Mr. Abdibakyt Khalmurzaev – Kyrgyzstan’s boxing turned to 90 years this year and we have got a lot of talents

Omurbek Malabekov - Best Boxer

Mr. Abdibakyt Khalmurzaev is the President of the Kyrgyz Boxing Federation and he is also President of the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic. Mr. Khalmurzaev is a public figure in Kyrgyzstan who works as prosecutor in their capital city in Bishkek. Previously he was Master of Sport of the USSR in boxing and became USSR National Champion among the schoolboys and juniors.
Kyrgyzstan has got excellent history in boxing and the country’s leadership and management are trying to find the sources to regain their place among the Asian elite. Kyrgyzstan achieved one medal in the ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships in Tashkent, also one medal in the ASBC Asian Confederation Youth Boxing Championships in Bangkok but their younger talents delivered five medals in the ASBC Asian Confederation Junior Boxing Championships in Puerto Princesa this year.

– Could you please introduce your country’s boxing life?
– Kyrgyzstan’s boxing turned to 90 years this year which is a great anniversary for us. We will celebrate this important milestone during the Kyrgyz National Boxing Championships in November. More than 8,000 people are involved to boxing in Kyrgyzstan in our present days and 162 coaches are working in the sport schools and private sport clubs.
We have been hosting National Championships for schoolboys, juniors, youth and elite boxers in Kyrgyzstan every year. Two big international events are also taking part in Kyrgyzstan, the Duisenkul Shopokov Memorial Tournament in Bishkek and the Arziyev Brothers Tournament in Osh.
In addition, further international events with participation of Kazakhstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, China and Mongolia are regularly holding in the regions of Kyrgyzstan. The Kyrgyz boxers are taking part abroad in international events on a regular basis mainly in Russia, in Uzbekistan, in Kazakhstan, in Mongolia, in Ukraine, in China and in Tajikistan to raise the experiences of our talents.

– Would you like to tell us your strategic plans for the future and the key developments in your country?
– We expect a very important for the country on October 15 when the Presidential election of the Kyrgyz Republic will be held. Our plans for the future are strengthening the material base of Kyrgyz boxing, paying special attention to the far regions and cities in the country. We need to train our coaches and we would be happy if ASBC could organize training for our coaches with advanced methods of work inviting the best coaches of the continent. We hope our boxers will be delivering for us honour in the Olympic Games, Asian Games, ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships and in the AIBA World Boxing Championships.

– What are the main strengths and issues in your boxing life?
– There are a lot of talented boxers in Kyrgyzstan and our objective is to give them opportunity to realize their abilities in the Asian and World events. We have to significantly strengthen the material base of boxing, improve our funding and medical cares which are currently our main issues in Kyrgyzstan.