Thirteen Asian boxers are guaranteed participants in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games

Thirteen Asian boxers are guaranteed participants in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
All of the affiliated national federations confirmed the list of their qualified boxers who can show their skills in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. After the Doha 2015 AIBA World Boxing Championships the Asian continent had 14 quota places to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and among them 13 can compete in Brazil next August due a duplication.
Uzbekistan had a lone quota before the Doha 2015 AIBA World Boxing Championships but after their great performance in Qatar the number of their spots raised up to five. Murodjon Akhmadaliev (56 kg), Elnur Abduraimov (60 kg), Fazliddin Gaibnazarov (64 kg) and 19-year-old Bektemir Melikuziev (75 kg) secured their new places to Rio which means Uzbekistan is now near to their previous performance which was six in London. Uzbekistan had two quota places, Hurshid Tojibaev from the APB and Elnur Abduraimov from Doha in the Lightweight class (60 kg) but the Uzbek Boxing Federation decided to give the quota to Tojibaev.
Asia’s top boxing nation Kazakhstan added one more quota to their previous three, star Daniyar Yeleussinov was able to get a spot at the Welterweight class (69 kg). Birzhan Zhakipov (49 kg) and Berik Abdrakhmanov (60 kg) qualified from the APB while Vassiliy Levit (91 kg) from the WSB previously.
China, the host of the 2016 AIBA Asian & Oceania Olympic Qualifiers, is the third most successful Asian nation in the qualification process to Rio de Janeiro after 2015. AIBA Youth World Champion Lu Bin (49 kg) and Zhang Jiawei (56 kg) qualified from the AIBA Pro Boxing while surprisingly Liu Wei (69 kg) secured a spot in the Doha 2015 AIBA World Boxing Championships.
Iran’s best boxer London 2012 Olympic Games quarter-finalist Ehsan Rouzbahani (81 kg) was one of the first Asian who had a quota to Rio while Thailand’s first quota was achieved by Wuttichai Masuk (64 kg) who was bronze medallist in the Doha 2015 AIBA World Boxing Championships.
The next qualification event for our boxers will be the AIBA Asian & Oceania Olympic Qualifiers in Qianan, China which tournament will be starting on March 23.

List of the qualified and confirmed boxers to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games:
49 kg: Birzhan Zhakipov, Kazakhstan
49 kg: Lu Bin, China
56 kg: Zhang Jiawei, China
56 kg: Murodjon Akhmadaliev, Uzbekistan
60 kg: Berik Abdrakhmanov, Kazakhstan
60 kg: Hurshid Tojibaev, Uzbekistan
64 kg: Fazliddin Gaibnazarov, Uzbekistan
64 kg: Wuttichai Masuk, Thailand
69 kg: Daniyar Yeleussinov, Kazakhstan
69 kg: Liu Wei, China
75 kg: Bektemir Melikuziev, Uzbekistan
81 kg: Ehsan Rouzbahani, Iran
91 kg: Vassiliy Levit, Kazakhstan