Seven Asian boxers are in the finals of the FISU World University Boxing Championships after Day4

Seven Asian boxers advanced to the finals in the FISU World University Championships in Chiang Mai, Thailand in the fourth competition day and kept their chances alive to win the while tournament. The FISU World University Boxing Championships which is the first big elite event after the Rio 2016 Olympic Games which is holding in Asia.
Chiang Mai is located in the Northern part of Thailand and famous of its boxing school and also of its weightlifting traditions. Besides to the ten men’s weight classes the women boxers can compete in the Flyweight class (51 kg), Lightweight class (60 kg) and Middleweight class (75 kg) once again after the last Yakutsk 2014 edition. Boxers who were born between 1988 and 1997 are eligible to compete in the FISU University World Boxing Championships.

Women’s Lightweight class (60 kg):
Kazakhstan’s Nazym Ishchanova could not attend in the last edition of the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships due her loss in the last sparring but she trained with full speed in the recent months to regain her place in the national team. The AIBA Women’s Youth World Boxing Championships bronze medallist defeated Poland’s former AIBA Women’s Youth World Champion Aneta Rygielska in the quarter-final. The 18-year-old Kazakh girl could not repeat her strong performance in the semi-final and lost to Thailand’s Ratchadaporn Saoto which was a surprise result on Day 4. Chinese Taipei’s AIBA Women’s Youth world Boxing Championships silver medallist Huang Hsiao Wen lost to Russia’s Natalia Shadrina and claimed bronze in Chiang Mai.

Women’s Middleweight class (75 kg):
Chinese Taipei’s best woman boxer AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships bronze medallist and Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games silver medallist Chen Nien Chin was amazing in the semi-final of the FISU World University Boxing Championships in Chiang Mai. The Rio 2016 Olympian Chen demonstrated her power against Russia’s newly crowned National Champion Oksana Trofimova and will now meet for the gold medal with Poland’s Natalia Hollinska in the competition.

Men’s Light Flyweight class (49 kg):
Chinese Taipei’s next finalist in the FISU World University Boxing Championships will be 19-year-old Tu Po Wei who defeated Kyrgyzstan’s two-time National Champion Rakhmankul Avatov. Tu, who competed at the 2013 AIBA Junior World Boxing Championships in Kiev and also in the 2014 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships in Sofia, delivered the surprise of the day winning the bout against Avatov while Thailand’s 20-year-old Thitisak Hoitong lost to Russia’s Ukrainian-descent Vadim Kudriakov and claimed bronze medal in the championships.

Men’s Flyweight class (52 kg):
Thailand’s Tanes Ongjunta was bronze medallist in the 2013 ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships in Amman and since then he had also great year in 2015. He was near to qualify for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games but after these events he is now focusing to the FISU World University Boxing Championships. The 24-year-old Thai boxer eliminated Japan’s Subaru Murata who qualified for the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games as a Light Flyweight class (49 kg) boxer. The Thai boxer continued his winning path in the front of the home crowd and controlled his semi-final against Russia’s tough Chingiz Natyrov while Chinese Taipei’s 19-year-old Jan Chun Hsien won bronze medal in this weight class.

Men’s Bantamweight class (56 kg):
Thailand’s new flag bearer in the Bantamweight class (56 kg) Yuttapong Tongdee had a few international experiences but his skills are enough good to win such a spectacular bout which he produced together with France’s Adem Medj. The final verdict was unanimous decision to the Thai boxer in the quarter-final who was able to repeat that performance against Kazakhstan’s Asian Student Champion and ASBC Asian Confederation Youth Boxing Championships bronze medallist Yertugan Zeinuldinov in the last four and advanced to the gold medal bout in Chiang Mai which is his career highlight.
Japan’s Yuki Yamauchi is a young student from the Ashiya University without any huge experiences in the international level but his power was enough to stop China’s Wei Mingdong before the end of the first round in his debuting quarter-final contest. As second he had to meet with a top European boxer Russia’s Student National Champion Roman Podoprigora but Japan’s new hero was enough focused to keep his early advantage until the final bell and will be boxing with Thailand’s Yuttapong Tongdee for the gold medal.

Men’s Light Welterweight class (64 kg):
Thailand’s Somchay Wongsuwan competed at the 2014 ASBC Asian Confederation Youth Boxing Championships in Bangkok and since then he joined to the elite age group. The 20-year-old talent eliminated Japan’s Nobuhiro Hiranaka as first in the championships and he was able to solve that tactical job. The Thai boxer won all of the rounds in all score cards and advanced to the semi-final as lone Asian athete at the Light Welterweight class (64 kg) but Ukraine’s Armenian-descent Mger Oganisian stopped him in this phase of the championships. The young Thai boxer was almost in the same level than his Ukrainian rival and his bronze medal is a strong performance in such a big event.

Men’s Middleweight class (75 kg):
Kazakhstan’s Rakhat Marzhikpayev was AIBA Junior World Champion and ASBC Asian Junior Champion in 2013 but in the recent years he could not repeat that performance. He joined to the elite competitions this year and received the right to box in Chiang Mai for Kazakhstan. The 19-year-old boxer, who came from a boxing family, triumphed over Germany’s Timo Rost who injured in their narrow quarter-final bout. Marzhikpayev had a big battle in the semi-final with Russia’s Artem Garashchuk and due the last round finally he achieved bronze medal in Chiang Mai losing this fight by split decision.

Men’s Heavyweight class (91 kg):
China’s Zhang Zhe was ASBC Asian Youth Champion in Subic Bay in 2013 and he needed a few years to find the way back to the successes. The 22-year-old boxer competed also in the Season VI of the World Series of Boxing and took China’s first victory in Chiang Mai where he defeated Ukraine’s Yevhenii Domanskyi in the quarter-final. Zhang Zhe did his best also in the semi-final but his skills were not enough to find the best weapon against Russia’s Anton Zaitcev and acquired bronze medal in the championships.

Men’s Super Heavyweight class (+91 kg):
Kazakhstan’s Nurmukhanov Memorial Tournament winner and Duisenkul Shopokov Memorial Tournament bronze medallist Nursultan Amanzholov was the lone Asian boxer in the action in the semi-finals of the Super Heavyweight class (+91 kg) but he solved his tactical issues in the fourth competition day. His opponent Belarus’ Yauheni Mednik had great results as junior and youth boxer but Amanzholov was in different level and advance to the final of the event where he will now face with Russia’s Sergey Smolin.