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India’s Shiva Thapa off to fiery start in Commonwealth Games

Asian star Shiva Thapa of India came through with a victorious debut in the 2022 Commonwealth Games after thrashing Suleman Baloch of Pakistan, 5-0, in the light welterweight (63.5kg) division on the opening day of boxing competition in Birmingham, England. The 28-year-old Thapa, who made history by winning five straight medals in the ASBC Asian ... More

ASBC to hold 2 more major competitions this year

After the successful staging of Under-22 and youth & junior tournaments, the Asian Boxing Confederation (ASBC) is set to hold the Asian Elite Men’s & Women’s Boxing Championships and the Asian Schoolboys & Schoolgirls Boxing Championships later this year. The ASBC Elite tilt was rescheduled for October 21 to November 2 in a venue ... More

Five Uzbeks cruise to Kuwait international tilt finals

round of the 1st Kuwait International Boxing Championships held over the weekend in the Kuwaiti capital. AIBA World Boxing Championships 2021 silver finisher Khalokov, who is also a former youth world champion and youth Olympics winner, was too quick to handle for Hong Kong’s Tso Sing Yu as the 22-year-old star scored a decisive 5-0 victory in ... More

Tajikistan’s Asian champs Usmonov, Boltayev retain national titles

Asian champions Bakhodur Usmonov and Davlat Boltayev successfully defended their respective titles in the Tajikistan Men’s Elite National Championships that took place recently in the capital city of Dushanbe. ASBC Asian Championships 2019 gold medalist and 2021 bronze winner Usmonov lorded over the light welterweight (63.5kg) division anew after ... More

Sukthet, Pidnuch power Thailand’s strong start in maiden Kuwait international joust

Emerging national boxers Sarawat Sukthet and Khunatip Pidnuch fueled Thailand’s fiery start to its campaign in the 1st Kuwait International Elite Boxing Championships being held in the Kuwaiti capital. Sukthet, a silver medalist in the Youth Olympic Games 2018 and a national champion at the age of 19 in 2020, made a triumphant return from an ... More

Asian Games in Hangzhou rescheduled for September 2023

The postponed 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China have been reset to September 23 to October 8, 2023, with the boxing tournament being seen as one of the most important competitions for the national federations in the calendar. The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) confirmed the new dates on Tuesday and said it took them two months of discussions with ... More

Young Kyrgyz and Uzbek stars dazzle in Abdykalykov tournament

Up-and-coming young fighters from Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan reigned supreme in the Nurlan Abdykalykov Tournament held recently in the Kyrgyz village of Kochkor. Eleven Under-22 standouts emerged atop their respective weight divisions in the tourney named in honor of one of the host country’s top boxers in the 1980s. Among them was Kyrgyzstan... More

Kazakhstan dominates Aitenov Brothers youth tilt

Host nation Kazakhstan seized 11 of the 13 gold medals in the 22nd Aitenov Brothers Youth Tournament that concluded over the weekend in the city of Kostanay. ASBC Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships 2022 silver medalists Daulet Tulemisov and Sultanbek Aibaruly spearheaded the gold haul of the hometown heroes. Tulemisov followed up his ... More

Obituary for Mr. Salehi

The Asian Boxing Confederation, led by President Pichai Chunhavajra,  expresses its sincere condolences to the bereaved famIly of Mr. Javad Salehi, father of Siamak Salehi, vice president of the Iranian Boxing Federation. The older Salehi passed away recently of a heart attack. He was 80 years old. The reader is requested to say a prayer ... More

Erkinboyev, other Asian winners zoom to Aitenov finals

Reigning Asian youth champion Fazliddin Erkinboyev of Uzbekistan and fellow Asian medalists overcame their respective assignments in the semifinals of the 22nd Aitenov Brothers Youth Tournament in Kostanay, Kazakhstan over the weekend. The 17-year-old Erkinboyev, who won the welterweight (67kg) title in the ASBC Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Cha... More