It was clear that Palestinian Wasim Abusal had great crowd support in the arena. But it was Swedish Nebil Ibrahim who won the match by far.
Afterwards, Ibrahim paid tribute to his opponent by having him stand in the middle of the ring and receive the crowd’s cheers.
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– It broke my heart that I had to meet him because I am a big supporter of Palestine. But I tried to turn it around, that it was an honor for me to share the ring with the first Palestinian boxer in the Olympics.
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On Wednesday, Ibrahim faces the reigning world champion Abdumalik Khalokov, Uzbekistan.