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Bulgaria's Tervel Pulev has failed to make it to the boxing finals in London, and has won a bronze medal. Photo by BGNES
Bulgarian boxer Tervel Pulev has won a bronze medal in the boxing tournament of the London Olympics.
Pulev lost his semi-final match in the 91 kg boxing category Friday against current world champion Aleksandr Usik from Ukraine.
Usik, who was fifth in the Beijing four years ago, beat Bulgaria's Tervel Pulev, aka 'The Little Cobra', by 21:5 points on Friday.
Thus, Tervel Pulev has won the only boxing medal for Bulgaria from the London Olympics.
Tervel Pulev is the younger brother of Kubrat Pulev, aka "The Cobra", the first Bulgarian professional boxer.
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