Strandja

Panghal, who recently won the gold medal in the Strandja Memorial tournament, is the current national champion and has been looking in great touch.

Advantage Perez, it would appear, though Herrera has at least one more bout in the Strandja in which to impress USA Boxing.

The Strandja is being used by USA Boxing as its final tool in determining the U.S. team that will compete at an Americas Olympic qualifying tournament in Buenos Aires this spring.

Relying on counter-attacks in the first two rounds, the Strandja Memorial silver-medallist went on the offensive in the final three minutes.

Asian Championships bronze-medallist Seema Poonia (+81kg) entered the finals, while two other women boxers settled for bronze medals at the Strandja Memorial Tournament in Sofia.