Veteran stars and young talents represent Kyrgyzstan at the ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships
The head coach of the Kyrgyz national team, former boxer Mr. Daniyar Jusubaliev involved 10 male athletes to their squad to the ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships. Kyrgyzstan’s experienced boxers and medallists from the previous editions as Mirlan Turkbay Uulu, Azat Usenaliev and Erkin Adylbek Uulu all have been selected to the event mixing with the next generation of Kyrgyz talents.
The ASBC Asian Elite Men’s and Women’s Boxing Championships will be starting from the 21st of May and it is extended until the 1st of June in the new venue in Dubai. The Kyrgyz boxers were not successful in the Asian & Oceanian Olympic Boxing Qualifying Event and surprisingly the country was not able to get spots for Tokyo.
The Kyrgyz boxers achieved two bronze medals in the last edition of the ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships in Bangkok and their last title was achieved by Azat Usenaliev in the Amman 2013 edition. The Kyrgyz boxers competed at the Bosphorus International Boxing Tournament, the Governor Cup and also at the Belgrade Winner Tournament this year to prepare well to the ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships.
Mirlan Turkbay Uulu achieved bronze medal in the Bangkok 2019 ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships and the veteran will return to the continental event at the light flyweight (49kg). Kyrgyzstan’s most experienced and highly decorated boxer, former ASBC Asian Champion and Asian Games bronze medallist Azat Usenaliev is in top shape and he could be a key boxer at the flyweight (52kg) once again.
Kyrgyzstan’s new bantamweight (56kg) sensation Akylbek Esenbek Uulu was involved to the national team only in the end of 2019 but he progressed well and claimed silver medal at the Belgrade Winner Tournament last month. Mirzokhid Imamnazarov is even younger, he turned to 20 only this March and after his youth experiences, the Dubai event will be his first major elite championship.
Dmitriy Puchnin amazed in the last edition of the Kyrgyz National Championships, he robbed into the best boxers of the country and now he can do his best in Dubai as well. Nuradin Rustambek Uulu won a historical gold medal at the Ulaanbaatar 2019 ASBC Asian Youth Boxing Championships and he will be making his elite debut in Dubai.
Omurbek Bekzhigit Uulu is a native talent who began boxing only in 2015 but advanced to the quarter-finals in the 2019 edition in Bangkok. He is now more experienced and his aggressive style of boxing could be successful at the middleweight (75kg). Rio 2016 Olympian veteran Erkin Adylbek Uulu is also among the medal favourites at the light heavyweight (81kg).
Rustam Yrysbek Uulu is a 22-year-old talent at the heavyweight (91kg) who defeated the previous champions in Kyrgyzstan and competed already in a few top international events. Kyrgyzstan had difficulties at the super heavyweight (+91kg) in the recent one decade but Bekbolsun Toktosun Uulu could be their new option to manage the previous gap.
List of the Kyrgyz team in the ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships
Men’s 49kg: Mirlan Turkbay Uulu Men’s 52kg: Azat Usenaliev Men’s 56kg: Akylbek Esenbek Uulu Men’s 60kg: Mirzokhid Imamnazarov Men’s 64kg: Dmitriy Puchnin Men’s 69kg: Nuradin Rustambek Uulu Men’s 75kg: Omurbek Bekzhigit Uulu Men’s 81kg: Erkin Adylbek Uulu Men’s 91kg: Rustam Yrysbek Uulu Men’s +91kg: Bekbolsun Toktosun Uulu
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