Fozilova, Kazakova, and Kizatova are near to defend their U22 thrones
Farzona Fozilova, Feruza Kazakova and Zhasmin Kizatova all need only one further step to defend their thrones at the ASBC Asian U22 Boxing Championships Astana, Kazakhstan.
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.
The women’s will be able to compete in the U22 and youth age groups in the following weight categories: 48kg, 50kg, 52kg, 54kg, 57kg, 60kg, 63kg, 66kg, 70kg, 75kg, 81kg and +81kg. The men’s weight categories in both age groups will be the 48kg, 51kg, 54kg, 57kg, 60kg, 63.5kg, 67kg, 71kg, 75kg, 80kg, 86kg, 92kg and +92kg.
Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, Timor Leste, Chinese Taipei, India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and Vietnam are the participating 25 countries in Astana.
Altogether 130 female and 267 male boxers from all regions of Asia will compete for the 50 gold medals in the championship.
Uzbekistan’s Asian U22 Champion Farzona Fozilova has excellent footwork and she found the best attacking positions against Vietnam’s Pham Thi Quynh Anh in the first and second rounds. The Uzbek minimumweight (48kg) boxer won all of the three rounds in each judges’ scorecard therefore she will now meet for the title India’s Guddi.
Chinese Taipei’s Liu Yu Shan opened the first round well enough against Kazakhstan’s Gulnar Turapbay but her local opponent felt the support of the home crowd and she turned back his semi-final bout. India’s experienced Tammana, a previous Asian Youth Champion, eliminated Mongolia’s Altanbek Khulan and she will be Turapbay’s opponent in the light flyweight (50kg) final.
Uzbekistan’s Feruza Kazakova won several Asian titles, she impressed also in other international competitions and she had the advantage in number of bouts against India’s Youth World Champion Devika Satyajit Ghorpade. The 21-year-old Uzbek exceeded her opponent in all levels of boxing and she will now meet for the title of the flyweight (52kg) Kazakhstan’s promising Anita Adisheva.
India’s Paris Olympian Preeti walked over to the semi-finals of the bantamweight (54kg) following her strong Uzbek opponent, Nigina Uktamova has injured before the contest. Preeti remained the lone quota holder in the Asian U22 Championships but she had a seriously difficult job against Thailand’s Natnicha Chongprongklang. Preeti received huge number punches from the Thai side but she can box for the title with Kazakhstan’s Elina Bazarova.
India’s Youth World Champion Poonam delivered much better performance in the semi-finals of the featherweight (57kg) than in the previous round. The 22-year-old Indian worked from counter-attacking distance and she used her reach well enough to beat Mongolia’s Tsendoo Munkhbat today. Poonam will meet for the title of the championship with Kazakhstan’s Anel Sakysh who has just moved up to this weight class.
China’s Ayiguzaili Maihesuti felt after the first exchanges that she can finish her lightweight (60kg) semi-final quickly against Singapore’s Zann Chee today. The Xinjiang-based Chinese girl was confirmed as the winner of the semi-final after two minutes of fight following the standing counts. Maihesuti will now meet Kazakhstan’s Shakhnaz Issayeva who had a success over Uzbekistan’s newcomer Mushtariybonu Ibrokhimjonova.
India’s Prachi is not enough experienced in the international stage yet but she had the good tactics to beat Vietnam’s Do Thi Linh Chi at the women’s light welterweight (63kg). The Indian managed to join the finals of this weight class in Astana where her next rival will be Anar Tursynbek of Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan’s Youth World bronze medallist Zhasmin Kizatova used the same strategy as in her last competition and she worked from her longer range against Uzbekistan’s Khadijabonu Abdullayeva. The Kazakh light middleweight (70kg) boxer was a hard target for the Uzbek girl in the first and second rounds and despite Abdullayeva’s efforts in the finish, Kizatova is the finalist in Astana.
Uzbekistan’s Aziza Zokirova is also a multiple Asian Champion as many of her teammates in Astana and she is aiming for a quota for the Paris Olympics through the 2nd World Olympic Boxing Qualifying Event. The 20-year-old Uzbek uses the event as preparation for Bangkok and she was better than Kazakhstan’s Anastasiya Bayazitova today. The Uzbek will now meet for the gold medal India’s Muskan who has just from the youth age group to their U22 national squad.
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