Iraq won the opening bout of the ASBC Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships
Following the exciting Grand Opening Ceremony, the first competition day of the ASBC Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Iraq won the opening contest of the while championship on Day1 when 29 bouts were on the official program.
The number of the junior boxers is 152 while 141 youth athletes are competing in the Dubai event. Altogether 293 boxers including 84 girls are attending in the ASBC Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships.
Fifteen nations sent their boxers to the ASBC Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships in Dubai: Bahrain, India, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Mongolia, Nepal, Palestine, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan. The competition is streamed in the ASBC YouTube channel and the fans can follow all of the sessions in the upcoming nearly two weeks.
The company of Green Hill is the official equipment provider as in the ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships which is a money prize event, all of the medallists can earn cash prizes. Altogether record number of 51 champions will be crowned in the ASBC Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships, 25 girls and 26 boys.
The first triumph of the whole event was achieved by Team Iraq
Iraq arranged its Junior National Championships six weeks before the start of the ASBC Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships. Their Qasim Abbas was taller than his Kuwaiti opponent, Jaber Alotaibi and used his longer distance in the first round of their junior pinweight (46kg) contest. The Iraqi southpaw responded to the Kuwaiti attacks in the beginning of the second round and his longer hands controlled the middle period of the bout. Abbas knew more about boxing and he opened the whole championship with a success in Dubai advancing to the quarter-finals.
India’s Rohit Chamoli and Iraq’s Fadhil Abbas won the next narrow contests
The Indian team arrived to the ASBC Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships in time and their Rohit Chamoli opened his campaign in the event. He met with Syria’s Qadous Al-Hassan in the junior light flyweight (48kg) who was competitive for the Indian. The Syrian boxer moved on feet a lot and he proved his talent against a well-experienced opponent but the Indian won their contest by unanimous decision. Kyrgyzstan’s Emir Kylychbekov controlled the first round against Iraq’s Fadhil Abbas and used his experiences to catch his opponent. The Kyrgyz boxer received a warning in the third which was decisive in their narrow battle and the Iraqi talent advanced to the next stage.
Kazakhstan’s Ilya Kalinin won a key contest at the junior flyweight
Kazakhstan’s Ilya Kalinin won their Junior National Championships and head coach Arkadiy Topayev selected him to attend in the ASBC Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships. The Kazakh was taller than India’s Mohamed Sultan Usman but received strong jabs following his opponent jumped in to the best fighting range. The Indian overcame the Kazakh talent in the attacks but Kalinin also responded quickly to these right-handed jabs. The Indian received strong punches in the third therefore Kalinin could beat Mohamed Sultan Usman in their flyweight (50kg) contest but his opponent proved also excellent boxing skills.
Kyrgyz and Kazakh successes at the junior bantamweight
Kyrgyzstan’s Bayastan Toktosunov spent only a short time in the ring when he met with United Arab Emirates’ Abdallah Saif Alshehi and he finished the bout within 90 seconds. As safety is the first, the referee stopped their unequal contest and confirmed Toktosunov’s RSC success in their bantamweight (54kg) contest. Kazakhstan’s Adaibek Niyazbay was highly confident in the first round against Iraq’s Hussain Ali and took the lead on the scorecards. The Kazakh Junior National Champion was confident in all the three rounds and eliminated his Iraqi rival by large margin of differences.
Iraq and India won the contests at the featherweight
Iraq’s Hussain Jassim controlled the first round against Kuwait’s Yousef Al-Shammari and led on the scorecards after two minutes in their junior featherweight (57kg) contest. The Iraqi Junior National Champion increased his tempo in the second and decided their contest with tough shots therefore the referee confirmed his RSC success. Bahrain’s Ali Bukhlaf surprised his Indian opponent, Anshul in the first round in the same weight class and proved his best. The Indian was more experienced than his technician Bahraini rival and this caused the difference between them today.
Uzbekistan’s Javokhir Ummataliyev eliminated the Best Schoolboy from 2019
India’s Yashwardhan Singh was the Best Boxer of the Kuwait City 2019 ASBC Asian Schoolboys Boxing Championships but he had to meet in the preliminary stage of the junior lightweight (60kg) with Uzbekistan’s Javokhir Ummataliyev. The Uzbek southpaw had excellent technical skills in the first round and kept the best fighting distance in the opening two minutes. Ummataliyev, who won already international tournaments, was highly focused in the bout and his defensive skills were combined with outstanding counter-attacks and after two rounds, he had massive advantages. The virtuoso Uzbek was a hard target and eliminated one of his main rivals already in the preliminary stage of the event.
India’s Preet Malik bowed out a strong Kazakh opponent
India’s Preet Malik claimed silver medal at the 55kg weight class at the Kuwait City 2019 ASBC Asian Schoolboys Boxing Championships and after one and half year of experiences among the junior boxers, he is a promising hope in Dubai. The Indian moved up to the light welterweight (63kg) and opened the first round better than Kazakhstan’s Zhassulan Abdolda who is also experienced in the international events. The 16-year-old Indian overcame his Kazakh opponent most of the attacks and he had the advantages after two rounds. Abdolda and Malik both were tired to the final minute following the previous tough exchanges but they had the stamina to launch tough punches until the last gong. The final verdict was unanimous decision in the favour of the Indian who advanced to the quarter-finals in Dubai.
Sovetov and Fozilov earned medals for Kazakhstan and Tajikistan
Kyrgyzstan’s Vadim Baurin had excellent schoolboys results and he won their Junior National Championships this year therefore he arrived to Dubai as one of the favourites. The 16-year-old Kyrgyz welterweight (66kg) boxer had to meet with his neighbouring opponent, Islam Sovetov of Kazakhstan who had 10cm height advantage in their contest. Baurin moved ahead without any stoppage and tried to land tough hooks but Sovetov was too quick for him today. The Kazakh boxer received a warning in the third round due to a low blow but Sovetov had enough advantage to win their quarter-final. Sovetov will be meeting in the last four with Tajikistan’s Yusuf Fozilov who was too strong for United Arab Emirates’ Mohamed Abdulrahman Alatta.
Tulemissov and Ermatov are medallists at the junior middleweight
Kazakhstan’s Junior National Champion Daulet Tulemissov controlled the first round of his quarter-final against India’s Naksh Beniwal and took the control of the contest quickly. The Kazakh middleweight (75kg) boxer was more experienced than his Indian rival and advanced to the semi-finals of the competition. In the second quarter-final of this junior weight category, Kyrgyzstan’s ASBC Asian Schoolboys Boxing Championships silver medallist Atay Asanbekov met with Tajikistan’s Nurlanbek Ermatov. Both competed already in several tournaments in the recent three years and landed several tough shots in the first round. The Tajik boxer turned up the heat in the second round and his tactical change was too strong for the Kyrgyz talent and eliminated his experienced rival.
Kazakhstan’s Turganova and Uzbekistan’s Ganieva are semi-finalists
Kazakhstan’s Yelyanur Turganova started the first seconds in different rhythm as Tajikistan’s Fariza Yokubova and caught her regional rival in the first female bout of the whole championship. The smaller Tajik adopted the rhythm and tried to slow down her Kazakh opponent in the second round of their quarter-final. Yokubova had some nice punches and she had good defensive skills but Turganova was too experienced for her today. Uzbekistan’s two-time Junior National Champion Gulsevar Ganieva had a fantastic left-handed jab in the first round against Mongolia’s Saruul Batsaikhan in the second women’s pinweight (46kg) bout. The 16-year-old Uzbek girl was quicker than her Mongolian rival and advanced to the semi-finals of the weight class.
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