Kyzaibay and Nurshayeva on the top of the Galym Zharylgapov Memorial Tournament

The Galym Zharylgapov Memorial Tournament is a traditionally strong competition in Kazakhstan where high number of stars attended for the available 15 gold medals. Kazakhstan’s two-time AIBA Women’s World Champion Nazym Kyzaibay and ASBC Asian Woman Boxer of the Year 2017 Madina Nurshayeva both won their categories in the Galym Zharylgapov Memorial Tournament.
Karagandy is located in the Northern part of Kazakhstan and famous of its boxing traditions and schools. China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Mongolia, Russia, and Uzbekistan are general participants in the Galym Zharylgapov Memorial Tournament. Thailand also joined to the competition with women and men boxers as well in spite of the fact their athletes had to acclimatize to cold winter circumstances.
The flyweight (51kg) delivered powerful bouts in the Galym Zharylgapov Memorial Tournament which was won by two-time AIBA Women’s World Champion Nazym Kyzaibay who defeated National Champion Alua Balkybekova in the final. Two young hopes such as Thailand’s Chiranchaya Phunsang and Mongolia’s Enkhjargal Munguntsetseg took bronze medals in Karagandy.
Jakarta 2018 Asian Games competitor Saniya Sultankyzy was too smart for 19-year-old Vladislava Kukhta in the final of the women’s featherweight (57kg) while Tajikistan’s Asian Indoor Games winner Mizhgona Samadova and Aizhan Madibek achieved bronze medals Aizhan Khodzhabekova impressed in the Astana 2016 AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships and she had enough experiences to beat 19-year-old Zhansaya Baltabekova in the final of the lightweight (60kg).
Kazakhstan’s Madina Nurshayeva claimed gold medal at the Ho Chi Minh City 2017 ASBC Asian Confederation Women’s Boxing Championships. Following her successes over Tajikistan’s ASBC Asian Confederation Women’s Youth Boxing Championships silver medallist Idimokh Kholova and Uzbekistan’s 19-year-old Shakhnoza Yunusova, she took the title of the women’s welterweight (69kg) in Karagandy.
Kazakhstan’s former AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships competitor Anastasia Rylina eliminated Uzbekistan’s National Champion Mavluda Mavlonova in the semi-final of the women’s middleweight (75kg). The 23-year-old boxer controlled her final over Mongolia’s Munkhbat Myagmarjargal who won a tough contest at the New Delhi 2018 AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships last November.
The first gold medal of the men part of the Galym Zharylgapov Memorial Tournament was achieved by Thailand’s Wuttichai Yurachai who defeated Kazakhstan’s Askar Kaysar in the final of the light flyweight (49kg). Kyrgyzstan’s ASBC Asian Champion Azat Usenaliev eliminated Kazakhstan’s teenage talent Talgat Syrymbetov and Thailand’s Yuttapong Tongdee during his road to the gold medal at the flyweight (52kg).
Kazakhstan’s Aydos Arapov was bronze medallist at the Pavlodar 2016 ASBC Asian Confederation Youth Boxing Championships and the 20-year-old talent won the final of the bantamweight (56kg) following his success over Zhandos Sheraly. Another young Kazakh hope Yergesh Orazkhan defeated ASBC Asian Youth Champion Vasiliy Samchuk and claimed the title of the lightweight (60kg).
Torgynbek Amirov is a relatively unknown Kazakh boxer but he eliminated Thailand’s Bunjong Sinsiri in the semi-final and he was slightly better than experienced Nurbol Sultanbay for the gold medal. Sultan Sharshov delivered a small surprise in the final of the welterweight (69kg) when de defeated Pavlodar 2016 ASBC Asian Youth Champion Ayatulla Takizhanov who could not use his height advantage well.
Kazakhstan’s 2017 middleweight (75kg) National Champion Abay Tolesh walked over to the title in Karagandy against ASBC Asian Junior Champion Vladislav Stolbovskiy while Kyrgyzstan’s Ilyaz Akmataliyev claimed bronze medal. Yerdos Nurkali had strong stamina against Russia’s Nikita Patrin but after that close contest he stopped Shaimurat Kusainov winning the final of the light heavyweight (81kg) by RSC.
Kazakhstan’s former Youth National Champion Ontalap Rakhmanov is only 20 but he had enough power to beat China’s Abdurashit at the heavyweight (91kg). China’s another Xinjiang-based boxer Bayikewuzi Danabieke stopped Kazakhstan’s Rustem Bayeshev and Arman Aydarkhanov in the final stages of the super heavyweight (+91kg).

List of the winners in the Galym Zharylgapov Memorial Tournament
Women’s 51kg: Nazym Kyzaibay, Kazakhstan
Women’s 57kg: Saniya Sultankyzy, Kazakhstan
Women’s 60kg: Aizhan Khodzhabekova, Kazakhstan
Women’s 69kg: Madina Nurshayeva, Kazakhstan
Women’s 75kg: Anastasia Rylina, Kazakhstan
Men’s 49kg: Wuttichai Yurachai, Thailand
Men’s 52kg: Azat Usenaliev, Kyrgyzstan
Men’s 56kg: Aydos Arapov, Kazakhstan
Men’s 60kg: Yergesh Orazkhan, Kazakhstan
Men’s 64kg: Torgynbek Amirov, Kazakhstan
Men’s 69kg: Sultan Sharshov, Kazakhstan
Men’s 75kg: Abay Tolesh, Kazakhstan
Men’s 81kg: Yerdos Nurkali, Kazakhstan
Men’s 91kg: Ontalap Rakhmanov, Kazakhstan
Men’s +91kg: Bayikewuzi Danabieke, China

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