Highlights of the ASBC National Federations – Kyrgyzstan won its first Asian title in 2013

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. Kyrgyzstan became independent from the Soviet Union in 1991 and their biggest highlight was delivered by Azat Usenaliev who won the gold medal at the Amman 2013 ASBC Asian Boxing Championships. Nuradin Rustambek Uulu became the country’s first gold medallist in the ASBC Asian Youth Boxing Championships in 2019.

Kyrgyzstan produced impressive results by the time of the Soviet Union when Nikolay Lodin, Valeriy Grishkovets, and Vladimir Roslov were their first top boxers. Their golden age was at the ‘1980s when Ikram Mirbabayev, Orzubek Nazarov, Nurlan Abdykalykov, Adylkan Bekbolotov, Abdybakyt Khalmurzaev, Yevgeniy Alekseyev and Andrei Kurnyavka were their stars and champions.

The capital of the Kyrgyz SSR, Frunze hosted several Soviet Union national events in the 1970s and 1980s which supported the development of their boxers. Kyrgyzstan separated from the Soviet Union in the second part of 1991 and set up its own independent National Boxing Federation in 1992.

Kyrgyzstan competed at the 1992 Ahmet Cömert Tournament in Turkey under their national flag at the very first time. In that strong international event Taalaybek Kadyraliyev claimed bronze medal in Istanbul which was the first success of the Central Asian country. Kyrgyzstan joined to the AIBA World Cup and to the Asian Games in 1994. Kyrgyzstan earned altogether four bronze medals in the history of the Asian Games until 2018.

The independent Kyrgyz team competed first at the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games following their successful qualification process. Kyrgyzstan qualified three boxers to the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games including veteran AIBA World Champion Andrei Kurnyavka who had a tight contest against Cuba’s legend Felix Savon. The Central Asian country had record number of five qualified boxers in the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.

Kyrgyzstan’s best Olympic performance is Top8 place but their boxers failed to get medals yet in the most important multisport event. Kyrgyzstan’s light heavyweight (81kg) boxer AIBA Asian & Oceanian Olympic Qualification Event bronze medallist Erkin Adylbek Uulu was selected as Team Kyrgyzstan flag bearer for the Opening Ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in their last appearance.

Kyrgyzstan’s Azat Usenaliev was medal contender before the Amman 2013 ASBC Asian Boxing Championships and his top rivals such as Kazakhstan’s AIBA Asian Olympic Qualifiers winner Ilyas Suleimenov, Uzbekistan’s Shakhobiddin Zoirov and Philippines’ Asian Games gold medallist. The 22-year-old Kyrgyz flyweight (52kg) used the best tactic against Uzbekistan’s tough Shakhobiddin Zoirov and his success meant that he took the first ever gold medal for Kyrgyzstan in the history of the Asian Championships since 1993 when the Central Asian country joined to the continent’s boxing life.

Kyrgyzstan’s Bangkok 2018 ASBC Asian Youth Boxing Championships bronze medallist Nuradin Rustambek Uulu eliminated India’s Vijay Deep Duhan and Iraq’s ASBC Asian Junior Boxing Championships silver medallist Sajjad Ali Saleem at the Ulaanbaatar 2019 ASBC Asian Youth Boxing Championships. The 18-year-old Kyrgyz was hungry for his next success and he was motivated against Uzbekistan’s younger Nurislom Ismoilov and using his best combinations, Rustambek Uulu claimed the gold. He delivered Kyrgyzstan’s first ever title in the history of the ASBC Asian Youth Boxing Championships one year ago.

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