Davaa Gerelsaikhan and Miku Oikawa won the most difficult bouts at the opener of the East Asian Youth Games

The new edition of the East Asian Youth Games had two fantastic sessions in the boxing venue in Mongolia’s capital, Ulaanbaatar. Among the local favourites, Mongolia’s Davaa Gerelsaikhan won a narrow bout and Japan’s Miku Oikawa also eliminated her tough rival by split decisions.

China, DPR Korea, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Macau, host Mongolia, Chinese Taipei and Guam have the rights to compete in the East Asian Youth Games this August. Among them China, Japan, South Korea, Mongolia, and Chinese Taipei sent boxers to the East Asian Youth Games.

Altogether 14 female and 29 male boxers are participating for the ten available titles in Mongolia’s capital. Boxers who were born in 2005 and in 2006 are eligible to participate in the East Asian Youth Games. The venue of the boxing event of the Games is the Mongolian Wrestling Palace which has the capacity of 2,500 spectators. 

South Korea’s female boxer, An Su Bin had excellent national results in the recent two years and she had the skills to control all of the three rounds against Japan’s Amu Ota at the women’s light flyweight (50kg). Further South Koreans, their male talents, Jin Juan (51kg) and Moon Gyu Bin (60kg) both succeeded in the session.

Japan’s Miku Oikawa lives and trains in Tokyo and she was successful in the previous national events therefore she received the right to compete at the East Asian Youth Games. The Japanese girl had a very difficult but successful bout against Mongolia’s Enkhamgalan Nomundari while China’s Xu Rong won the second contest over Chinese Taipei’s Wang Tsai Wei at the women’s bantamweight (54kg).

Davaa Gerelsaikhan is a 17-year-old talent, she dominated all of his previous junior national events but she had to face South Korea’s youth No.1, Park Hye Ji in the semi-finals of the women’s lightweight (60kg). The Mongolian made a fantastic final round which was decisive between them, and she will now meet China’s Li Qianwen who stopped Chinese Taipei’s Li Yi Chun before the final gong.

China’s Mo Changning caused the main surprise of the session in the Games, he defeated Mongolia’s most experienced youth male boxer, Otgonbayar Tuvshinzaya winning the bout by split decision (4:1). South Korea’s Jo Hyeon Woo eliminated Japan’s Ryota Ajiki in the next contest of the men’s minimumweight (48kg).

China’s Xinjiang-based Nuerheman Daerhan was competitive opponent in the first round against Japan’s Ryuki Waga but his opponent stepped into the gas in the second. Waga not only dominated the second round but he knocked out his Chinese rival and joined the finals of the men’s welterweight (67kg). South Korea’s Park Seong Hun also succeeded in this weight class, he bowed out Mongolia’s Batzaya Ochirdari in a hectic contest.

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