Aibek Abdimomunov Prizes Tournament

Kyrgyzstan’s talents boxed at the Aibek Abdimomunov Tournament
The Aibek Abdimomunov Prizes Tournament was held in the city of Karakol, Kyrgyzstan where the new year’s first event was finished. Their next competition will be the Youth National Championships of Kyrgyzstan and the Duisenkul Shopokov Memorial Tournament in Bishkek later this month.
Aibek Abdimomunov was a great boxer who won the gold medal at the 2004 AIBA Junior World Boxing Championships in Jeju island, Korea and qualified to the Athens 2004 Olympic Games at the age of 19. Abdimomunov had to retire from our beloved combat sport due his continuous injuries but his name is a historical one in Kyrgyzstan therefore the a prizes tournament has been launched in Karakol to remember his greatness.
Kyrgyzstan has got high number of boxers in the country and talents which their two boxers proved at the AIBA Junior World Boxing Championships in St. Petersburg last year where the country took two bronze medals in that important event in the front of the Vice-President of the Asian Boxing Confederation, Mr. Orzubek Nazarov of Kyrgyzstan.
Boxers who were born in 2002 and 2003 were eligible to compete in the schoolboys level where their best performance was delivered by Maksat Zhusupov who came from a boxing family as all of his elder brothers are boxers. Temirlan Asanbekov (38 kg) and 13-year-old Argen Maksat Uulu (48 kg) also proved their skills are enough to compete out of Kyrgyzstan in the recent years.
The new junior age group relates to the athletes who were born in 2000 or in 2001. Kyrgyzstan’s Junior National Champion Adilet Egemberdi Uulu has got high number of international bouts in spite of the fact he is only 15 yet. He defeated Aydar Azamat Uulu in the final of the event and continued his winning path in the local boxing competitions. Beksultan Uran Uulu and Daniyar Abdrasulov both won their weight classes in Karakol.
Youth boxers will have great actions in 2016 therefore the 1998-1999 age group can expect busy months in the international level. A talented Kyrgyz youth hope Nurzhigit Dyushebayev defeated Junior National Champion 17-year-old Rustam Muratov in the final of the Youth Light Flyweight class (49 kg) which was a small sensation in the Aibek Abdimomunov Prizes Tournament in Karakol.
Kyrgyzstan’s 17-year-old Ramazan Suranchiyev has got great experiences in the international level and he could prove his great technique once again in Karakol. Junior National Champion Anarbek Zhaparov of Issyk-Kul region moved up to the Lightweight class (60 kg) where he had to beat 17-year-old Dmitriy Puchnin in the final which was one of the best bout of the entire Aibek Abdimomunov Prizes Tournament.

Winners in the Aibek Abdimomunov Tournament
Schoolboys 34 kg: Erzhan Avenov, Kyrgyzstan
Schoolboys 36 kg: Maksat Zhusupov, Kyrgyzstan
Schoolboys 38 kg: Temirlan Asanbekov, Kyrgyzstan
Schoolboys 40 kg: Nurbolot Zhyrgalov, Kyrgyzstan
Schoolboys 48 kg: Argen Maksat Uulu, Kyrgyzstan
Schoolboys 57 kg: Nursalim Kurmanbayev, Kyrgyzstan
Junior 50 kg: Beksultan Uran Uulu, Kyrgyzstan
Junior 54 kg: Adilet Egemberdi Uulu, Kyrgyzstan
Junior 60 kg: Daniyar Abdrasulov, Kyrgyzstan
Youth 49 kg: Nurzhigit Dyushebayev, Kyrgyzstan
Youth 52 kg: Ramazan Suranchiyev, Kyrgyzstan
Youth 60 kg: Anarbek Zhaparov, Kyrgyzstan
Youth 64 kg: Daniyar Muratbekov, Kyrgyzstan
Youth 75 kg: Kairat Turusbekov, Kyrgyzstan
Youth 81 kg: Islam Abdukadyrov, Kyrgyzstan