The Uzbek stars are waiting for the start of the ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships

Uzbekistan is the host of the upcoming edition of the ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships for the men’s elite boxers in Tashkent which will be began in a few days. The Uzbek national coaches selected the 10-strong squad among the top boxers of their last edition of the National Championships and from their Rio 2016 Olympian heroes. Uzbekistan is the main favourite to get the top position in the medal standings of the ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships.
Hasanboy Dusmatov claimed gold medal at the light flyweight (49kg) in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and won also the Val Barker Trophy as the best boxer of the August’s event. The Uzbek miniman is ready to continue his big things in 2017 and attended successfully in Season VII of the World Series of Boxing where he was able to raise his number of victories up to 12 after his Olympic successes.
Experienced Jasurbek Latipov was bronze medallist in the Baku 2011 AIBA World Boxing Championships and achieved silver in the Almaty 2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships. After a few poor years the 25-year-old flyweight (52kg) boxer regained his place in the national team and will be there in the event.
Murodjon Akhmadaliev was silver medallist at the 2012 AIBA Youth World Championships in Yerevan and joined to the elite level in 2013. The 22-year-old talent moved up to the bantamweight (56kg) in the recent years and following his silver at the Doha 2015 AIBA World Boxing Championships he achieved bronze at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Tashkent region’s Elnur Abduraimov was bronze medallist in the 2015 AIBA World Boxing Championships in Doha but could not compete in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games due Uzbekistan’s double quotas in the lightweight (60kg). The 22-year-old top WSB boxer moved back to the lightweight (60kg) in the recent two weeks and after his strong performance in the WSB he is also ready to do big things in Tashkent.
AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships bronze medallist Ikboljon Kholdarov proved top performance as youth boxer and he adopted the level of the elite athletes very quickly. The 20-year-old light welterweight (64kg) boxer competed in the APB as the youngest hope in 2016 and won several international AOB events.
Uzbekistan’s new sensation Shakhram Giyasov had a few international successes in the recent years in smaller events but he was able to do the breakthrough in 2016. The 23-year-old boxer moved up to the welterweight (69kg) in November 2015 and following his Uzbek national title he won the AIBA Asian & Oceanian Olympic Qualification Event in Qian’an, China and qualified for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Giyasov defeated all of his rivals in the road to the finals in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and he lost to only Kazakhstan’s Daniyar Yeleussinov in the gold medal bout. His silver in Rio de Janeiro was his career highlight and received the ASBC Asian Discovery of the Year Trophy.
Israil Madrimov was silver medallist at the 2013 ASBC Asian Confederation Youth Boxing Championships in Subic Bay, Philippines and he was able to repeat that performance at the Incheon 2014 Asian Games short after his 19th birthday. Khorezm region’s hope moved up to the middleweight (75kg) one year ago and his decision was successful. The 22-year-old boxer was unbeaten in 2016 and won all of his WSB and AOB bouts also this year.
Bektemir Melikuziev is Uzbekistan’s next big hope for a gold medal in the ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships in Tashkent. He joined to the elite age group after his gold in the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games and in the AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships in 2015. The Rio 2016 Olympic Games silver medallist Bektemir Melikuziev also changed his weight class, he is now at the light heavyweight (81kg) and the main favourite of the category in Tashkent.
Uzbekistan’s previously best heavyweight (91kg) boxer Rustam Tulaganov did not box since the Rio 2016 Olympic Games therefore their head coach had to find a new team member in 2017. Following Boburbek Yuldashev, Sardorbek Begaliev and Zukhriddin Makhkamov were not able to get top performance this year, finally ASBC Asian Youth Champion Sanjar Tursunov are selected to take part in the event in Tashkent.
Surkhandarya region’s Rio 2016 Olympic Games quarter-finalist and AIBA World Boxing Championships bronze medallist Bakhodir Jalolov amazed the world’s boxing life in the recent two years and after his fourth national title he could be one of the key person of the super heavyweight (+91kg) in 2017.