Central Asian dominancy on Day2

The ASBC Asian Junior Championships continued with its second competition day in Shymkent, Kazakhstan where 13 contests were scheduled. The Central Asian nations such as host Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan dominated Day2 while six of the athletes in the heaviest weight classes secured their places in the finals.

In the opening contest of Day2 AIBA Team’s Varinder Singh met with China’s Ma Jiawei in the light flyweight class in the preliminary round. The Punjab-based boxer secured the gold medal in the Indian Sub-Junior National Championships and defeated his Chinese opponent who was one of the best in their current junior selection.

Kyrgyzstan’s light flyweight hope Mukhammad Ravshanbek Ulu claimed a bronze medal in the Suleimenov Junior Tournament last year in Kazakhstan. The 15-year-old Kyrgyz hope returned to Kazakhstan and proved his developed boxing level against Sri Lanka’s Handuwalage Pasidu Handuwala during his opening contest which resulted for him a place in the quarter-final of the championships.

Japan’s first triumph in Shymkent was achieved by Maruta Hinata who moved down a division just before the ASBC Asian Junior Championships. The Japanese light bantamweight proved better footwork than United Arab Emirates’ Saeed Al-Hefeiti in the opening preliminary round in Shymkent. Hinata will be celebrating his 16th birthday on Thursday and he would need only one further step to get at least a bronze medal in the continental event.

Kazakhstan’s Stanislav Kalitskiy could not win the Junior National Championships in January but in spite of his loss in the semi-final he received the right to compete for the host nation in Shymkent. Following his gold medal in the Yukov Junior Memorial Tournament last month he was too strong for Bhutan’s Tshering Wangchuk in the opening round. The boxer from Bhutan has been boxing since 2008 but made his debut outside of the country in Shymkent.

Kazakhstan’s Sabyrzhan Abilov is still unbeaten in the year of 2013 and following his debut in the ASBC Asian Junior Championships he was able to keep his perfect record. The featherweight boxer who has been boxing in Kyzyl-Orda was more experienced than China’s Junior National Championships bronze medallist Cai Yuxin.

The host nation’s light welterweight boxer Vladislav Stolbovskiy also won all of his contests in 2013 and met with one of his main rival in the opening round of the championships. Stolbovskiy is another fighter from the city of Karaganda who eliminated Uzbekistan’s newly crowned Junior National Champion Sirojiddin Shodiljonov who replaced Liyodullo Tulkinov just before the competition.

Kazakhstan’s further triumph was delivered by Almaty-based Kadyrbek Sadykbek in the 70kg weight category where he outpointed Japan’s hope Ren Umemura who did not celebrate his 15th birthday yet. Sadykbek advanced to the final of the division where he will not meet Uzbekistan’s Kazimbek Mardonov who was one of the biggest weapon of the Central Asians in the Matviychuk Junior Tournament in Russia two months ago.

The host nation’s another victory was achieved by Aidos Duash who was too strong for Tajikistan’s Mezhenov Junior Tournament silver medallist Faridun Azimov in the 80kg weight class and also advanced to the final of the ASBC Asian Junior Championships. The Almaty-based Duash will be fighting for the gold against Uzbekistan’s Junior National Champion Obidjon Tokhirov who eliminated Kuwait’s Sulaiman Al-Sweed in the second semi-final of the weight category.

Kazakhstan’s Dmitriy Zisko turned to 16 last week and celebrated his birthday with a possibility for the gold medal in the ASBC Asian Junior Championships. The super heavyweight fighter eliminated Kuwait’s Solaiman Al-Enezi whose elder brothers are also boxers in the national squad. Zisko will now meet in the final United Arab Emirates’ Abdul Azizi Bal Harth who defeated Tajikistan’s Aminjon Murodov.