Raksat, Chinzorig and Zeinullinov eliminated stars at the Asian Games

Thailand’s Chuthamat Raksat, Mongolia’s Chinzorig Baatarsukh and Kazakhstan’s Yertugan Zeinullinov eliminated the most dangerous rivals in the eighth session of the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.

Thailand’s Chuthamat Raksat claimed two bronze medals in the history of the Women’s World Boxing Championships but the 30-year-old boxer is in her career’s best shape this year. Raksat had a very difficult opponent in the Round of 16, Japan’s Olympic Games bronze medallist Tsukimi Namiki and their contest delivered a sensational battle in the opener of the eighth session. The experienced Thai was not only brave in the exchanges, but she used her extraordinary speed to destroy Namiki’s defence which means that Raksat advanced to the quarter-finals at the women’s light flyweight (50kg).

Tajikistan’s Rukhafzo Khaknazarova is 24-year-old and she had a brilliant performance in one of her last preparation events, at the Elorda Cup in Kazakhstan where she defeated top boxers as well. The Tajik girl felt the distance in the first round against Indonesia’s Novita Sinadia and all of the five judges favoured Khaknazarova after three minutes of fight. The Tajik followed the same strategy in the second round and she had enough advantage to save fuels in the third round for the upcoming quarter-finals.

Jordan’s Hanan Nassar achieved a historic female success for the country, she earned a gold medal at the Arab Sports Games this July. The 21-year-old boxer moved back to the light flyweight (50kg) and she opened her campaign on the fourth competition day in Hangzhou. Laos’ Vilayphone Vongphachan competed in several Southeast Asian Games was she could not follow Nassar’s speed and rhythm in the first and second rounds. The referee confirmed the Jordanian boxer’s RSC success in the second round which means that Nassar needs only one further step to qualify for Paris.

India’s Nikhat Zareen is unbeaten in this Olympic cycle and she eliminated Vietnam’s two-time ASBC Asian Champion Nguyen Thi Tam in the first preliminary round of the women’s light flyweight (50kg). The two-time World Champion Zareen faced another strong opponent, South Korea’s Bak Cho Rong who developed in all aspects of boxing this year. The Indian had another confident performance in her second appearance in the Asian Games and she joined the quarter-finals of the weight class.

DPR Korea’s Choe Chol Man succeeded in the first preliminary stage of the men’s light welterweight (63.5kg) and he was highly confident in his second contest against Yemen’s Naseem Hussein Ahmed Al-Qadhi in Hangzhou. The North Korean won their meeting by unanimous decision and will now meet for the semi-final place Thailand’s Bunjong Sinsiri who stopped his opponent, Palestine’s Mohammed Soud.

The bottom part of the draw was the strongest at the men’s light welterweight (63.5kg) in Hangzhou where Kazakhstan’s Yertugan Zeinullinov and Tajikistan’s ASBC Asian Champion Bakhodur Usmonov met first for the quarter-final. Usmonov made a great finish in the third round but his efforts were not enough to turn back their contest. In the next top fight, Mongolia’s Chinzorig Baatarsukh made a strong revenge after his loss in the final of the World Boxing Championships, and he defeated Uzbekistan’s Ruslan Abdullayev.

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