Powerful Mongolian victories on the second day of the ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships

The second competition day of the ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships was held in two sessions in Bangkok today. The winners of today’s 55 contests advanced to the quarter-finals of the continental event. The Mongolian boxers won four top contests on Day2 when their bests also opened their campaigns in Bangkok.
The new edition of the ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships has set up new records both in the number of the entering boxers and also in the number of the participating countries in Bangkok. Altogether 304 athletes including 112 women and 192 men boxers will be attending in the ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships from tomorrow.
The following 34 nations are attending in Bangkok: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Chinese Taipei, DPR Korea, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Yemen.

The first bout of the whole ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships was won by Philippines’ Ramel Macado
Philippines’ Ramel Macado replaced their Asian Games bronze medallist Carlo Paalam in the team and started strongly on Day1 against Iran’s Omid Ahmadisafa who won four international tournaments in the recent one year. In the battle of the southpaw boxers Macado met with Malaysia’s Southeast Asian Games winner Muhammad Fuad Bin Mohamed Redzuan. The Filipino light flyweight (49kg) boxer ruled the middle of the ring and dictated the tempo in their contest. The final verdict was unanimous decision in the favour of Macado who became the first in the weight class who joined to the last eight.

Laos’ Khamsathone Khamphouvanh continued his amazing winning path in Bangkok on Day2
Laos’ Khamsathone Khamphouvanh has done a historical success in the first competition day of the ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships when he eliminated China’s Bao Jiancong. Following that success he was the favourite against Nepal’s Sushil Thapa Magar in the second preliminary round. Khamphouvanh, who attended already in the 2014 ASBC Asian Confederation Youth Boxing Championships in Bangkok, moved ahead bravely from the opening seconds and controlled most part of their contest which means Laos bagged its second success in the event.

Afghanistan won further two contests on Day2
Afghanistan won two contests in the first day of the ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships which was one of their highlights in the recent years. Their Ramish Rahmani won his second contest in the event on Day2 when he eliminated Cambodia’s Sao Rangsey at the light flyweight (49kg). His teammate Ali Reza Ahmadi is their three-time National Champion boxer who won each of the rounds in all scorecards against Bhutan’s Tshering Samdrup at the lightweight (60kg) arranging another strong day for Afghanistan.

Central Asian boxing powers as Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan each won strong contests in the men’s light flyweight (49kg)
Kyrgyzstan’s Mirlan Turkbay Uulu regained his place in the national team and dominated his contest against Yemen’s Arab Youth Champion 19-year-old Sil Ghaleb Mohammad Al-Qarnas. Uzbekistan’s Nodirjon Mirzakhmedov also regained his place in the national team and eliminated Japan’s Daichi Hasebe in his debuting bout. Kazakhstan’s Amman 2013 ASBC Asian Champion Temirtas Zhussupov became the first who eliminated a host nation’s boxer in Bangkok where he was quicker than Thailand’s Samak Saehan.

Asian Games medallists of the lightweight (60kg) Mongolia’s Erdenebat Tsendbaatar and Thailand’s Rujakran Juntrong won their contests on Day2
Mongolia’s Erdenebat Tsendbaatar achieved gold medal at the lightweight (60kg) in the Jakarta 2018 Asian Games and after that success he started his campaign in Bangkok. His right-handed hooks worked well in his debuting contest against DPR Korea’s Choe Chol Man. Thailand’s Rujakran Juntrong defeated Indonesia’s Farrand Papendang at the Jakarta 2018 Asian Games and claimed bronze medal there. Thailand’s strong boxer demonstrated his power on their re-match and won the bout by large margin of differences.

Mongolia’s Enkh-Amar Kharkhuu defeated one of his main rivals in Bangkok
Mongolia’s Enkh-Amar Kharkhuu was Olympian boxer in Rio de Janeiro and won the Summer Universiade and the Thailand Open International Tournament besides to many others during his career. The Mongolian bantamweight (56kg) boxer had to meet in a top bout with DPR Korea’s Jo Hyo Nam United who claimed silver medal at the Jakarta 2018 Asian Games last August. The Mongolian boxer lost only two contests in 2018 and started 2019 with tough performance therefore he looked confident from the first seconds. Kharkhuu kept his standard in the same level until the final bell and eliminated the tough North Korean in Bangkok.

World class contests at the men’s light welterweight (64kg)
Thailand’s representative at the men’s light welterweight (64kg) was Somchay Wongsuwan this time instead of Wuttichai Masuk and he tried to use his chance to show his potential in the Asian level. Wongsuwan used his counter-attacking style against Kazakhstan’s ASBC Asian Youth Champion Sanatali Toltayev and his speed was enough to be competitive against the Central Asian. The final verdict was split decision in the favour of Toltayev who advanced to the quarter-finals. Mongolia’s Rio 2016 Olympian and Asian Games silver medallist Chinzorig Baatarsukh started strongly against Kyrgyzstan’s Bek Kamchybekov in another world class bout. The Kyrgyz boxer was competitive for Baatarsukh but the Mongolian impressed in the final minutes and won their tight bout.

Kyrgyzstan’s new young storm dominated his fight at the middleweight (75kg) where the favourites also won their bouts
Kyrgyzstan’s Omurbek Bekzhigit Uulu started boxing only in 2015 but he is a native talent in our sport. The 18-year-old Kyrgyz stopped his first opponent in Bangkok and he has done the same in his second contest. Bekzhigit Uulu knocked down Afghanistan’s Farhad Noori still in the first round and the referee stopped their unequal contest quickly. Following his success Kazakhstan’s Bocskai Memorial Tournament winner Tursynbai Kulakhmet won his contest by RSC against Kuwait’s Abdulaziz Yaqoub.

Vietnam’s Nguyen Thi Thu Nhi and Mongolia’s Mungunsaran Balsan shined at the women’s light flyweight (48kg)
Vietnam’s female boxing life turned to a new era when the country hosted the ASBC Asian Confederation Women’s Boxing Championships one and half year ago. Their light flyweight (48kg) hope Nguyen Thi Thu Nhi found the best counter-attacking angles and eliminated Uzbekistan’s Fotimakhon Tursunboyeva on Day2. Mongolia’s Mungunsaran Balsan replaced ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships bronze medallist Jargalan Ochirbat in the national squad and the 20-year-old promising talent impressed in her opening contest. The young Mongolian landed more punches than Indonesia’s Endang and advanced to the quarter-finals.

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