Li Qian, Yang Chengyu shine as best boxers in Chinese women’s national championships

International stars Li Qian and Yang Chengyu lorded over their respective weight classes to bag the Best Boxer awards in the Chinese Women’s National Championships, a selection tournament for the 2022 International Boxing Association (IBA) Women’s World Boxing Championships next month.

Li, a former world champion and a two-time Asian Championships winner, utilized her height and reach advantage to dominate fellow former world titlist Wang Lina in the middleweight division (75kg).

The 31-year-old Li, who snagged a silver medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and a bronze in the 2016 Rio, decided to resume her hunt for an elusive Olympic gold until the 2024 Paris edition.

On the other hand, 2020 Cologne World Cup winner Yang trounced national champion and ex-world junior titlist Yu Lisai in the quarterfinals then won via walkover against Asian Games champ Yang Wenlu in the semis before crushing Zheng Mengting in the lightweight (60kg) final.

A total of 11 out of the 113 elite boxers earned a gold medal in this year’s national championships that took place at the Baisha county of Hainan province.

Despite the lack of participation in recent international tourneys, the Chinese women’s national boxing team is eager to make a mark anew in the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships that will be held from May 8 to 20 in Istanbul, Turkey.

China previously topped the team rankings with four gold and one silver in the 2018 AIBA Women’s World tilt.

List of winners in the Chinese Women’s National Championships
Women’s 48kg: Qin Yuying
Women’s 50kg: Hu Meiyi
Women’s 52kg: Wu Yu
Women’s 54kg: Pan Sumei
Women’s 57kg: Ruan Mulan
Women’s 60kg: Yang Chengyu
Women’s 63kg: Li Qiange
Women’s 66kg: Ge Jiayue
Women’s 70kg: Yang Liu
Women’s 75kg: Li Qian
Women’s 81kg: Yang Xiaoli

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