The Mongolian favourites advanced to the final of the Chinggis Khan Cup

The semi-finals delivered top quality bouts and a few surprises in the Chinggis Khan Cup which is holding in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The host team of the competition and the Uzbeks were dominated the semi-final stage of the Chinggis Khan Cup.
Uzbekistan’s Tursunoy Rakhimova won the gold medal in their Women’s Youth National Championships last year and she moved up to the Flyweight class (51kg) as an elite athlete. The 18-year-old super talented boxer Uzbek boxer had to meet in the semi-final with Mongolia’s Incheon 2014 Asian Games bronze medallist Nandintsetseg Myagmardulam who is member of the national team since 2007. Rakhimova exceeded the previous expectations and controlled her semi-final which means she can box for the gold medal with Mongolia’s Altantsetseg Lutsaikhan who also moved up one weight class.
Uzbekistan’s another female boxer Dilnozakhon Odiljonova controlled the first two rounds against Mongolia’s Shinetsetseg Davaasuren but she could not win their semi-final contest due her injury. The Mongolian Bantamweight class (54kg) boxer launched big punches in the third round and the ringside doctor stopped their bout. Davaasuren will be boxing for the gold medal with her national team member compatriot Myagmar Gundegmaa who defeated Nandinsuvd Daramsuren in the second semi-final.
Enkhmandakh Kharkhuu came from a real boxing family whose elder brother is also a national team member boxer. The young Light Flyweight class (49kg) boxer controlled the first round against his teammate Ganselem Ariunbold and due his serious punches their bout finished before the final bell. Kharkhuu’s next opponent will be Uzbekistan’s WSB hero Nodirjon Mirzakhmedov who eliminated Russia’s Bator Gomboyev.
Mongolia’s Summer Universiade winner Enkh-Amar Kharkhuu competed in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and he was the main favourite for the gold medal at the Flyweight class (52kg). The 24-year-old Kharkhuu led after the first round against former National Champion Nurlan Askhar but injured in the second round after his opponent’s blows and the ringside doctor stopped their contest. Askhar continued his winning path in the semi-final against Singapore’s Youth Olympian Mohamed Hanurdeen Bin Hamid in his next appearance in the Chinggis Khan Cup. His final opponent will be Uzbekistan’s National Champion and WSB team member Abrorjon Kodirov.
Uzbekistan’s next WSB youngster Abdulkhay Sharakhmatov felt the rhythm well enough from the first round against Gansukh Mungun-Erdene and won all of the rounds as the scoring of 10:9 in each judges. The 20-year-old Uzbek Bantamweight class (56kg) boxer will now meet for the gold medal with Mongolia’s Munkhsaikhan Oyunbileg who eliminated Russia’s Chingiz Sharipov in a narrow contest.
Mongolia’s Rio 2016 Olympic Games quarter-finalist 19-year-old Erdenebat Tsendbaatar attends at the Lightweight class (60kg) this time and did not give any chance to his teammate Shinechagtaga Zoltsetseg in their quarter-final. The young star had to meet with Mongolia’s two-time Youth National Champion 19-year-old Misheelt Battumur in the semi-final of the weight class and his efforts were enough to win his key contest. Tsendbaatar will be boxing for the gold medal with Mongolia’s Otgonjargal Batkhuu.
Mongolia’s next Rio 2016 Olympian boxer Baatarsukh Chinzorig was too strong for Mongolia’s two-time Youth National Champion 18-year-old Batkhuyag Sukhkhuyag in the quarter-final and after that success he walked over to the gold medal bout against Hungary’s National Championships silver medallist 23-year-old Milan Fodor who could not box against him. Chinzorig’s next opponent will be Mongolia’s Bayarkhuu Ganbaatar who shocked Uzbekistan’s AIBA World Boxing Championships bronze medallist Elnur Abduraimov in the second semi-final of the Light Welterweight class (64kg).
Uzbekistan’s WSB boxer Fazliddin Meliboev proved also top performance in the semi-final of the Welterweight class (69kg) where he defeated Mongolia’s former ASBC Asian Confederation Youth Boxing Championships silver medallist Batzorig Otgonjargal. The 20-year-old Uzbek will now face for the gold medal with China’s Hu Richabilige who was too quick for Mongolia’s young talent Munkh-Ireedui Bayarmunkh.