Kyzaibay’s tricky style delivered a big success for her in the ASBC Asian Confederation Women’s Boxing Championships on Day2
The second competition day of the ASBC Asian Confederation Women’s Boxing Championships was held in Ho Chi Minh City where 18 preliminary bouts were in the official program. Kazakhstan’s Nazym Kyzaibay, China’s Yin Junhua and Kazakhstan’s Dariga Shakimova won the three world class contests today.
Altogether record number of 107 boxers from 20 countries will be competing for the medals in the ASBC Asian Confederation Women’s Boxing Championships. Eighteen preliminary bouts were held in the second competition day and 10 countries were able to win at least one contest in Ho Chi Minh City.
Flyweight (51kg):
Mongolia’s Asian Games bronze medallist Nandintsetseg Myagmardulam is the most experienced in their national women team who started in confident style in the first round against Chinese Taipei’s 19-year-old Fong Shr Ni. The Mongolian veteran, who attended already in the 2006 AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships, dominated the second round with her effective combinations. The referee counted Fong twice but she was ready to continue their unequal contest but after the third big Mongolian punch the bout was finished.
Philippines’ Aira Villegas joined to the national team only this year but after her youth successes she is a great prospect in her country. The 22-year-old talent tried to overcome in the attacks Sri Lanka’s Dulani Jayasinghe in the first round and she looked energetic. Villegas felt the tempo well in the second round and her technique was world class in that period. The Sri Lankan boxer, who has been preparing already to the 2018 Commonwealth Games, moved ahead more in the third round but her actions were late therefore Villegas delivered Philippines’ first success in Ho Chi Minh City.
DPR Korea’s Pang Chol Mi won the gold medal in the Ulaanbaatar Box Cup where she defeated all of her rivals by large margin of differences. The young North Korean boxer met with Japan’s Sana Kawano who replaced their AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships bronze medallist Madoka Wada this time. The North Korean boxer was confident and launched several amazing jabs in the first round against her Japanese rival who was quarter-finalist in the last edition. Pang continued her amazing style until the end of the final bell and won their top bout by unanimous decision.
India’s Neeraj is a new national team member and received the right at the very first time to compete in a main international competition. She faced with Myanmar’s Nally who competed in the 2011 AIBA Women’s Youth World Boxing Championships in Turkey. Nally tried to reduce the fighting distance while her Indian opponent used her longer hands. Neeraj did not deliver her best ever performance today but she was able to beat her opponent.
Kazakhstan’s two-time AIBA Women’s World Champion Nazym Kyzaibay and China’s Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games winner Chang Yuan made a sensational bout on Day2. The two favourites had to meet in the first preliminary round which was an early final in this weight class. Kyzaibay used her tricky style against her tough Chinese opponent who also felt the tempo in the bout. The 24-year-old Kazakh star controlled the second and third rounds in their world class bout and secured her place in the last eight.
Uzbekistan’s Chingghis Khan Cup winner Tursunoy Rakhimova felt the tempo in the first round against Indonesia’s Aldriani Beatrichx Suguro and used her distance to reach the target. The 20-year-old Uzbek talent used her counter-attacks in the second while Suguro moved ahead more than in the first minutes. Rakhimova, who trains in the Tashkent Sport School, won their contest by unanimous decision in her first ever ASBC Asian Confederation Women’s Boxing Championships.
Featherweight (57kg):
Vietnam’s AIBA Women’s Junior World Champion Vuong Thi Vy has been competing in the international elite events since 2012 therefore she began the first round against Indonesia’s Christina Marwan Jembay in confident style. Vuong was taller and used her longer hands to keep her safest distance in the bout and dominated their unequal fight in the front of the home crowd. Vuong dominated all of the rounds with her strong punches and advanced to the last eight in Ho Chi Minh City.
China’s Rio 2016 Olympic Games silver medallist Yin Junhua moved down one category in the recent months to win her next Asian title. The experienced Asian Games winner Chinese boxer had to meet with her main rival already in the first preliminary round, Philippines’ AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships silver medallist Nesthy Petecio. The Filipino boxer was not enough shape in the first round but she stepped into the gas in the second and she had aggressive attacks in their tactical chess game. Yin did enough to beat her Filipino rival and eliminated the other gold medal contender of this weight class.
India’s AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships silver medallist Sonia Lather Singh caught Japan’s Kana Kurogi in the first round and took the lead after three minutes. The 25-year-old Indian boxer found her best fighting range very quickly and controlled their contest in Ho Chi Minh City. The experienced Indian won their contest by unanimous decision and advanced to the last eight in the continental event.
Kazakhstan’s AIBA Women’s Youth World Boxing Championships bronze medallist Nazym Ishchanova moved down one weight class and began her campaign against Singapore’s teenage talent Nur Sabrina Binte Mohamed Faizal. Ishchanova launched several big punches in the first round but Sabrina survived those dangerous moments and she was brave in the second. The Kazakh boxer dominated their contest but the 19-year-old Singaporean talent was able to fight until the end of the final gong against a top opponent.
Light welterweight (64kg):
China’s AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships quarter-finalist Dou Dan was confident in the first round against Chinese Taipei’s Lin Li Wei Hsien who came from a boxing family. The Chinese boxer knocked down her opponent in the second round but Lin was tried to continue their fight. Following the next knock down the Kazakh referee finished their contest in the third round and confirmed Dou Dan’s RSC success.
Welterweight (69kg):
Vietnam’s Tran Thi Linh did not compete out of the country yet and in spite of the fact she began boxing only in 2010, she delivered strong performance in the first round against South Korea’s Kim Shin Hyeong who moved down one weight class. Tran was energetic while her Korean opponent moved ahead aggressively and did honest boxing mainly in the first part of their spectacular contest. Tran delivered amazing final minute and she was near to knock down her Korean opponent but her triumph was confirmed after the final bell.
Middleweight (75kg):
Kazakhstan’s Rio 2016 Olympic Games bronze medallist Dariga Shakimova was focused in the first round against DPR Korea’s Asian Games winner Jang Un Hui who is the most experienced among their women boxers. Shakimova launched more accurate punches in the first round than her North Korean rival who came back to the match in the second with tough combinations. Their tactical fight was a top bout which was won by Shakimova who advanced to the next stage of the championship.
Light heavyweight (81kg):
China’s Yang Xiaoli is two-time AIBA Women’s World Champion in this weight class who felt the rhythm well against India’s Pooja Rani in their quarter-final. Their contest was the first bout for a guaranteed medal in Ho Chi Minh City and both did their best to reach the semi-finals in the continental event. Yang used her height advantage to handle her quarter-final bout and celebrated her victory after the final gong.