The 12th Serik Sapiyev Prizes Junior Tournament began with a marathon session in Karagandy
The 12th edition of the Serik Sapiyev Prizes Junior Tournament opened in Karagandy, Kazakhstan where the competition started with a real marathon session, 109 contests.
The new edition of the Serik Sapiyev Prizes Junior Tournament is a preparation event before their Junior National Championships therefore the number of the participants exceeded the 300 in Karagandy which is a record in the event’s history.
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan are the participating nations in the 12th Serik Sapiyev Prizes Junior Tournament. The 2009 and 2010 born boxers were eligible to participate in the Serik Sapiyev Prizes Junior Tournament.
The last edition of the event was a success in the heart of Kazakhstan and the busy organizers arranged the competition in the Karaganda Boxing Development Center in 2023. The competition venue is the same this year as well and the local engine of the competition, Mrs. Aigul Baimanova arranged all of the organizational matters.
The main goal of the event is to find new talents and support to increase the international experience of these young 14 and 15-year-old talents. The organizers of Serik Sapiyev Prizes Tournament were the Karaganda Regional Boxing Federation and the Department of Sports of the Karaganda Region.
Mr. Serik Sapiyev was Kazakhstan’s boxing icon between 2005 and 2012 who earned gold medals in all of the major championships. He bagged a title at the London 2012 Olympic Games where he was awarded the best boxer trophy, the Val Barker Award as well. He won the World Elite Championships in 2005 and in 2007, the Asian Games in 2010 and the ASBC Asian Boxing Championships twice during his career.
The women’s boxers are also added to the official program of the Serik Sapiyev Prizes Junior Tournament in Karagandy where the 46kg, 50kg, 60kg and 70kg are in the agenda.
The men competitors are able to fight for the titles at the 44kg, 46kg, 48kg, 50kg, 52kg, 54kg, 57kg, 60kg, 63kg, 66kg, 70kg, 75kg, 80kg, and the +80kg weight categories in Karaganda. The Best Boxer of the Tournament got a special prize established by the sponsors of the international competition.
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