Sixteen Asian victories in the third competition day of the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships

The AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships continued with its third competition day in New Delhi, India today. Altogether 54 contests were held in the marathon program today and the Asian boxers won 16 bouts on Day 3.
Altogether 277 boxers from 62 countries are attending in the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships in New Delhi. The Asian continent are competing with 90 boxers in the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships from the following 16 nations: Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines, DPR Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tajikistan, Chinese Taipei and Uzbekistan.

Flyweight (51kg):
Kazakhstan’s AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships bronze medallist and Rio 2016 Olympian Zhaina Shekerbekova eliminated Russia’s EUBC European Women’s Champion Svetlana Soluianova in the first preliminary round and met with DR Congo’s No.1 AFBC African Champion Rosette Esotia Ndongala on Day3. The 29-year-old Kazakh boxer reduced the fighting distance successfully and she was able to win all of the rounds against her African rival in New Delhi.
Japan’s Tsukimi Namiki had a strong youth career and she was involved to their elite national team in the recent one year. The 20-year-old Japanese boxer is a technician talent who had a well-built strategy against Turkey’s Busenaz Cakiroglu. The younger Japanese hope impressed in the first round and she was slightly better than her European opponent which means Namiki is the Top16 of the weight class.
DPR Korea’s Asian Games silver medallist and ASBC Asian Confederation Women’s Boxing Championships Runner-up Pang Chol Mi was quicker and better than Nepal’s Bimala Shrestha in her second bout in New Delhi. The 24-year-old North Korean landed high number of clean punches against her developing rival and enjoyed the bout in the third round with full of her focus. The final verdict was unanimous decision to Pang who won the last round 10:8 in each scorecard.
China’s Asian Games winner and Youth Olympic Champion Chang Yuan eliminated Philippines’ Irish Magno but her performance was not the best one today. Asia’s further successes in this weight class was captured by India’s Pinki Jangra Rani, Thailand’s 20-year-old Jutamas Jitpong and South Korea’s Jang Euna who dominated her fight over Czech Republic’s Petra Lastovkova.

Featherweight (57kg):
DPR Korea’s Jo Son Hwa was silver medallist at the Jakarta 2018 Asian Games but she did not have an easy opponent as first in New Delhi where she faced with Tajikistan’s Asian Martial Games winner Mizhgona Samadova. The younger Central Asian boxer started the first round well and her combinations surprised the North Korean. Jo turned up the heat from the second round and she was able to turn back their tough contest in New Delhi.
Thailand’s Nilawan Techasuep joined to the national top team only this year but she proved that her skills are enough strong to be competitive in the international stage. The Jakarta 2018 Asian Games bronze medallist boxer used up her longer reach against Ukraine’s experienced Snizhana Kholodkova and tried to keep the safest range. The younger Thai boxer received also punches from the Ukrainian side mainly in the third round but she had enough advantage to win their difficult bout.
India’s new national team member at the featherweight (57kg) Sonia started her boxing career in 2011 but she had to wait for her international debut until 2018. The 21-year-old Bhiwani-based boxer and her Moroccan opponent have done a tactical fight in the third competition day. Sonia felt the support of the home crowd and she was able to win all of the rounds against Doaa Toujani in New Delhi.
South Korea’s Im Ae Ji was gold medallist the Guwahati 2017 AIBA Women’s Youth World Boxing Championships and returned to India after her amazing success. The 19-year-old talent moved down to the featherweight (57kg) and proved her better footwork against Trinidad & Tobago’s lone boxer in New Delhi, Tianna Guy. The Korean hope reached her Caribbean rival several times and she was enough technician to win the bout by unanimous decision.

Light welterweight (64kg):
Tajikistan’s ASBC Asian Confederation Women’s Boxing Championships bronze medallist Shoira Zulkaynarova was highly confident in her opening contest against Puerto Rico’s Stephanie Pineiro and eliminated her Central American rival by large margin of differences. India’s Ahmet Comert Tournament winner newcomer Simranjit Kaur exceeded all of the previous expectations and eliminated United States’ gold medal favourite Amelia Moore in the next key bout of the category.

Middleweight (75kg):
Mongolia’s Munkhbat Myagmarjargal was involved to the national team once year ago and she attended at the Ho Chi Minh City 2017 ASBC Asian Confederation Women’s Boxing Championships. The Mongolian is tall and strong but in the recent competitions her tactical skills were not the bests. She proved better performance in all aspects of boxing against Argentina’s Yasmin Rocio Marzo and won her first bout in New Delhi which was one of her career highlights.

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