Jordan’s Bader Osman Samreen won a title in the Arab Youth Boxing Championships

The Arab Youth Boxing Championships was held in the Egyptian capital in Cairo which was a preparation event for the boxers before the qualification competitions of the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games. The Asian countries claimed one gold medal, one silver and three bronze medals in the new edition of the Arab Youth Boxing Championships.
The last edition of the Arab Youth Boxing Championships was held one year ago where Yemen claimed gold for Asia and this time Jordan has done the same result. Altogether 48 boxers from 9 countries competed in the Arab Youth Boxing Championships in Cairo. Egypt became the most successful country and topped the team rankings in the Arab Youth Boxing Championships ahead of Algeria, Tunisia and Jordan.
Jordan is one of the strongest Western Asian boxing country and following their successful performance in the elite level, their youth boxers performed well in Cairo. Jordan’s Junior National Champion Bader Osman Samreen advanced to the final of the welterweight (69kg) in the 2017 edition following his success against Morocco’s Tarik Zaatout but he lost his narrow fight for the title against Egypt’s Youssef Mohamed Sobhy.
Bader Osman Samreen is Jordan’s best youth boxer who returned to the Arab Youth Boxing Championships in top shape and after his hard job he took the gold medal at the light welterweight (64kg) which is his original category. Jordan’s pride was defeated Tunisia’s Malek Rahmouni and Egypt’s Ramadan Baker Abdel Gawad in the final stages and celebrated his gold medal. Jordan’s Mohammed Ibrahim Mohammad and Fuad Mohammad Khalaf achieved bronze medals but their top fighter Mohammad Younis lost his quarter-final.
Yemen has done a big sensation in the 2017 edition of the Arab Youth Championships in Cairo where their youth No.1 Sil Ghaleb Mohammad Al-Qarnas defeated all of his rivals and won the gold medal in the light flyweight (49kg). The Yemeni boxer, who was quarter-finalist in the last edition of the Children of Asia Games in Yakutsk in 2016, delivered a historical first gold medal for his developing boxing country.
Sil Ghaleb Mohammad Al-Qarnas returned to the competition and attended at the flyweight (52kg) this time. The 17-year-old Yemeni boxer defeated Morocco’s Bader Berhili in the semi-final of the new edition but Tunisia’s Mohamed Aziz Jouini was too strong for him which meant Yemen’s No.1 claimed silver medal in Cairo this time.
Qatar sent boxers to the last edition of the Arab Youth Boxing Championships and also to the 2017 ASBC Asian Confederation Youth Boxing Championships which was their first step to develop their background. Qatar’s lone competitor in the new edition of the Arab Youth Boxing Championships was Abdulhadi Saleem who has acquired bronze medal at the bantamweight (56kg).
United Arab Emirates sent three athletes to the Arab Youth Boxing Championships to raise the level of the international experiences of their boxers. Their National Champions Khalifa Al-Swede, Amer Al-Suwaider and Noaf Mousbeh fought bravely but they could not get any medal in the Arab Youth Boxing Championships in the Egyptian capital.

Asian medallists in the Arab Youth Boxing Championships
Gold medal – Bader Osman Samreen, Jordan (69kg)
Silver medal – Sil Ghaleb Mohammad Al-Qarnas, Yemen (52kg)
Bronze medal – Mohammed Ibrahim Mohammad, Jordan (52kg)
Bronze medal – Abdulhadi Saleem, Qatar (56kg)
Bronze medal – Fuad Mohammad Khalaf, Jordan (69kg)