WSB Week 2 – Uzbek Tigers won in Puerto Rico

The Uzbek Tigers made amazing debut in the World Series of Boxing
The Uzbek Tigers joined to the Season VI in the World Series of Boxing and their new franchise made a wonderful debut in San Juan where their talented boxers won the encounter 5-0 against Puerto Rico Hurricanes. The average age of the selected Uzbek team was only 21.0 years which show their great potential
Defending ASBC Asian Champion and unbeaten WSB boxer Hasanboy Dusmatov is one of the best boxer at the Light Flyweight class (49 kg) in the whole world. The 22-year-old star began his contest much better than Puerto Rico Hurricanes’ Anthony Ortiz who is also a competitive boxer. Dusmatov attacked more from the third round and secured his next WSB victory in San Juan, winning the contest by unanimous decision.
ASBC Asian Confederation Youth Boxing Championships bronze medallist Abdulkhay Sharakhmatov was a bit nervous in the opening round against Puerto Rico Hurricanes’ Edgardo Rolon but he found the way back to the best tactic. The 19-year-old Uzbek Bantamweight class (56 kg) boxer dominated the second part of their bout and secured a triumph in his first ever WSB match.
Fazliddin Meliboev won the gold medal at the Uzbek National Championships last month and demonstrated his strength in his first WSB contest as well. The 19-year-old boxer found the best fighting distance very quickly and did not give any chance to his Puerto Rican opponent, Jorge Martinez. Meliboev’s triumph meant the Uzbek Tigers won the match against Puerto Rico Hurricanes before the last two contests.
Ulugbek Khakberdiev had the most difficult opponent during the night as he had to meet with Dominican Republic’s national team member Raul Sanchez at the Middleweight class (75 kg). The 23-year-old Uzbek boxer used his longer hands to keep the distance against Sanchez who has been fighting in the international level since 2010. Khakberdiev proved he is a rising hope and won all of the rounds in the fourth bout of the night.
Uzbekistan’s final triumph was achieved by ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships bronze medallist Mirzobek Khasanov who is No.2 in his country just behind Rustam Tulaganov. He had nine kgs weight advantage against Puerto Rico Hurricane’s Jose Rosado and after his lethal punches in the second round the referee stopped their unequal contest in San Juan.

Puerto Rico Hurricanes vs. Uzbek Tigers 0-5
49 kg: Anthony Ortiz PUR – Hasanboy Dusmatov UZB 0-3
56 kg: Edgardo Rolon PUR – Abdulkhay Sharakhmatov UZB 0-3
64 kg: Jorge Martinez PUR – Fazliddin Meliboev UZB 0-3
75 kg: Raul Sanchez DOM – Ulugbek Khakberdiev UZB 0-3
91 kg: Jose Rosado PUR – Mirzobek Khasanov UZB – Khasanov won by TKO in the 2nd round