European lightheavyweight champion Ward overcame the bullish
Bektemir Melikuziev of Uzbekistan in their last-four clash, with the Moate man claiming a 3-2 splitdecision victory.
On Monday night, Uzbekistan's
Bektemir Melikuziev played Rocky as he hammered Vikas Krishan with a unanimous 3- 0 verdict in the men's 75 kg quarter- finals.
He is rated as third favourite to take top spot in Rio at 7-1 behind Cuba's Arlen Lopez (3-1) and
Bektemir Melikuziev of Uzbekistan (6-1).
There was no stopping Cuban top seed Arlen Lopez in his 75kg middle weight title bout against
Bektemir Melikuziev of Uzbekistan.
The event was attended by Assembly's Chairman
Bektemir Murzubraimov, Chief of the President's Administration Daniyar Narymbayev and representatives of the Assembly itself.
Ward fights Olympic middleweight silver medallist
Bektemir Melikuziev of Uzbekistan this evening in the 81kg division in Hamburg.
Vikas, next faces strong
Bektemir Melikuziev from Uzbekistan.
There were no such shocks in the two 75kg middleweight semi-finals, where the two pre-match favourites, top-seeded Cuban Arlen Lopez and powerful Uzbek
Bektemir made it to the title round with unanimous 3-0 wins over Egypt's Hosam Abdin and Ireland's Michael O'Reilly, respectively.
Bobirmirzo Tolipov (60 kg),
Bektemir Melikuziyev (75 kg), Obidjon Tokhirov (81 kg) and Rakhmatilla Gofurov (91 kg) have become bronze medalists.
The 23-year-old will face a major test in his last-four clash on Friday as he will meet world and Olympic middleweight silver medallist
Bektemir Melikuziev of Uzbekistan.