DPR Korea’s Won Un Gyong eliminated the defending champion of the women’s lightweight in Hangzhou

The ninth session of the Asian Games saw twelve contests in Hangzhou, China where DPR Korea’s returning Won Un Gyong eliminated the defending champion.

The ASBC Asian U22 Champion Thananya Somnuek of Thailand should have been met Philippines’ Riza Pasuit in the first contest of the afternoon session but the Thailand Open Tournament winner Filipino was not able to compete today. Indonesia’s Asian Games bronze medallist Huswatun Hasanah, another strong hope from the Southeast Asian region, was able to control her preliminary bout against Kuwait’s lone female competitor in Hangzhou, Noura Almutairi.

India’s Jaismine Lamboria is one of the tallest boxers at the women’s lightweight (60kg) and the 22-year-old boxer used her distance well in the first round against Saudi Arabia’s newcomer, Hadeel Ghazwan Ashour. Saudi Arabia has just begun to develop its women’s boxing life and their boxers have only a few international contests yet but Ashour tried to do her very best against a star of the women’s lightweight (60kg). Jaismine was too strong in the second round and the referee stopped the contest in the second round.

South Korea’s defending champion at the women’s lightweight (60kg), the multiple Asian Champion Oh Yeon Ji tried to prepare well in tactics against a dangerous North Korean, Won Un Gyong. The DPR Korean boxer was Women’s Junior World Champion in 2015 and the currently 24-year-old athlete proved outstanding developments. Won had brilliant technical skills in this contest. which she combined with perfect timing, therefore she eliminated the No.1 of the weight class already in the Round of 16.

Saudi Arabia’s best boxer, Abdulaziz Khalid Al-Atbi opened his campaign with a success and he is a quarter-finalist at the men’s flyweight (51kg) in Hangzhou. The Saudi Arabian boxer proved strong performance in the second part of the bout against Bangladesh’s Mohammed Abu Thalha and he joined the last eight. The Saudi boxer will now meet for the guaranteed medal DPR Korea’s So Chon Ryong who also won his second contest in the Games, he was better than Nepal’s Rabin Thapa.

Thailand’s fantastic Thitisan Panmod eliminated his main regional rival, Philippines’ ASBC Asian U22 Champion Aaron Jude Bado as first and he continued his winning path against a next difficult opponent, Tu Po Wei of Chinese Taipei who reached the quarter-finals in the World Championships. The 23-year-old Thai will be boxing for the guaranteed medal China’s newcomer Zhang Jiamao who had a clear success over Vietnam’s Nguyen Minh Cuong.

Chinese Taipei’s next boxer in action was Kan Chia Wei who succeeded over Sri Lanka’s professional hope, Niraj Madushan Wijewardana, dominating all of the three rounds in Hangzhou. Kan joined the quarter-finals of the light middleweight (71kg) and he will have an opponent for the medal from Malaysia, Mohamed Aswan Bin Che Azmi who eliminated Kuwait’s Thaher Ali by RSC.

Turkmenistan’s 21-year-old Bayramdurdy Nurmuhammedov is their most developed boxer and the young talent was too strong for Palestine’s Nidal Foqahaa today. Nurmuhammedov landed the better shots and his strength was decisive in the second round of the bout therefore he needs only one further step to get a medal in Hangzhou. His quarter-final opponent will be a top one, Mongolia’s Byambatsogt Tuguldur who bowed out Thailand’s Peerapat Yeasungnoen in a hectic bout.

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