ASBC Administrative Director Mr. Bassam Ghanem had negotiations on behalf of the ASBC President with the President of the Iranian Boxing Federation Mr. Hossein Souri at the Makran Cup

The Asian Boxing Confederation’s Administrative Director Mr. Bassam Ghanem attended in the first edition of the Makran Box Cup which was held in the city of Chabahar in Iran. The young official represented the President of the Asian Boxing Confederation and AIBA Vice-President Mr. Anas Alotaiba in Chabahar.
ASBC official Mr. Bassam Ghanem had negotiations on behalf of President Mr. Anas Alotaiba with the President of the Iranian Boxing Federation Mr. Hossein Souri during the Makran Box Cup in Chabahar about the future programs and strategic plans. The next edition of the ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships will be held in Bangkok this April which event is also important for Mr. Hossein Souri.
The President of the Iranian Boxing Federation Mr. Hossein Souri has got strong future plans in Iran to raise the level of the popularity of boxing to the similar level as wrestling which is their national sport. Their future plans contains to host more international events and to develop all aspects of the sport in the upcoming years.
The Iranian Boxing Federation hosted four national events for their elite, youth, junior and schoolboy boxers in the last two months of 2018 and decided to launch their new international competition the Makran Cup in Chabahar.
The Makran Cup was the first international event in Iran since the 2010 ASBC Asian Confederation Youth Boxing Championships which was held in their capital city in Tehran. The Makran Box Cup was held for the men’s elite boxers and the event was one of the preparation tournaments for the upcoming 2019 ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships.
The Iranian boxers attended in the traditional Bocskai Memorial Tournament in Debrecen, Hungary starting the year on February where their team claimed one silver medal. Following their participation in Hungary the Iranian team claimed five gold medals in the Makran Box Cup. Omid Ahmadisafa (52kg), the new teenage sensation Danial Shakhbakhsh (60kg), Moslem Maghsoudi (64kg), Sajjad Kazemzadeh (69kg) and Hossein Daneshvar (81kg) achieved their titles in Chabahar.

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