Uzbekistan is aiming for gold medals at the ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships
Uzbekistan claimed four gold medals in the last edition of the ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships but their target is more in the new edition. The head coach of the Uzbek male national team Mr. Marat Kurbanov selected their best line-ups and informed us about their preparations and targets.
“Our boxers took part in the prestigious Governor International Cup in St. Petersburg, Russia which was our last successful preparation event before the ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships. We continued our preparations in our base camp in Yangiabad at the Tashkent region and the ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships will be our last test before the Tokyo Olympic Games.
We are planning a 10-day recovery after the ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships and a new training camp in Yangiabad in Yangiabad and after the last one in Japan from July 6. The conditions for training were arranged by the Uzbekistan Boxing Federation and the Uzbekistan National Olympic Committee.
Our President issued a decree for further developments of boxing Uzbekistan and our sport have got more and more attractions every year. Boxing is personally considered by our President therefore we need to work twice as hard as ever. The number of boxers have multiplied in Uzbekistan, we have the reputation and we will try to continue our wonderful results,” summarized the head coach, Mr. Marat Kurbanov.
The ASBC Asian Elite Men’s and Women’s Boxing Championships will be starting from the 21st of May and it is extended until the 1st of June in the new venue in Dubai. Uzbekistan achieved altogether eleven quotas for the Tokyo Olympic Games at the Asian & Oceanian Olympic Boxing Qualifying Event in Amman on March 2020 and after based on the BTF ranking system.
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