Turkmenistan will compete with top boxers at the Islamic Solidarity Games

Turkmenistan will compete with four top boxers at the Islamic Solidarity Games which opens with its first competition day in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The Islamic Solidarity Games is multisport event hosts every four years and boxing is one of the key sports in their official program. Athletics, swimming, judo, weightlifting, table tennis, fencing, wrestling, equestrian, taekwondo, karate, wushu and many others sports are also in the agenda as well.

Saudi Arabia has a growing sports industry and their Islamic Solidarity Games is the next exemplar for their huge commitment and investment to build up an excellent image.

Turkmenistan sent its boxers to several international competitions this year and their management hosted high number of national events in 2025.

The Asian Boxing Championships competitor Dovlet Muhanov is a young hope in the smaller weight categories but his technical skills are impressive. He has also the height, the enough number of bouts to reach better and better results in the international stage of boxing.

Ihlasbek Kochkarov proved strong development in all aspects of boxing and the 20-year-old boxer made his international debut this year after his excellent performance in the annual Turkmenistan National Championships.

Their No.1, Bayramdurdy Nurmuhammedov is Turkmenistan’s best male boxer who claimed a bronze medal at the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou. The powerful boxer is only 23-year-old but he won several international tournaments in the recent two years including in Kazakhstan, Belarus and other countries.

Abdyrahman Yklymov is another young talent in the national team who competed in the 2024 editions of the Youth World Boxing Championships and the Asian Youth Boxing Championships. The 19-year-old talent was quickly involved to the elite national team this year but he is still in the phase of development.

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