Future stars won in the Akelbayev Prizes Tournament in Kyrgyzstan

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The new edition of the Akelbayev Prizes Tournament was held in the city of Balykchi in Kyrgyzstan to give chance to the youngest boxers to represent their countries in an international boxing competition.
The competition was held for the kids and schoolboys age groups and the country showed its amazing future potential. Tajikistan’s Mekhrodj Zoidov is only a schoolboy but he was able to win several tournaments already in the recent two years and he won the gold medal also in the Akelbayev Prizes Tournament in Kyrgyzstan.
Mr. Kenzhebek Akelbayev was silver medallist in the 1997 edition of the Asian Boxing Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and he was member of their national team in the whole ‘90s. Mr. Kenzhebek Akelbayev was the head coach of the Kyrgyz junior national team which achieved one silver and four bronze medals in the ASBC Asian Confederation Junior Boxing Championships in Puerto Princesa, Philippines.
The 2004-2005 born boxers could compete in the schoolboy level of the Akelbayev Prizes Tournament which age group will be schoolboy only in 2018 but the Kyrgyz Boxing Federation has been managing them for the future. Aged 10-11 boys, 2006-2007 born boxers attended in the kids age group of the competition.
The first gold medal of the whole event was achieved by Artur Dzhumayev of Kyrgyzstan who is only 10 but he was able to beat all of his four opponents in the kids age group. Kyrgyzstan’s next big hope Temirkhan Daniyarov showed excellent potential of boxing in the kids 30kg where he defeated three rivals by RSC in the first round.
Kyrgyzstan’s Renat Shar was amazed the crowd with his great combinations and defeated Tajikistan’s Isfandiyer Khoshimov in the final of the kids 32kg weight class. The fourth gold medallist in the kids age group was Kyrgyzstan’s Kayrat Kalmuratov who defeated his teammate Nursultan Asanakulov in a close final.
Tajikistan’s Mekhrodj Zoidov won the gold medal in the Children Day Tournament in Khudjand in June and repeated his top performance in his next international competition in Balykchi where he was too smart for Kyrgyzstan’s Tokmak-based Aleksandr Martinyuk in the final of the schoolboys 30kg.
The further winners in the schoolboys age group at the Akelbayev Prizes Tournament were the following boxers: Akbolot Baktybekov, Chyngyz Sultanov, Aidar Ydyrysov, Vadim Baurin, Maksat Arykbayev, Bekbol Murasbekov and Zhanbolot Syrtbayev from Kyrgyzstan. Kazakhstan achieved also two titles in the Akelbayev Prizes Tournament, their Abzal Saiyn and Baatyrkhan Seitenov won their weight classes in Balykchi.

List to the winners in the Akelbayev Prizes Tournament
kyrgyzstan Kids 28kg, Group A: Artur Dzhumayev, Kyrgyzstan
kyrgyzstan Kids 28kg, Group B: Kayrat Kalmuratov, Kyrgyzstan
kyrgyzstan Kids 30kg: Temirkhan Daniyarov, Kyrgyzstan
kyrgyzstan Kids 32kg: Renat Shar, Kyrgyzstan
tajikistan Schoolboys 30kg: Mekhrodj Zoidov, Tajikistan
kyrgyzstan Schoolboys 32kg: Akbolot Baktybekov, Kyrgyzstan
kyrgyzstan Schoolboys 34kg: Chyngyz Sultanov, Kyrgyzstan
Kazakhstan Schoolboys 36kg: Abzal Saiyn, Kazakhstan
kyrgyzstan Schoolboys 38kg: Aidar Ydyrysov, Kyrgyzstan
kyrgyzstan Schoolboys 40kg: Vadim Baurin, Kyrgyzstan
kyrgyzstan Schoolboys 42kg: Maksat Arykbayev, Kyrgyzstan
Kazakhstan Schoolboys 50kg: Baatyrkhan Seitenov, Kazakhstan
kyrgyzstan Schoolboys 54kg: Bekbol Murasbekov, Kyrgyzstan
kyrgyzstan Schoolboys 57kg: Zhanbolot Syrtbayev, Kyrgyzstan