Asian hegemony in the traditional Feliks Stamm Memorial Tournament in Poland

The Asian countries performed superbly in the 35th edition of the Feliks Stamm Memorial Tournament in the Polish capital in Warsaw. The participating nations from our continent achieved finally 7 gold medals, 7 silvers and 7 bronze medals in the Feliks Stamm Memorial Tournament breaking all of the previous Asian records.
Jordan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Philippines, Qatar, Sri Lanka and Turkmenistan sent their boxers to the 35th Feliks Stamm Memorial Tournament where United States, Australia, Russia, Brazil, Germany, Turkey, Belarus, Sweden, Netherlands, Finland and host Poland also attended from the powerful boxing nations.
The first Asian gold medal was achieved by Philippines’ AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships silver medallist Nesthy Petecio who defeated Netherlands’ Beata Dudekova, Sri Lanka’s Keshani Kasthuri Hansika, Belarus’ Yuliya Apanasovich and Germany’s former AIBA Women’s World Champion Ornella Wahner during her road to the title of the female featherweight (57kg).
Philippines also won gold medal in the men’s part of the Feliks Stamm Memorial Tournament, their China Open Tournament silver medallist and 2013 ASBC Asian Youth Champion Ian Clark Bautista became the best at the flyweight (52kg). The 24-year-old Filipino boxer defeated Russia’s two-time EUBC European Champion Vasiliy Egorov in the semi-final and continued his winning path against Turkmenistan’s most experienced national team member Zarip Jumayev in the final.
Kazakhstan’s Incheon 2014 Asian Games winner Ilyas Suleimenov is an experienced boxer at the bantamweight (56kg) but he had seriously hard road to get the title in Warsaw. The 27-year-old Kazakh boxer defeated Turkmenistan’s Islamic Solidarity Games silver medallist Yakub Meredov, Russia’s European Games winner Bakhtovar Nazirov, United States’ AIBA World Boxing Championships silver medallist Duke Ragan and Jordan’s veteran Mohammed Abdelaziz Al-Wadi during his campaign in Warsaw.
Hursand Imankuliyev joined to the national team of Turkmenistan in 2012 and competed well in the Sofia 2014 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships. He has quickly adopted the level of the elite boxers and with the leading of Russian star coach Mr. Aleksandr Lebziak he is now a strong weapon for Turkmenistan at the lightweight (60kg). Imankuliyev used strong tactic in the whole event and defeated Mongolia’s Byambatsogt Tuguldur, Philippines’ veteran Junel Cantancio and Russia’s Artur Subkhankulov in Warsaw.
ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships bronze medallist Bekdaulet Ibragimov was born in Tashkent but has been fighting for Kazakhstan. The tough light welterweight (64kg) boxer started well against Jordan’s Rio 2016 Olympian Obada Al-Kasbeh and defeated all of his rivals including Poland’s lone finalist Damian Durkacz in the event.
Kazakhstan’s two-time WSB Team Champion Aslanbek Shymbergenov had a difficult semi-final against Germany’s Magomed Schachidov at the welterweight (69kg) but after that close success he was able to beat a top Russian, Sergey Sobylinskiy in the final. Kazakhstan’s fourth gold medal was achieved by Asian Games winner Anton Pinchuk who was slightly better than Turkmenistan’s Islamic Solidarity Games gold medallist Arslanbek Achilov in the final of the heavyweight (91kg).