Mr. Issa Al-Nassar – We have proved Syria’s boxing moved forward in Asia this year

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Mr. Issa Al-Nassar is the President of the Syrian Boxing Federation who is Executive Committee member of the Asian Boxing Confederation shared with us his thoughts about boxing in Syria. Mr. Issa Al-Nassar and the whole ASBC management are proud of the performance of the Syrian boxers in spite of their serious difficulties in the country.
Syria achieved amazing performance in the ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships and also in the Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku. Five of their boxers advanced to the quarter-finals in the ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships and qualified for the Hamburg 2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships but due visa issues they were not able to take part in Germany.

– Could you please introduce your country’s boxing life?
– Syria’s boxing life developed in the last two years since we have been following the scientific training programs. We hosted the Syrian National Boxing Championships on February with a success while we have done also our Youth National Championships and sent four boxers to the ASBC Asian Confederation Youth Boxing Championships. The Syrian Junior National Olympiad was also held this summer.
We achieved two medals in the ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships in Tashkent and all of our participated five boxers went through to the quarter-finals and qualified for the Hamburg 2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships. Furthermore we took four medals in the Islamic Solidarity Games and among them one was gold in Baku so we proved Syria’s boxing moved forward in the Asian ranking.
Unfortunately the German Embassy did not give the required visas our team in Beyrouth for the Hamburg 2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships and our five boxers were unable to compete in the main event of the year.

– Would you like to tell us your strategic plans for the future and the key developments in your country?
– Our main strategic plan is to keep continuing on our training for the main events in 2018 as we will have Mediterranean Games in Tarragona in June and Asian Games in Jakarta. We are planning to send full teams to the main events to get as many medals as possible in Spain and in Indonesia.

– What are the main strengths and issues in your boxing life?
– The main strength in Syria’s boxing life is our patience how we can handle the current situation in the country and our training programs. We are requiring a lot of support to be one of the most effective boxing country in Asia in the future.