Interview with Mr. Anas Naser Al Otaiba about the development and further goals in the new Olympic cycle

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President of the United Arab Emirates Boxing Federation Mr. Anas Naser Al-Otaiba is the Executive Committee Member of the Asian Boxing Confederation who is working hard together with the management of ASBC to raise the level of boxing in the important Western Asian region. He has arrived to the venue of the ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships to Tashkent before the first competition day and following the performance of our continent’s top boxers.
“This is a great ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championship with a lot of qualified boxers here in Tashkent. I saw the name of the entered boxers and I realized our Asian stars are competing in the championships. The level of the organization in Tashkent is absolutely amazing which was started with the Uzbek hospitality in our arrival.
I hope we can reach also great results together in the upcoming Hamburg 2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships. Asia has got great potential in our beloved combat sport and I am sure we will show our strength in Germany. All Asian National Federations are preparing to the Asian Olympic Games which will be held in Tokyo in 2020 and these competitions are important steps for us.
Boxing is not enough popular in the United Arab Emirates yet but we joined back to the international level. We are here in the ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships with one boxer which is the very first time in the history of the elite event.
Our developing programs are running in the United Arab Emirates and we will be waiting for its benefits and results in the upcoming years. We are working on to develop our promotion and sponsorship in the United Arab Emirates.
Currently we have more than 200 boxers in the United Arab Emirates and five national events each year. We are planning to host the Gulf Countries Championships next year and we are also open to organize an ASBC championships in 2018.
We know we have to still develop all aspects of boxing and we are working on all areas to achieve our goals in the future. We have got still more than three years until the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games,” said Mr. Anas Naser Al Otaiba who is following the bouts of the ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships from the venue in Tashkent.