ASTANA. August 3. KAZINFORM Capital of Kazakhstan's national team at the 2012 Olympic Games in London Serik Sapiyev stands a good chance to win in a boxing event tonight.

Head of Kazakhstani delegation at London-2012 Kairat Manashev says, according to Vesti.kz.

Serik Sapiyev is set to get in the ring at Men's Welter (69 kg) Round of 16 at 3:15 a.m. Astana time. He will fight against Yasuhiro Suzuki of Japan. It is worth mentioning, these athletes met before at the 2011 World Championship in Baku, Azerbaijan, where Sapiyev won 25:12.

Serik Sapiyev, one of the most decorated boxers in Kazakhstan, skipped the first lap of the competition and starts his Olympic journey in London from Round of 16.