Highlights of the ASBC National Federations – Kazakhstan dominated the welterweight in the recent four Olympic Games

The Asian Boxing Confederation introduces the best moments of its affiliated Asian National Federations launching a new PR campaign, the Highlights of the ASBC National Federations. Kazakhstan is the most successful Asian nation in the Olympic Games despite the country could attend only in six editions between 1996 and 2016. The Kazakh boxers dominated the welterweight achieving the titles in the recent four Olympic Games since 2004.

Kazakhstan’s boxing life began nearly 90 years ago and one of their pioneers in boxing was a legendary coach Mr. Shokhr Boltekuly. The Kazakh boxers represented the Soviet Union in the international events until 1991 when the country separated from the big state. Until that era the boxers from the Kazakh SSR achieved dozens of titles in the Soviet Union National Boxing Championships.

Former ASBC President Serik Konakbayev achieved two gold medals in the European Boxing Championships representing the Soviet Union and at the age of 21 he achieved silver at the Moscow 1980 Olympic Games. Viktor Demyanenko also achieved silver medal as Konakbayev at the Moscow 1980 Olympic Games. Another Kazakh SSR boxer, Aleksandr Miroshnichenko bagged bronze medal at the super heavyweight (+91kg) in the Seoul 1988 Olympic Games.

Kazakhstan is No.10 in the current Olympic boxing medal table with seven gold, seven silver and eight bronze medals in spite of the fact their boxers could represent the independent country only six editions from 1996 until 2016. Their first Olympic gold medal was taken by Vasiliy Zhirov at the light heavyweight (81kg) in the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games.

Their current manager, Mr. Yermakhan Ibraimov achieved bronze in 1996 which he changed into gold at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. Bekzat Sattarkhanov was only 20 when he claimed gold medal at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games but he had a car crash and died a few months later. The Bekzat Sattarkhanov Memorial Tournament holds every year in the city of Turkestan to remember their Olympic Champion.

AIBA World Champion and Asian Champion Bolat Dzhumadilov earned two medals in the Olympic Games and advanced to the finals in Atlanta and also in Sydney but he lost both of his title contests. Bolat Niyazymbetov, Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov, professional star Gennadiy Golovkin, and Serik Yeleuov were their further medallists in 1996, in 2000 and in 2004.

Kazakhstan dominated the welterweight between in the Olympic Games between 2004 and 2016 making an amazing record in that category. Bakhtiyar Artayev, Bakhyt Sarsekbayev, Serik Sapiyev and Daniyar Yeleussinov each won the gold medals at the welterweight in the recent four editions of the Olympic Games. Kazakhstan’s recent star, Daniyar Yeleussinov won the gold medal at the welterweight (69kg) in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and became the fourth-in-a-row from his strong nation who could win the title in this category.

Kazakhstan achieved 16 gold, 13 silver and 12 bronze medals in the history of the boxing events of the Asian Games. The country topped the medal table at the Incheon 2014 Asian Games where the Kazakh boxers achieved six gold medals. Kazakhstan became No.1 in the medal standings five-times at the 1994, 1995, 2004, 2013 and 2015 editions of the Asian Elite Boxing Championships.

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