Five Asian nations won bouts in the opening day of the Guwahati 2017 AIBA Women’s Youth World Boxing Championships

The first competition day was held with nine preliminary bouts in the Guwahati 2017 AIBA Women’s Youth World Boxing Championships today. Five Asian women talents won their contests in the first day of the competition and some of them have done great surprises with their triumphs. Kazakhstan, South Korea, Mongolia, Tajikistan and Thailand were the victorious Asian countries on Day1.
The total number of the boxers is 160 from 31 nations and among them 67 Asian competitors will be attending for the medals in Guwahati from 14 countries from our continent. China, Chinese Taipei, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam are the participating Asian nations in Guwahati.

Flyweight (51kg):
South Korea’s 17-year-old Kim Chae Won, who trains in the Deokjeong High School, won six national titles in the recent two years but the AIBA Women’s Youth World Boxing Championships is her first ever international competition. The South Korean boxer was motivated against Nepal’s Sanu Maya Thing and her unanimous triumph means she can continue her road in Guwahati in the last 16.
Kazakhstan’s Zhansaya Abdraimova is a native talent in our sport who won the Bekzat Sattarkhanov Women’s Youth Tournament and the Slovakian Cup this year. The Taraz-based Kazakh talent met with France’s Golden Girl Box Cup winner Johanna Wonyou who competed already at the Taipei 2015 AIBA Women’s Junior World Boxing Championships. Abdraimova did her very best in their equal fight and her stamina was enough to win this difficult opening bout by split decision.
Thailand’s Kittiya Nampai received the right at the very first time to compete in an international event but she was not nervous in her debuting contest in Guwahati. The Korat-based boxer, who celebrated her 17th birthday only a few days ago, delivered a big surprise on Day1 when she defeated England’s Commonwealth Youth Games winner Chloe Watson in a hectic preliminary bout.
Mongolia’s Children of Asia Games winner Khongorzul Delgerkhangai is only 17 but she proved top performance in her debuting contest in Guwahati against such strong rival as Bulgaria’s Goryana Stoeva who is the defending EUBC European Women’s Youth Champion at the flyweight (51kg). Delgerkhangai felt the tempo from the first seconds and did not give any chance to her Bulgarian rival which means the Mongolian will be meeting with Japan’s Rinka Kinoshita in the last 16.
Tajikistan sent finally four female boxers to the AIBA Women’s Youth World Boxing Championships as one of their hopeful injured just before the start of the event. Their flyweight (51kg) No.1 Madina Gaforova, who claimed bronze medal in the Umakhanov Women’s Tournament, amazed the crowd and the judges with her speedy technique against China’s Wang Yan and eliminated her top rival in Guwahati.