Asadkhudja Muydinkhudjayev amazed in his semi-finals at the Olympic Games

De PINA David (CPV) in RED and DUSMATOV Hasanboy (UZB) in BLUE compete in the Men’s 51kg category at the Boxing Tournament of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in the North Paris Arena (NPA), Paris, France, on August 4, 2024.

The venue of the boxing event of the Olympic Games moved into the Roland Garros Arena after the rest day but the atmosphere was incredible today. As many of the Asians, Uzbekistan’s World Champion Asadkhudja Muydinkhudjayev advanced to the final of the men’s light middleweight (71kg).

Thirteen weight categories, 248 top boxers, 124 female and 124 male athletes from 69 nations will compete in the boxing event of the Paris Olympics.

Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Thailand, China, Chinese Taipei, India, the Philippines, Tajikistan, Jordan, Mongolia, South Korea, DPR Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Kyrgyzstan and Palestine will have boxers in the Olympic Games from the Asian continent.

Asadkhudja Muydinkhudjayev, the Uzbek World Champion had unpredictable movements in the first round against United States’ Omari Jones and he took the lead on the judges’ scorecards. The Uzbek was patient and waited for the best attacking moments in this light middleweight (71kg) semi-final bout. The 23-year-old Muydinkhudjayev invested all of his extra work in the previous eight years to live through this moment and he qualified for the Olympic final with strong footwork to meet Mexico’s Marco Verde.

China’s Asian Games winner Wu Yu used his double defence in the first round against Kazakhstan’s two-time World Champion Nazym Kyzaibay and she tried to catch her opponent with quick shots. Wu jumped into the best fighting distance and she followed the instructions of her Cuban coach well enough to take the control in this semi-final therefore the Chinese will be able to meet Turkey’s Busenaz Cakiroglu for the title of the women’s light flyweight (50kg).

China’s World Champion Yang Liu met several times with Chinese Taipei’s star Chen Nien Chin in the recent three years and she had always hard battles against the strong puncher. Chen controlled the first round with quick actions, she surprised Yang with her style and Chinese Taipei’s No.1 took the lead on the scorecards. Chen boxed much better in this contest than any of their previous matches but finally Yang’s hand was raised due to her effective counter-shots.

China’s Yang Wenlu advanced to the final of the women’s lightweight (60kg) and she worked hard from the first seconds against the defending champion, Kellie Harrington of Ireland but she was not able to take the title in Paris. Harrington enjoyed an emotional success in the final bout but Yang’s silver in this Olympic Games is the career highlight.

Don’t forget you can keep up with all of the action, news, results and photos by following ASBC on Facebook and Instagram.
ASBC website: www.asbcnews.org
ASBC Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ASBC.Boxing/
ASBC Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/asbc_official/
ASBC Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/BoxingAsian?s=08