Mirzaeva sisters impressed the crowd in the Uzbekistan Women’s National Championships

The Uzbekistan Women’s National Championships was held in the city of Bukhara where 31 champions have been crowned. Uzbekistan’s best woman elite boxer Rio 2016 Olympian Yodgoroy Mirzaeva, her sister Gavkhar Mirzaeva and their top youth talents as Nigina Mirzaeva, Khursandoy Kholmatova and Makhliyo Rakhimova all won the titles in the national event in Bukhara.
Bukhara is a historical and ancient city in Uzbekistan which was part of the Great Silk Way Road in the middle ages. The Women’s National Championships was held for the junior, youth and elite female boxers. Russian elite boxers have been invited to the elite part of the National Championships to raise the experiences of the Uzbek athletes.
Bukhara’s Marzhona Savriyeva, Andizhan’s Saidiniso Mukhammadaliyeva, Navoy’s Shakhzoda Toirova and Samarkand’s 15-year-old Sitora Turdibekova delivered excellent performance in the junior part of the competition where 11 new champions celebrated their titles after the finals.
Samarkand’s Nigina Mirzaeva was born in 2000 but she has got already high number of experiences in the national events therefore her next success was not a surprise at the light flyweight (48kg) of the youth part of the competition. Uzbekistan’s top woman youth boxer Khursandoy Kholmatova of Ferghana competed in the AIBA Women’s Youth World Boxing Championships in Guwahati and her international experiences paid off in the Youth National Championships.
Samarkand’s Maftuna Fayzullayeva is also an experienced youth boxer in the international level and proved her different skills when she met with Makhliyo Ravshanova in the final of the youth bantamweight (54kg). Samarkand’s next youth title was achieved by Nasiba Khairullayeva who stopped Namangan’s Gulizebo Kholmirzayeva in the final of the featherweight (57kg).
Ferghana’s Muslimakhon Sobirova moved down to the lightweight (60kg) and won her first national title in the youth level following her close success over Marzhona Elmirzayeva. Bukhara’s Makhliyo Rakhimova had also experiences from the AIBA Women’s Youth World Boxing Championships and she proved her strength in the final of the youth light welterweight (64kg) when she met with Umugulsun Mukhamadzhanova.
Namangan’s Gulasal Sultanaliyeva is spending her first year in the elite age group who was trying to get her place in the national team during the competition. The Uzbek Women’s Youth National Champion teenager eliminated the favourite Fotimakhon Tursunboyeva in the semi-final and continued her winning series in the final against Dilnozakhon Nematullayeva at the elite light flyweight (48kg).
Uzbekistan’s promising elite woman boxer 20-year-old Tursunoy Rakhimova of Tashkent won the Ulaanbaatar Box Cup in Mongolia and she is among the best boxers of the flyweight (51kg). Following her clear triumph over Dzhizak’s 19-year-old Azizabonu Mamirova she was also too fast to Russia’s experienced Svetlana Soluyanova in the final.
Dzhizak’s Aziza Yokubova competed in several international events in the recent three years and knew how she can beat ASBC Asian Confederation Women’s Boxing Championships competitor Farangiz Khoshimova in the semi-final of the bantamweight (54kg). Yokubova impressed also in the final of the event when she defeated Russia’s strong Karina Tazabekova.
Yodgoroy Mirzaeva was the pioneer of Uzbekistan’s women’s boxing life who qualified for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The two-time ASBC Asian Confederation Women’s Boxing Championships bronze medallist Uzbek star dominated the featherweight (57kg) and defeated also Russia’s Maria Sartakova in the final.
Raykhona Kodirova has got also experiences from the international competitions and she had a quick success over Durdonakhon Rakhmatova at the lightweight (60kg). Tashkent’s Gavkhar Mirzaeva is Yodgoroy’s elder sister who defeated Namangan’s Durdona Usmonova in the final of the welterweight (69kg). Russia’s four gold medals were achieved by Irina Russkikh, Darima Sandakova, Liubov Yusupova and Marina Shishmareva in Bukhara.

List of the winners in the Uzbekistan Women’s National Championships
Junior 44kg: Sayora Kakhkharova
Junior 46kg: Marzhona Savriyeva
Junior 48kg: Saidiniso Mukhammadaliyeva
Junior 50kg: Shakhzoda Toirova
Junior 52kg: Zulkhumor Zainobidinova
Junior 54kg: Ismigul Meiliboyeva
Junior 57kg: Sitora Turdibekova
Junior 60kg: Dilfuza Bekova
Junior 63kg: Sevinjon Mirkhodjonova
Junior 66kg: Anorakhon Melieva
Junior 70kg: Nilufar Usmanova
Youth 46kg: Gavkharoy Rasulova
Youth 48kg: Nigina Mirzaeva
Youth 51kg: Khursandoy Kholmatova
Youth 54kg: Maftuna Fayzullayeva
Youth 57kg: Nasiba Khairullayeva
Youth 60kg: Muslimakhon Sobirova
Youth 64kg: Makhliyo Rakhimova
Youth 69kg: Senarakhon Gulomzhonova
Youth 75kg: Navbakhor Khamidova
Youth +81kg: Dildora Saidullayeva
Elite 48kg: Gulasal Sultanaliyeva
Elite 51kg: Tursunoy Rakhimova
Elite 54kg: Aziza Yokubova
Elite 57kg: Yodgoroy Mirzaeva
Elite 60kg: Raykhona Kodirova
Elite 64kg: Irina Russkikh, Russia
Elite 69kg: Gavkhar Mirzaeva
Elite 75kg: Darima Sandakova, Russia
Elite 81kg: Liubov Yusupova, Russia
Elite +81kg: Marina Shishmareva, Russia