ANTHONY Ogogo will take on Korea’s Sung Woo in the preliminary round of the AIBA World Boxing Championships, in Azerbaijan, on October 1.
The 22-year-old from Lowestoft, boxing in the 75kg category, will automatically win a place for next year’s London Olympics, providing he reaches the quarter-finals in Baku.
Shouold Ogogo, who is not seeded, progress, he will then fight Swaziland’s Muza Ngozo or fourth-seed, Artem Chebotarev, from Russia, in the next round.
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