Seven Asian medals are guaranteed after Day2 in the FISU World University Boxing Championships

The FISU World University Championships began with five Asian triumphs in Chiang Mai, Thailand in the first competition day and seven of our boxers won their contests on Day 2. The championships is the first big elite event after the Rio 2016 Olympic Games which is holding in Asia.
Chiang Mai is located in the Northern part of Thailand and famous of its boxing school and also of its weightlifting traditions. Besides to the ten men’s weight classes the women boxers can compete in the Flyweight class (51 kg), Lightweight class (60 kg) and Middleweight class (75 kg) once again after the last Yakutsk 2014 edition. Boxers who were born between 1988 and 1997 are eligible to compete in the FISU University World Boxing Championships.

Women’s Lightweight class (60 kg):
Kazakhstan’s Nazym Ishchanova could not attend in the last edition of the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships due her loss in the last sparring but she trained with full speed in the recent months to regain her place in the national team. The AIBA Women’s Youth World Boxing Championships bronze medallist talent had to meet with Poland’s former AIBA Women’s Youth World Champion Aneta Rygielska in the quarter-final. The 18-year-old Kazakh girl used her best weapon the quick jabs to beat her Polish rival in a top level contest in Chiang Mai.

Men’s Flyweight class (52 kg):
Thailand’s Tanes Ongjunta was bronze medallist in the 2013 ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships in Amman and since then he had also great year in 2015. He was near to qualify for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games but after these events he is now focusing to the FISU World University Boxing Championships. The 24-year-old Thai boxer had to meet with a tough boxer Japan’s Subaru Murata who qualified for the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games as a Light Flyweight class (49 kg) boxer. The Japanese boxer was energetic in the first round but Ongjunta raised the level and defeated his talented Asian rival in Chiang Mai.

Men’s Bantamweight class (56 kg):
Kazakhstan’s Asian Student Champion Yertugan Zeinuldinov involved to their youth national team in 2013 and in 2014 while he joined to the elite age group only this year. Following his youth successes in the Light Flyweight class (49 kg) he moved up two categories and have been selected to take part in Chiang Mai. Kazakhstan’s 19-year-old boxer had to meet with another teenage hope Moldova’s Dorin Bucsa who claimed gold medal at the 2014 EUBC European Confederation Youth Boxing Championships. Zeinuldinov exceeded the previous expectations and eliminated his tough rival in the first preliminary round in Thailand and continued his winning path against Chinese Taipei’s Kao Shih Yen who was also a competitive rival for him on Day 2.
Thailand’s new flag bearer in the Bantamweight class (56 kg) Yuttapong Tongdee had a few international experiences but his skills are enough good to win such a spectacular bout which he produced together with France’s Adem Medj. The final verdict was unanimous decision to the Thai boxer who advanced to the last four and bagged at least a bronze in Chiang Mai. Japan’s Yuki Yamauchi is a young student from the Ashiya University without any huge experiences but his power was enough to stop China’s Wei Mingdong before the end of the first round.

Men’s Middleweight class (75 kg):
Kazakhstan’s Rakhat Marzhikpayev was AIBA Junior World Champion and ASBC Asian Junior Champion in 2013 but in the recent years he could not repeat that performance. He joined to the elite competitions this year and received the right to box in Chiang Mai for Kazakhstan. The 19-year-old boxer, who came from a boxing family, had to do his best to win his quarter-final contest against Germany’s Timo Rost who injured in their narrow bout.

Men’s Heavyweight class (91 kg):
China’s Zhang Zhe was ASBC Asian Youth Champion in Subic Bay in 2013 and he needed a few years to find the way back to the successes. The 22-year-old boxer competed also in the Season VI of the World Series of Boxing and took China’s first victory in Chiang Mai where he defeated Ukraine’s Yevhenii Domanskyi. The final verdict was split decision to the Chinese boxer who joined to the last four.