Shafiyev, Zoidov, Rakhimov, Murodzoda and Sufijonov leads Team Tajikistan in Astana
Tajikistan have registered a strong delegation with more than 20 boxers to the ASBC Asian U22 & Youth Boxing Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan.
Tajikistan earned one gold medal in the 2022 ASBC Asian U22 Boxing Championships in Tashkent and three bronze medals in the last edition in Bangkok. The Tajik youth boxers shined in the previous editions with several medals in Amman and in Astana.
The 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 born boxers will be able to compete at the U22 age group in Astana, Kazakhstan. Boxers who were born in 2006 and in 2007 will be eligible to participate in the youth age group in this specific continental event.
The Tajik U22 female boxers are mostly newcomers in the international stage but Fariza Yokubova (52kg) and Dilnoza Nurimova (60kg) both have strong national results. Khangoma Isoyeva is their lone female boxer in the youth national squad but she competed already in two editions of the ASBC Asian Boxing Championships during her career.
Mekhron Shafiyev won the last two editions of the Tajikistan National Championships and he represented the country at the Asian Games and at the 1st World Olympic Boxing Qualifying Event as well.
Meroj Zoidov was quarter-finalist at the 2023 Men’s Elite World Boxing Championships before his 19th birthday and the strong bantamweight (54kg) boxer has huge potentials in Kazakhstan’s capital.
The National Champion Khusravkhon Rakhimov competed already in all levels of boxing, he spends his last year among the U22 boxers and he has the potential to earn a medal at the men’s featherweight (57kg).
Abubakr Murodzoda achieved a silver medal at the 2019 ASBC Asian Junior Boxing Championships in Fujairah when he was only 15-year-old. The Tajik lightweight (60kg) boxer has excellent technical skills and he is aiming for the title in his division in Astana.
Dovud Makhkamov competed in the last edition of the Men’s Elite World Boxing Championships in Tashkent and he has medal hopes at the light middleweight (71kg). Mekhrodjiddin Barotov (48kg), Shakhboz Khaitov (80kg) and Bakhman Rasulov (92kg) also have international background in their U22 national squad. The 17-year-old Meroj Sufijonov moved up to the flyweight (51kg), he won almost all of his international bouts in the recent two years and he is one of the favourites in Astana as well. Muinkhodzha Muminov (48kg), Anushervon Fazylov (54kg), Damir Muybalikhonov (57kg) and Ruslan Gafurov (63.5kg) all competed in several championships and they are strong hopes for Tajikistan in the men’s youth competition.
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