Highlights of the ASBC National Federations – Cambodia won three titles in the Southeast Asian Games and three medals in the Asian Games during its boxing history

The Asian Boxing Confederation introduces the best moments of its affiliated Asian National Federations launching a new PR campaign, the Highlights of the ASBC National Federations. Cambodia claimed three gold medals in the history of the Southeast Asian Games in the 1960s and three podium places in the boxing events of the Asian Games.  

Cambodia achieved two silvers and one bronze medal in the history of the boxing events of the Asian Games. Their first Asian Games medal was achieved by You Chin Hong at the lightweight (60kg) in the Jakarta 1962 Asian Games. Khieu Soeun and Long Savoen both won silver medals at the Bangkok 1970 Asian Games representing the Khmer Republic on the multisport event.

Cambodia competed two-times in the boxing event of the Olympic Games, firstly in Tokyo in 1964, secondly in Munich in 1972. The Southeast Asian country sent four boxers to the Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games and their Khieu Soeun won his opening fight against Argentina’s Hugo Martinez by KO. Touch Nol also opened his campaign in the Olympic Games with an impressive success over Ireland’s Brian Anderson which two successes are Cambodia’s best performances in the Olympics.

The Southeast Asian Games is the most important event for the Cambodians and the regions’ best boxers which holds every two years. You Chin Hong claimed Cambodia’s first gold medal in the boxing events of the Southeast Asian Games in 1961. Sun Soth and Olympian Khieu Son won their next and last gold medals in the 1965 edition.

Since the 1965 Kuala Lumpur edition, the Cambodian boxers advanced five-times to the finals of the Southeast Asian Games. Phar Khong and Sun Soth have done that performance in 1971, Long Savoeung in 1973, Pual Sophat in 2009 and last time Ratha Ven in the 2015 Singapore edition. All of them claimed silver medals on these events increasing the quantity of the Cambodian successes. 

Cambodia sent boxers to the 2009, 2011 AIBA World Boxing Championships to Milan and Baku which were their appearances in that strong global event. Hin Say Heng and Long Lamda were their participants in these event in Italy and in Azerbaijan.

Their next generation of boxers competed well in the Bangkok 2018 ASBC Asian Youth Boxing Championships where Bang Non was stopped only in the quarter-finals of the bantamweight (56kg) reaching almost a medal in the strong competition which was the only qualification event for the boxers to the Youth Olympic Games.

The Cambodian Boxing Federation has got the clear strategic goal, the 2023 Southeast Asian Games which will be held in the country at the very first time. The management of the Cambodian Boxing Federation developed a long term strategy in 2016 to develop boxing and make it more popular in the country before 2023. The Cambodian Boxing Federation arranged a Coach Course to develop their talented and the new generation of trainers a few weeks ago which is part of their long term programs.

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