Ayesha Mumtaz is Pakistan’s second female Asian medallist of all times
Ayesha Mumtaz is Pakistan’s second female medallist in the history of the Asian Boxing Championships following her fantastic semi-final triumph.
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Chinese Taipei, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Vietnam are the participating 26 nations in the event.
The 2008 and 2009 born boxers will be able to compete at the junior age group in Al Ain, UAE. Boxers who were born in 2010 and in 2011 will be eligible to participate in the schoolboys and schoolgirls competition.
India’s Joni opened her campaign with a success during the preliminaries and she started her quarter-final against Mongolia’s Altanzul Altangadas aggressively. The Indian southpaw was slightly better in the exchanges in the first and second rounds to win the opening bout of the sixth competition day.
Pakistan sent one junior girl to the championship but their Ayesha Mumtaz proved her nice technical skills against Vietnam’s Nguyen Thi Hong Yen in the first round of their pinweight (46kg) contest. Mumtaz overcame her Vietnamese opponent in the attacks and her left-handed hooks were decisive in their quarter-final bout which means that Pakistan earned its second female Asian medal in their boxing history.
Uzbekistan’s Maftuna Musurmonova has strong junior results from 2023 and she is one of the stars of their female national team. The 16-year-old talent used her quarter-final bout against Sri Lanka’s Mudiyanselage Herath as a warm-up for the next challenges in the medal phase. Musurmonova will now meet for the title contest Kazakhstan’s Madira Zhumakan who had a hectic victory over Ukraine’s Anastasia Tiurina.
Kazakhstan’s Aiym Tankibayeva was silver medallist in the last edition and she moved up to the light flyweight (48kg) to be a champion in Al Ain. The 16-year-old Kazakh eliminated Sri Lanka’s brave girl, Nethmi Avishka Gimhani Gamage and she joined the semi-finals of the light flyweight (48kg). The Kazakh boxer will be fighting in the last four with Chinese Taipei’s Chen Fang Yu who eliminated Uzbekistan’s Mukhtasar Aliyeva, a winner from several international tournaments.
Uzbekistan’s Nilufar Khamdamova progressed well in the recent two years since her participation at the Schoolgirls National Championships but she had to do her very best against Mongolia’s Suvd-Erdene Bayanmunkh to win their flyweight (50kg) quarter-final. Her semi-final opponent will be Ukraine’s Uliana Ovsepian who had a stoppage triumph over her Sri Lankan rival today.
Chinese Taipei’s Shen Sin Ai is the defending Asian Junior Champion but she expected a hard battle against Kazakhstan’s Sila Bibolsynkyzy who has also strong achievements from the previous two years. The southpaw from Chinese Taipei used her left jabs to stop her Kazakh opponent and her tactics were excellent in the second and third rounds in Al Ain where she is aiming for the next title.
Chinese Taipei has a strong female junior team and following their two victories today, Chou Shi Chun also added an extra performance to her quarter-final. She attacked effectively Mongolia’s Aminaa Azjargal and all of the five judges favoured her after two minutes of fight. Chou landed the better shots in the second round as well and Azjargal was not able to find any weapons against her therefore Chinese Taipei won its third bout today.
Amisha Kerketta is one of the flag bearers of the Indian female junior team who bagged a silver medal at the 2023 Junior World Boxing Championships. The 16-year-old boxer was dominant against Philippines’ Ermalie Caballero in the first round and her strong punches guaranteed the RSC triumph for the Indian.
Tajikistan’s Women’s Junior World silver medallist Farinoz Abdulloyeva used her opponent, Kazakhstan’s Shyryn Manapova’s faults to catch her with counter-attacks in this bantamweight (54kg) quarter-final. The 16-year-old Abdulloyeva is the biggest female talent in Tajikistan and she proved her excellent skills and speed to win an Asian medal in Al Ain. The Tajik girl will be boxing in the semi-final with Uzbekistan’s Farzuna Ruziyeva who turned back her contest against Ukraine’s Viktoria Rosetska.
Kazakhstan’s Aiganym Kadyrkhan and Uzbekistan’s Bakhora Esonova had very similar fighting style in the first round at the featherweight (57kg) quarter-final. Almost all of the scorecards showed equal points on both sides after two rounds Kadyrkhan had to do her very best in the last period to eliminate the Uzbek. Chinese Taipei’s Lin Li Jun won the last bout of the afternoon session, she stopped Kyrgyzstan’s Aziza Bazarkulova.
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