Mohamed Kher Mousatat wins in the Syrian National Cup

The Syrian National Cup was held by the Syrian Boxing Federation for their men’s elite boxers in their capital city in Damascus to raise the experiences and check their current skills before 2018. Their top boxers such as the Ghossoun brothers won the titles of the event but the best boxer award was gone to Mohamed Kher Mousatat.
In spite of the Civil War and political crisis in the country, boxing is still important and competitive in Syria which is thankful to ASBC EC member and President of the Syrian Boxing Association Mr. Issa Al-Nassar and their whole boxing family. Five of the Syrian boxers advanced to the Top8 in the Tashkent 2017 ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships and their bests were able to win medals in the Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku half year ago.
Army’s Housen Al-Masri is an experienced boxer at the light flyweight (49kg) who competed also in the last editions of the ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships in Bangkok and Tashkent as well. He claimed several medals in the recent AOB competitions and won the gold at the Islamic Solidarity Games. The 26-year-old boxer was too strong for Mosab Al-Soudan in the final of the event and bagged his next national title.
Marwan Doumerieh, who came from a traditional boxing family, is an experienced boxer at the flyweight (52kg) who controlled his final against Yamen Hasan in Damascus. The gold medal of the bantamweight (56kg) went to Majd Aldeen Jabolee who used the best tactic against Damascus International Tournament winner Jafar Fahed and celebrated his title after the final gong.
Abdelkader Dawajee lost to Mohammed Deeb in the final of the 2017 Syrian National Championships but his efforts were enough to do revenge in their repeat match at the National Cup. Mohamed Kher Mousatat was involved to the national team in 2015 and he could be ready to win contests also in the international events next year. The Army boxer knocked out all of his rivals in the Syrian National Cup including Okar Akhetear in the final of the light welterweight (64kg).
Abdelmouen Aziz is a veteran boxer in Syria who was in the Top 8 at the Tashkent 2017 ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships and qualified for the Hamburg 2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships where he was not able to box due visa problems. Aziz, who moved back to the welterweight (69kg) this time, did enough to beat Damascus International Tournament winner Khader Obaydah in the title contest.
Ahmad Ghossoun is Syria’s best boxer currently who claimed bronze medal in the 2015 edition of the ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships in Bangkok and silver in the 2014 ASBC Asian Confederation Youth Boxing Championships. The 21-year-old top talent dominated his final against Basher Issa and the referee confirmed his RSC success at the middleweight (75kg).
Damascus International Tournament winner Yahia Taha is the current National Champion at the light heavyweight (81kg) who proved top performance against Abdul Rahman Al-Aani who moved up one category in the recent months. Taha worked well in the whole year and he could be a good option for the Syrian head coach to involve him to the national squad.
Syria’s top national team member Alaaldin Ghossoun, who competed all of the important international tournaments excluding the Olympic Games, used his strong punches against Qayez Mahfouz and defended his throne at the heavyweight (91kg). The super heavyweight (+91kg) title was won by Islamic Solidarity Games silver medallist Manaf Asaad, who is member of the national team since 2010, and did not give any chance to Mohamed Al-Fandi.

Winners in the Syrian National Cup
49kg: Housen Al-Masri
52kg: Marwan Doumerieh
56kg: Majd Aldeen Jabolee
60kg: Abdelkader Dawajee
64kg: Mohamed Kher Mousatat
69kg: Abdelmouen Aziz
75kg: Ahmad Ghossoun
81kg: Yahia Taha
91kg: Alaaldin Ghossoun
+91kg: Manaf Asaad