Kazakhstan Boxing Federation celebrates Day of Boxing today

Kazakhstan Boxing Federation has got an important role not only in the Asian continent but in the world as well. The Day of Kazakhstan Boxing is October 29 therefore the management of the Asian Boxing Confederation wishes all the bests to the Kazakhstan Boxing Federation.
Kazakhstan Boxing Federation hosted several international events in the recent years, the 2011 AIBA Junior World Boxing Championships in Astana, the 2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships in Almaty, the 2013 ASBC Asian Confederation Junior Boxing Championships in Shymkent, the 2016 AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships in Astana and the 2016 ASBC Asian Confederation Youth Boxing Championships in Pavlodar.
Kazakhstan has been dominating the welterweight (69kg) in the Olympic Games since 2004 when their virtuoso boxer Bakhtiyar Artayev won their first gold medal. Since then Bakhyt Sarsekbayev, Serik Sapiyev and Daniyar Yeleussinov repeated his Olympic gold medal and the Central Asian boxing power is hoping to be crowned in this strong category also at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Kazakhstan’s best men elite boxers ranked No.2 in the ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships in Tashkent behind Uzbekistan but their new squad performed more than well enough in the Hamburg 2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships. Kairat Yeraliyev achieved the gold medal in Hamburg while five of his teammates took silver and bronze medals in Germany.
Kazakhstan topped the team rankings in the ASBC Asian Confederation Junior Boxing Championships in Puerto Princesa and their boxers also took gold medals in the ASBC Asian Confederation Youth Boxing Championships in Bangkok this year. Kazakhstan’s elite female boxers will be competing in the ASBC Asian Confederation Women’s Boxing Championships in Ho Chi Minh City in the upcoming days.