Interview with ASBC EC member Mr. Wan Abdul Hamid

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Malaysian Boxing Federation’s official Mr. Wan Abdul Hamid is the Executive Committee member of the Asian Boxing Confederation who joined to the ASBC Refereeing & Judging meeting today in Tashkent. We asked him about Malaysia’s participation at the ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships and their future goals including the Southeast Asian Games which will be held in Kuala Lumpur this August.
“I have arrived to the ASBC Refereeing & Judging Commission Meeting to Tashkent in the morning to discuss our main issues in the Asian level. Malaysia sent seven boxers to the ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships to Tashkent and I am satisfied with the performance of our team.
Two of our boxers are advanced to the quarter-finals in the ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships in Tashkent where they met with the continent’s bests. Adil Hafiz Mohamed Pauzi advanced to the quarter-final of the light heavyweight (81kg) who is a newcomer in the national team and this was his second competition out of Malaysia.
Our second quarter-finalist Abdul Salam Kasim is a new boxer in the national team and he worked well against his top Kazakh rival yesterday. Our boxers met with experienced Asian athletes but to be honest Muhammad Fuad Bin Mohamed Redzuan surprisingly lost in the first bout of the championships.
Our best bantamweight (56kg) boxer Arfiqanie Ahmad Anshory will be joining back to the team soon who could not compete here in Tashkent this time. After the ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships we will have training camp in Almaty, Kazakhstan which is part of our preparation for the SEA Games.
All kind of preparations for the Southeast Asian Games are according to our plan. Logistical, financial and technical issues are fixed in the preparation for the Southeast Asian Games and we are not facing any serious problems right now.
After the Southeast Asian Games might be we have to reorganize our national team but everything depends on our achievements in Kuala Lumpur. We will have hard year also in 2018 when the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games will be our main events,” said Mr. Wan Abdul Hamid who worked in the ASBC R&J Meeting today.