Jordan and Iran train together for the Asian Games in Amman

The elite boxing teams from Jordan and Iran train together in Amman in order to prepare well to the upcoming Asian Games. The multisport event will be the first Qualifier for the Asian boxers and the first competition day in Hangzhou is September 23.

Amman was the host of the 2020 Asian & Oceanian Olympic Boxing Qualifying Event, the 2022 ASBC Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships and the 2022 ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships as well. The capital of Jordan has a fantastic and well-equipped facility which is perfect for joint training camps and sparring.

Team Jordan competed successfully in the recent World Boxing Championships where the country earned a historic bronze medal in Tashkent. Their reigning ASBC Asian Champion at the men’s lightweight (60kg), Mohammad Adnan Abu Jajeh made that historic step, and made the country proud in Jordan.

Team Iran earned a similar historic result in this Olympic cycle, their Daniyal Shakhbakhsh bagged a bronze medal in the Belgrade 2021 World Boxing Championships a few months later than the Tokyo Olympics. Shakhbakhsh achieved that bronze medal also at the lightweight (60kg) as Abu Jajeh but two years earlier than the boxer from Jordan.

Jordan’s last main event was the Arab Sports Games in Algeria where the country acquired another huge milestone in their boxing life. Hanan Ayed Nassar became their first ever female gold medallist in an international championships and four male boxers also crowned in Algeria: Mohammad Adnan Abu Jajeh (60kg), Zeyad Eshaish (71kg), Hussein Iashaish (80kg) and Odai Riyad Al-Hindawi (86kg).

Four Iranian coaches as Mr. Hosseingholi Nohroudi, Mr. Homayoun Amiri, Mr. Mahmoud Nohtani and Mr. Mohammad Hosseinpoor support the work in Amman. Daniyal Shakhbakhsh (57kg), Ali Habibinezhad (63.5kg), Mahdi Sarbazbakhshayesh (71kg), Seyed Shahin Mousavi (80kg) and Iman Ramezanpour (+92kg) are the Iranian boxers in the joint training and sparring camp.

Jordan and Iran both are planning to compete in one of the upcoming international tournaments before the start of the Asian Games.

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