Uzbekistan sets up new record in the ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships

The ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships finished with its last competition day in Tashkent where Uzbekistan sets up new record in the history of the event with their nine gold medals. Uzbekistan’s Hasanboy Dusmatov became the Best Boxer in the event while 17 Asian countries secured at least one quota place for the Hamburg 2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships.

Light flyweight (49kg):
Uzbekistan’s star Rio 2016 Olympic Champion Hasanboy Dusmatov eliminated Sri Lanka’s Thiwanka Ranasinghe, Kazakhstan’s new national team member Yerzhan Zhomart and India’s National Champion Amit Panghal in the road to the finals. Dusmatov met for the title with Mongolia’s Rio 2016 Olympian Gankhuyag Gan-Erdene and he tried to beat his taller opponent with well-built tactic. The Val Barker Trophy winner Uzbek star controlled mainly the second part of their final and defended his throne in Asia.
Kazakhstan’s Yerzhan Zhomart had a few great jabs in the first round against Indonesia’s Cornelis Kwangu Langu which was the opening Box-off of the category. The Bali-based Indonesian stepped into the gas in the second round and his efforts delivered for him a quota place at the Hamburg 2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships. Syria’s Hussin Al-Masri tried to find the best attacking positions against China’s He Junjun in their Box-off and following the first round he controlled their bout.

Flyweight (52kg):
The AIBA World Boxing Championships silver medallist experienced Uzbek boxer Jasurbek Latipov eliminated Pakistan’s Syed Muhammad Asif, Kyrgyzstan’s ASBC Asian Champion Azat Usenaliev, India’s Kavinder Bisht Singh and Kazakhstan’s Azamat Issakulov in the road to the final. Following his manly battle Latipov met with South Korea’s Kim In Kyu in the final of the championships and delivered his best performance just in the gold medal bout. Latipov, who had more fights in Tashkent than Kim, controlled their final and won Uzbekistan’s next title in the event.
India’s Kavinder Bisht Singh walked over to the quota place following his young opponent Malaysia’s Abdul Salam Kasim was not able to box against him today. Japan’s 21-year-old Ryusei Baba worked more on feet than Sri Lanka’s Seneviratne Bandara and took the lead after the first round. The Japanese National Championships silver medallist young hope did enough in the next phase of their bout to get a quota to Hamburg.

Light welterweight (64kg):
Mongolia’s Chinzorig Baatarsukh was seeded as No.1 in this weight class who was involved to their top team in 2014. Since then he became one of the best Mongolian boxer who eliminated three boxers already in Tashkent and met with Uzbekistan’s AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships bronze medallist Ikboljon Kholdarov in the title bout. The Mongolian boxer started their final better but Kholdarov changed his tactic in the second and his amazing speed was enough to win the title and took his career highlight.
China’s youngest team member Wang Gang had to meet with another 19-year-old boxer Indonesia’s Saroha Tua Lumbantobing in the Box-off of the category but he needed only one and half minute to win their contest. Sri Lanka’s Dinidu Dushan Saparamadu also qualified for the Hamburg 2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships following his walk over victory over Chinese Taipei’s Pan Hung Ming.

Welterweight (69kg):
Uzbekistan’s Rio 2016 Olympic Games silver medallist and AIBA Asian & Oceanian Olympic Qualification Event winner Shakhram Giyasov was one of the discovery of last year and he proved his great talent in this championship as well. He defeated Iran’s Sajjad Kazemzadeh in the semi-final and faced with Kazakhstan’s Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games winner Ablaikhan Zhussupov in the final of the competition. The Uzbek star knocked down his younger rival in the first round but Zhussupov did not give up their contest in the second. Giyasov was amazing in the final three minutes and won his first Asian title in the front of the home crowd.
Syria’s ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships bronze medallist Ahmad Ghossoun overcame South Korea’s Lee Seung Hyeon in the attacks and impressed the crowd in the opening minutes. Ghossoun, who came from a boxing family, controlled the bout in the second round and his top performance delivered for him a ticket to Hamburg. In the second Box-off of the category India’s two-time Olympian Manoj Kumar met with China’s AIBA World Boxing Championships bronze medallist Liu Wei which was a unique battle in the evening session.

Super heavyweight (+91kg):
Uzbekistan’s Bakhodir Jalolov used his longer reach in the semi-final against Syria’s ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships bronze medallist Mohamed Mulayes and his strength was also the difference in that bout. The 200cm tall Uzbek boxer, who was the flag bearer of their delegation in the Opening Ceremony in Rio de Janeiro, met with Kazakhstan’s WSB hero Kamshybek Kunkabayev in the final of the category. Jalolov, who lost to his opponent twice in the recent two years, tried to moved more and used different tactic as last time. The Uzbek boxer had successful counter-attacks and did revenge against his tough Kazakh opponent claiming his nation’s ninth gold medal in Tashkent.
South Korea’s veteran Kim Do Hyeon walked over to the quota because Sri Lanka’s Buwaneka Addurakaram was not able to box against him. India’s AIBA World Boxing Championships quarter-finalist Satish Kumar started his bout strongly against China’s Mu Haipeng and his dominancy delivered for him a spot to the Hamburg 2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships.