Asian Games bronze medallist Ali Qasim Al-Sarray is the top Iraqi in their Astana line-ups

Iraq will send record-breaking 16 boxers to the forthcoming ASBC Asian U22 & Youth Boxing Championships to Astana, Kazakhstan.

Iraq sent their boxers in all of the previous editions and the country earned one silver and four bronze medals in the 2022 ASBC Asian U22 Boxing Championships in Tashkent. Among those boxers many of them are now members of the Iraqi elite national team and competed in top championships.

The 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 born boxers will be able to compete at the U22 age group in Astana, Kazakhstan. Boxers who were born in 2006 and in 2007 will be eligible to participate in the youth age group in this specific continental event.

Mr. Abdulzahra Jawad Al-Azah and Mr. Rafid Khaleel Ismael Al-Dayyeni are responsible for the U22 national team in this event. Finally, the management of the Iraqi Boxing Federation selected eight youth male U22 boxers to the competition with medal hopes.

Ali Qasim Hamdan Al-Sarray not only earned a silver at the 2022 ASBC Asian U22 Boxing Championships but he bagged a bronze at the recent Asian Games. The 21-year-old light welterweight (63.5kg) boxer is the highest ranked Iraqi in the international stage and he will be the flag bearer of the U22 squad in Astana.

The Elite National Champion Karrar Hayder Kadhim (54kg), Karrar Hayder Ismael (67kg) and Muqtada Falah Al-Abboodi (92kg) are the next experienced trio in the U22 national team. Alhashid Sport’s Sajjad Safaa Ismael has medal hopes at the minimumweight (48kg) following his elite national title which he achieved in 2023.

Mr. Mohammed Ghaleb Al-Kattat is the coach in the youth national team who arranged the training schedules of the boxers before the start of the championships. Eight youth male boxers have been selected to compete in Astana with high hopes.

Abbas Qasim Hamdan Al-Sarray is Ali’s younger brother who will compete at the youth bantamweight (54kg) in Astana. The 18-year-old Mohammed Waleed Hameed Al-Mhanawi is their next medal hope at the youth light welterweight (63.5kg). Ali Hameed Salim Al-Lami (48kg) and Mustafa Imad Kareem (57kg) both were born only in 2007 and will be making their debuts in the youth national team in Kazakhstan’s capital.

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