Bhutan will be sending its elite team to the ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships to Tashkent

The Bhutan Boxing Federation will be sending 5-strong team to the upcoming ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships to Tashkent, Uzbekistan which event will be starting on April 27. The country is very active in the international level and their South Korean coach made new influences in their boxing’s life.
The Bhutan Boxing Federation has been sending their athletes to the AIBA and ASBC competitions since 2010 and their boxers raised their experiences in the international level. Bhutan sent boxers to the 2013 AIBA Junior World Boxing Championships to Kiev and their athletes have been there also in the Children of Asia Games in Yakutsk, Russia in 2012. Their young team competed well also in the 2016 ASBC Asian Confederation Youth Boxing Championships in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan.
It was the first time when a local TV channel was broadcasted the Bhutan National Boxing Championships last year which was a great success in the country’s boxing life. Bhutan Boxing Federation hosted their National Championships last year and 67 elite men athletes took part in the competition from all regions of the Kingdom. Bhutan claimed two bronze medals in the last edition of the South Asian Games and none of the region’s best boxers were able to beat them only by points.
Their light flyweight (49kg) boxer Tashi Wangdi competed in the 2014 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships and also in the 2016 South Asian Games therefore he is very experienced among the team members. The 21-year-old talent has got great technique and could be competitive rival for the bests of his weight class.
Bhutan’s flyweight (52kg) No.1 Ugyen Thinley is only 19 who attended in the last edition of the ASBC Asian Confederation Youth Boxing Championships in Pavlodar. Their experienced trio Dorji Nima (56kg), Sonam Tshewang (60kg) and Sangay Wangdi (69kg) all competed in the 2016 South Asian Games in Shillong.
The registrations to the ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships are open and several of our developing Asian nations besides to Bhutan such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Macau, Malaysia, Nepal, Lebanon, Pakistan, Qatar and Sri Lanka are also planning to send teams to Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
The ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships will be also the lone qualification event for the Hamburg 2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships. The Tashkent event will be starting on April 27 and the Top6 boxers in each weight classes will be qualified for the Hamburg 2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships.