azerbaijan) AB2 2017 African Championships in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo (super-heavyweight)[10] Defeated Hamza Beguerni (Algeria) 4–1 Defeated Keddy Agnes (Seychelles) 5–0 Lost to Arsène Fokou (Cameroon) AB2 2017 World Championships in Hamburg, Germany (super-heavyweight)[11] Lost to Joseph Goodall (Australia) 0–5

2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Spain (super-heavyweight))[12] Defeated Dašo Simeunović (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 5–0 Defeated Eren Uzun (Turkey) 5–0 Defeated Djamili-Dine Aboudou (France) 5–0 Defeated Mohamed Firisse (Morocco) 5–0 2019 African Games in Rabat, Morocco (super-heavyweight)[13] Defeated Chouaib Bouloudinat (Algeria) 4–1 Defeated Solomon Imoleayo Adebayo (Nigeria) 5–0 Defeated Jeamie Tshikeva (Democratic Republic of the Congo) 4–1 2019 World Championships in Yekaterinburg, Russia (super-heavyweight)[14] Defeated Joel da Silva (Brazil) 5–0 Lost to Mahammad Abdullayev (Azerbaijan) 2–3 2019 National Championships in Asyut, Egypt (super-heavyweight)[15] 2019 Military World Games in Wuhan, China (super-heavyweight)[16] Defeated Vladan Babić (Serbia) 5–0 Lost to Haipeng Mou (China) 1–4 2020 African Olympic Qualification Tournament in Diamniadio, Senegal (super-heavyweight)[6] Lost to Maxime Njieyo Yegnong (Cameroon) 2–3

References

1. Palmer, Dan (24 June 2017). "Cameroon clinch two women's titles at African Boxing Championships". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
2. "Jordan, Netherlands and South Korea teams progress on Day Two of the 2017 AIBA World Championships in Hamburg". AIBA. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
3. Isaac, Sina (1 July 2018). "Egypt closes 2018 Mediterranean Games with three boxing gold medals". KingFut. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
4. Yahya, Yasmine (29 August 2019). "يسري حافظ يتوج بذهبية الملاكمة بدورة الألعاب الإفريقية". Youm7. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
5. Al Kilani, Khaled (16 September 2019). "يسرى حافظ يتأهل لثمن نهائى بطولة العالم للملاكمة". Mobtada. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
6. Lewis, Ron (25 February 2020). "Boxing Olympic Qualification – Dakar – Day 6 As It Happened". olympicchannel.com. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
7. "2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships Boxers' profile" (PDF). AIBA. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
8. "African Olympic Qualifier". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
9. "4.Islamic Solidarity Games". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
10. "19.African Championships Results". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
11. "19.World Championships Results". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
12. "18.Mediterranean Games Results". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
13. "Jeux Africains - Rabat 2019 Results" (PDF). amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
14. "20.World Championships Results" (PDF). amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
15. "Egyptian National Championships Results" (PDF). amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
16. "7th CISM Military World Games - Boxing Resuts". milsport.one. Retrieved 11 November 2020.