Mr. Serik Konakbayev and the whole ASBC management send their sincere condolences to Mr. Yuriy Emelyanov’s family

The President of the Asian Boxing Confederation and Vice-President of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) Mr. Serik Konakbayev, furthermore the whole ASBC management is sending their sincere condolences to the Uzbekistan boxing family following their legendary coach Mr. Yuriy Emelyanov passed away.
Mr. Yuriy Emelyanov was born in the city of Chyrchyk on September 17 in 1948 and served Uzbekistan’s and the world’s boxing life since 1966. He dedicated 52 years of his life to boxing as a coach and built up boxing in Uzbekistan during the Soviet times. His pupils were National Champions of the Soviet Union as Rinat Trichev and Obid Zakirov.
Following the Soviet Union collapsed and Uzbekistan became an independent country he worked with a top boxer Sherzod Abdurakhmonov who was Olympian in the Athens 2004 Games. He trained Uzbekistan’s several other Olympians and his pupil was also their strong WSB boxer Ulugbek Khakberdiev.

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