Five Asian triumphs in the FISU University World Boxing Championships in Chiang Mai on Day1

The FISU World University Championships began with five Asian triumphs in Chiang Mai, Thailand which competition is the first big event after the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Asia. The competition is hosted by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) which was established in 1949 and coordinates the activities of the university sports federations.
The city is located in the Northern part of Thailand and famous of its boxing school and also of its weightlifting traditions. The date of the championships is October 3-8 in Chiang Mai where the host country is planning to get record number of titles. Besides to the ten men’s weight classes the women boxers can compete in the Flyweight class (51 kg), Lightweight class (60 kg) and Middleweight class (75 kg) once again after the last Yakutsk 2014 edition. Boxers who were born between 1988 and 1997 are eligible to compete in the FISU University World Boxing Championships.

Bantamweight class (56 kg):
Kazakhstan’s Asian Student Champion Yertugan Zeinuldinov involved to their youth national team in 2013 and in 2014 while he joined to the elite age group only this year. Following his youth successes in the Light Flyweight class (49 kg) he moved up two categories and have been selected to take part in Chiang Mai. Kazakhstan’s 19-year-old boxer had to meet with another teenage hope Moldova’s Dorin Bucsa who claimed gold medal at the 2014 EUBC European Confederation Youth Boxing Championships. Zeinuldinov exceeded the previous expectations and eliminated his tough rival in the first preliminary round in Thailand.

Lightweight class (60 kg):
Kyrgyzstan’s Temirlan Osmonov lost his preliminary bout in the last edition of their National Championships but he demonstrated he is in much better form than one year ago. The 23-year-old Kyrgyz boxer defeated such a tough rival as Ukraine’s Vladyslav Vyetoshkin who has been competing in the international level since 2010. The final verdict of their narrow bout was split decision to Osmonov who joined to the last eight in Chiang Mai.
Chinese Taipei’s Lai Chu En surprisingly qualified for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games with amazing performance at the World Olympic Qualification Event in Baku. In that competition he eliminated Latvia’s Artjoms Ramlavs and now he had to meet with his European opponent once again. The 20-year-old talent used his Olympic experiences and impulse to beat Ramlavs who has been boxing in the big boxing events since 2008. Lai won their contest by split decision on their re-match.
Thailand’s Thiwa Janthacumpa won their National Boxing Tournament in 2015 and in 2016 as well therefore he is among the favourites of the Lightweight class (60 kg) in Chaing Mai. The young talent, who has been training in Bangkok, was too quick for Moldova’s EUBC European Confederation Youth Boxing Championships bronze medallist 20-year-old Mihail Cvasiuc in the last bout of the evening session.

Light Heavyweight class (81 kg):
Kazakhstan’s Ali Akhmedov won the gold medal in the first edition of the Asian Student Championships in Dushanbe in May following he returned from the Heavyweight class (81 kg). The 21-year-old future hope was in different level than ASBC Asian Confederation Youth Boxing Championships bronze medallist China’s Li Bitao. Akhmedov won the second round 10:8 and finally stopped his Chinese opponent before the final bell.