ASBC President Mr. Serik Konakbayev is proud of Asia’s youth performance in St. Petersburg

President of the Asian Boxing Confederation and Vice-President of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) Mr. Serik Konakbayev followed all of the actions in the AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships and the performance of the Asian talents and he was satisfied with their results and developments.
Asia claimed almost record number of 12 medals in the AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships and the continent had six finalists in St. Petersburg. Among them India’s Sachin Siwach Singh, Japan’s Hayato Tsutsumi and Kazakhstan’s Sadriddin Akhmedov won the three gold medals for Asia.
“First of all I would like to congratulate all of the 90 Asian youth boxers who competed in the AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships especially for our 21 quarter-finalists and 12 medallists. To win a medal in an AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships is the first big step for our talents to accomplish their future goals as elite boxers.
Their medals are the result of their hard job, continuous trainings, motivation, concentration, focus and their great fighting spirit. Our boxers worked well enough in the recent editions of the AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships but our current successful performance in St. Petersburg was very important short after the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
We have to keep our focus to the next goal, to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and we have got almost four years to prepare well to our big event. The next edition of the Olympic Games will be held in our continent which will be giving great possibility for our boxers from all regions of Asia to reach higher. I am personally sure our current youth medallists will be joining to their elite teams in their country in the next years and some of them will be our great hopes also in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Kazakhstan won four medals including one gold medal in the AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships in St. Petersburg which means one of our leading country is among the bests in the globe. Sadriddin Akhmedov proved amazing performance in the whole championships and has got bright future.
Uzbekistan’s boxers also achieved four medals in the AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships but this time their youngsters was able to win only silver and bronze medals. Their boxers proved Uzbekistan is also in the best way to keep its top position in the world. India’s gold medal at the light flyweight (49kg) is an amazing comeback of their new national federation.
Japan will be hosting the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and we recognized their hard work already in the 2015 ASBC Asian Confederation Junior Boxing Championships in Tashkent. Hayato Tsutsumi’s gold medal for Japan is a great historical step for the country to get top results among the elite boxers in the upcoming years.
Philippines achieved one bronze medal in their historically best light flyweight (49kg) while China, Chinese Taipei and Kyrgyzstan also had boxers in the Top 8 in the AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships in St. Petersburg.
Besides to our heroes in St. Petersburg we have to mention our developing countries, I mean mainly Afghanistan, Nepal and Singapore which nations sent teams to the AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships. Afghanistan’s youth team has done also good impression, the country won a historical contest in the championships which could be their first step to join to the boxing countries in the future.
As we mentioned in our communication before the competition, the Asian Boxing Confederation is focusing to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and the first big step in that road was the AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships in St. Petersburg.
We showed our continent’s development in St. Petersburg and as a President of the Asian Boxing Confederation I am satisfied with the performance and I am proud of our successes, developments, future potentials and innovations,” said Mr. Serik Konakbayev after the last competition day of the AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships.