Three days left until the start of the ASBC Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships
The exciting countdown to the ASBC Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships turned into its final phase, only three days left until the start of the first session. The upcoming money prize event, the ASBC Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships will be held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on August 17-31 while its competition period is August 20-30.
The teams are arriving to the United Arab Emirates one by one today, tomorrow and day after tomorrow before the start of all actions. Following the Sport Entries Check, the Technical Meeting, the Official Draw and the Grand Opening Ceremony will be held in the same day on the 19th of August. The venue of the ASBC Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships is the same as the ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships which took place in the Grand Ballroom at the Le Meridien Hotel.
Mongolia selected finally 12 boxers to attend in the ASBC Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships, seven junior and five youth athletes. Five of the boxers are girls and among them the biggest name is ASBC Asian Women’s Junior Champion Tugsjargal Nomin-Erdene who will be attending at the youth featherweight (57kg) in Dubai. Four coaches will be arriving with the Mongolian team to Dubai including former National Champion Yerkin Jamantai and experienced Purev-Ochir Byambasuren.
Altogether record number of 51 champions will be crowned in the ASBC Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships, 25 girls and 26 boys. At the very first time in the Asian boxing events’ history, two age groups, the junior and the youth can attend in one championships. The women and the men boxers who were born in 2003 and in 2004 are eligible to compete in the ASBC Asian Youth Boxing Championships. The younger boxers who were born in the years of 2005 and in 2006 can attend in the ASBC Asian Junior Boxing Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
ASBC Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships will be a money prize event, following the management of the Asian Boxing Confederation, the ASBC Head office and AIBA confirmed it. The medallists of the 2021 ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships will be received cash prizes besides to their medals in May and the youth and junior boxers will be able to earn money in the next upcoming continental event.
The schedule of the upcoming ASBC Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships
August 17-18 – Arrival of the delegations
August 18-19 – Sport Entries Check
August 19 – Technical Meeting
August 19 – Official Draw
August 19 – Opening Ceremony
August 20 – Day1 competition
August 21 – Day2 competition
August 22 – Day3 competition
August 23 – Day4 competition
August 24 – Day5 competition
August 25 – Day6 competition
August 26 – Day7 competition
August 27 – Day8 competition
August 28 – Rest Day
August 29 – Day9 competition with the junior finals
August 30 – Day10 competition with the youth finals
August 31 – Departure of the delegations
Weight categories of the ASBC Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships
48kg, 50kg, 52kg, 54kg, 57kg, 60kg, 63kg, 66kg, 70kg, 75kg, 81kg and +81kg in the women’s youth boxing event
48kg, 51kg, 54kg, 57kg, 60kg, 63.5kg, 67kg, 71kg, 75kg, 80kg, 86kg, 92kg and +92kg in the men’s youth boxing event
46kg, 48kg, 50kg, 52kg, 54kg, 57kg, 60kg, 63kg, 66kg, 70kg, 75kg, 80kg and +80kg in the women’s junior boxing event
46kg, 48kg, 50kg, 52kg, 54kg, 57kg, 60kg, 63kg, 66kg, 70kg, 75kg, 80kg and +80kg in the men’s junior boxing event
Money prizes in the ASBC Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships
Youth Gold – 6000 USD
Youth Silver – 3000 USD
Youth Bronze – 1500 USD
Junior Gold – 4000 USD
Junior Silver – 2000 USD
Junior Bronze – 1000 USD
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