Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Hungary won the titles in the Abdaliyev Memorial Tournament in Shymkent
The 39th edition of the Karakozy Abdaliyev Memorial Tournament was held in the city of Shymkent in South Kazakhstan. Host Kazakhstan achieved five gold medals in the Abdaliyev Memorial Tournament but the two top Kyrgyz boxers won their weight classes and debutant Hungary also achieved one title in Shymkent.
Eight men’s weight classes were in the official program of the Abdaliyev Memorial Tournament in Shymkent where Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Syria, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan competed for the medals. Altogether 133 men elite boxers attended in the five-day long competition in Shymkent.
Kazakhstan’s Anvar Muzaparov has been attending in the international events since 2009 and the 26-year-old boxer had enough experiences to eliminated Syria’s Islamic Solidarity Games winner Hussin Al-Masri in the semi-finals of the flyweight (52kg). Muzaparov continued his winning path in the final against Tajikistan’s teenager Dilshod Okilov and claimed the first title of the whole competition.
Kyrgyzstan’s Sirodjiddin Abdullaev won international competitions in Russia, in Kazakhstan and in Kyrgyzstan in the recent two years. The 23-year-old boxer, who attended in the Asian Games also in Jakarta as well, won five contests in the Abdaliyev Memorial Tournament including Uzbekistan’s Shamsherbek Mirzabekov in the final. Experienced international level boxers from Kazakhstan such as Yevgeniy Pavlov and Olzhas Kalaubek were not able to get any medals in the competition.
The gold medal of the light welterweight (63kg) was taken by Daniyar Zhaksylyk who exceeded all of the previous expectations in Shymkent. The young Kazakh talent was slightly better than National Champion Adilet Kurmetov who qualified for the Hamburg 2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships. The bronze medals of the category were bagged by Russia’s Timur Imashev and Kyrgyzstan’s Bek Kamchybekov.
The title of the welterweight (69kg) was captured by Kazakhstan’s young hope Mukhammed Abdykhalyk who was slightly better than Hungary’s Bocskai Memorial Tournament silver medallist Andras Vadasz in the final. Another Hungarian talent the 19-year-old Robert Cservenka impressed in the whole Abdaliyev Memorial Tournament and defeated all of his rivals including Kazakhstan’s Adilet Dosimbek in the final.
Kyrgyzstan’s Rio 2016 Olympian Erkin Adylbek Uulu is member of the national team since 2013 and following his several successes in the international stage he returned in the Abdaliyev Memorial Tournament. The 27-year-old Kyrgyz boxer used his height advantage to beat Russia’s Aleksey Kolesnikov in the final of the light heavyweight (81kg).
Mukhammed Taybagar was member of the Kazakh youth national team in the St. Petersburg 2016 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships but his success over Syria’s well-experienced Alaaldin Ghossoun was a small surprise in the final of the heavyweight (91kg). Abilkhair Turlanbekov involved to the WSB team of Astana Arlans Kazakhstan in Season VIII and following his successes against FISU University World Champion Nursultan Amanzholov and Nurlan Nurseitov, he claimed the gold of the super heavyweight (+91kg).
List of the winners in the Abdaliyev Memorial Tournament
52kg: Anvar Muzaparov, Kazakhstan
57kg: Sirodjiddin Abdullaev, Kyrgyzstan
63kg: Daniyar Zhaksylyk, Kazakhstan
69kg: Mukhammed Abdykhalyk, Kazakhstan
75kg: Robert Cservenka, Hungary
81kg: Erkin Adylbek Uulu, Kyrgyzstan
91kg: Mukhammed Taybagar, Kazakhstan
+91kg: Abilkhair Turlanbekov, Kazakhstan
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