Orazbek Assylkulov defeated the World Champion Makhmud Sabyrkhan in the bout of the finals at the Abdaliyev Memorial Tournament
The super strong 43rd edition of the Karakozy Abdaliyev Memorial Tournament finished with its 13 finals in Shymkent, Kazakhstan where Orazbek Assylkulov caused the main surprise.
The international competition was one of the preparation events for the upcoming ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships and also the selection for the Kazakh boxers. The region’s biggest city in South Kazakhstan was the host of the 2013 edition of the ASBC Asian Junior Boxing Championships.
Mr. Karakozy Abdaliyev was a Kazakh-Soviet soldier who was awarded to the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union in 1943 due to his brave actions in World War II. He was born in Shymkent and the city is proud of his hero therefore the Shymkent Boxing Federation was named its international competition after him.
The dream final of the minimumweight (48kg) has realized in Shymkent between two World Champions but Sanzhar Tashkenbay was not able to fight against Temirtas Zhussupov who won this final by walk over.
A relatively new face won the title of the flyweight (51kg), Damir Abdikadyr who defeated for the gold medal Daniyal Sabit who claimed a silver medal already at the 2021 ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships in Dubai at the age of 19.
Kazakhstan’s two-time ASBC Asian U22 Champion Nursultan Altynbek walked over to the title of the bantamweight (54kg) due Saken Bibossynov, another World Champion from 2021, did not compete in the final bout.
The defending World Champion Makhmud Sabyrkhan had a very easy success over Ukraine’s Oleg Chulyacheyev in the semi-finals of the featherweight (57kg) but he suffered a loss to Orazbek Assylkulov who used the best strategy against the 23-year-old star.
Following the main surprise of the day, the former Asian Youth Champion Biybars Zheksen worked enough in the final of the lightweight (60kg) to beat the Tokyo Olympian Serik Temirzhanov while the Asian Games quarter-finalist Yertugan Zeinullinov (63.5kg) returned with a gold medal in Shymkent.
The Paris Olympian Mukhammedsabyr Bazarbay Uulu had a hard but successful mission against the 19-year-old Ilia Kalinin at the welterweight (67kg) while the ASBC Asian U22 Champion Sabyrzhan Akkalykov walked over against the returning Abylaikhan Zhussupov at the light middleweight (71kg).
Dias Molzhigitov, the former Youth World bronze medallist, finally defeated his main national rival, Nurkanat Raiys at the middleweight (75kg) before Yerassyl Zhakpekov was too strong for Ukraine’s Youth World Champion teenager, Mykyta Zasenok at the light heavyweight (80kg).
The 2019 World Champion Bekzad Nurdauletov did not underestimate his young rival, Temirlan Mukatayev in the final of the cruiserweight (86kg) but the Asian Games bronze medallist Sagyndyk Togambay (92kg) and the ASBC Asian Champion Aybek Oralbay (+92kg) also impressed in their title contests.
The list of the winners at the 2024 Abdaliyev Memorial
Tournament
48kg: Temirtas Zhussupov 51kg: Damir Abdikadyr 54kg: Nursultan Altynbek 57kg: Orazbek Assylkulov 60kg: Biybars Zheksen 63.5kg: Yertugan Zeinullinov 67kg: Mukhammedsabyr Bazarbay Uulu 71kg: Sabyrzhan Akkalykov 75kg: Dias Molzhigitov 80kg: Yerassyl Zhakpekov 86kg: Bekzat Nurdauletov 92kg: Sagyndyk Togambay +92kg: Aybek Oralbay
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