Asia’s female powerhouse China is focusing to the titles in the upcoming AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships

The 10th edition of the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships will be held in New Delhi, India where Asia’s most successful country China could be one of the powerhouses. Their Olympic medallists as Yin Junhua, Li Qian, AIBA Women’s World Champions as Yang Wenlu and Yang Xiaoli are also member of the participating team.
China will be sending maximum number of 10 boxers to the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships. China’s woman boxing team attended in the Asian Games, in the Strandja Memorial Tournament, in the Korotkov Memorial Tournament, in the Liventsev Memorial Tournament, in the Ulaanbaatar Box Cup and other international competitions in 2018.
Their women boxing team was formed in 2000 and Zhang Maomao claimed their first gold medal in the 2001 AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships in Scranton. The Chinese women team achieved altogether 14 gold medals, 11 silver and 16 bronze medals during the history of the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships which means the Asian boxing power in No.2 in the overall ranking behind Russia.
The Chinese team claimed two gold medals, two silver and two bronze medals in the last edition of the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships in Astana in 2016. Their female squad achieved four gold medals in the Ho Chi Minh City 2017 ASBC Asian Confederation Women’s Boxing Championships therefore their expectations are high in New Delhi.
Youth Olympic Games winner Chang Yuan is one of the main future prospects in women’s boxing who won the title of the flyweight (51kg) at the Asian Games but she can expects high number of top rivals in New Delhi. Yin Junhua claimed silver in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and moved down to the featherweight (57kg) where she also won the title of the Jakarta 2018 Asian Games.
Yang Wenlu is a defending AIBA Women’s World Champion but she also moved down one category and will be fighting at the lightweight (60kg) where she had a few losses in the recent one year. Dou Dan claimed silver medal in the 2017 ASBC Asian Confederation Women’s Boxing Championships and she is among the favourites of the light welterweight (64kg) in New Delhi.
Gu Hong lost to Kazakhstan’s Valentina Khalzova in the final of the last AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships but the welterweight (69kg) hope has done revenge in the ASBC Asian Confederation Women’s Boxing Championships one year ago. China’s middleweight (75kg) No.1 is Li Qian who has been attending in the main international events since 2013 and the tall boxer claimed medals in all of the top competitions including a bronze at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Yang Xiaoli is two-time AIBA Women’s World Champion at the light heavyweight (81kg) but this time she will be attending at the heavyweight (+81kg) in New Delhi where she can trust on her speed. Wu Yu (48kg), Lu Yingying (54kg) and Strandja Memorial Tournament winner 21-year-old Wang Lina (81kg) will be attending in their first AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships.

China’s team in the upcoming AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships
48kg: Wu Yu
51kg: Chang Yuan
54kg: Lu Yingying
57kg: Yin Junhua
60kg: Yang Wenlu
64kg: Dou Dan
69kg: Gu Hong
75kg: Li Qian
81kg: Wang Lina
+81kg: Yang Xiaoli

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/