Wu Shih Yi eliminates top rival in Golden Belt tourney

ASBC Asian Elite Championships silver medalist Wu Shih Yi of Chinese Taipei got off to a rousing start in the IBA Golden Belt Series Tournament after dispatching her biggest rival Vladislava Kukhta of Kazakhstan on the second competition day in Marrakech, Morocco.

The Tokyo Olympian Yi showed her brilliant technical skills to convincingly earn the nod of five judges over the ex-Kazakh national champion Kukhta in their women’s lightweight (60kg) bout.

Meanwhile, other Asians also kicked off their respective campaigns on a high.

Kazakhstan’s former world champion Valentina Khalzova came through with a strong debut in middleweight (75kg) as she crushed Morocco’s Fatima Ezzahra Abdoulatifa, 5-0.

Another Kazakh standout in ex-Asian youth titlist Nadezhda Ryabets also routed a hometown bet in Mouna Toutir, 5-0, in welterweight (66kg).

Indonesia’s Asri Udin is a new National Champion in his homeland who competed at the recent ASBC Asian U22 Boxing Championships in Bangkok. After a short break, he travelled to Morocco and he had a narrow loss to Italy’s promising Francesco Iozia who is a highly experienced boxer at the men’s featherweight (57kg).

Chinese Taipei, Indonesia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, and Yemen are the boxers from the Asian continent which sent teams to Marrakesh. Among the top nations from other Confederations, Russia, Italy, Spain, Australia, Azerbaijan, France, Morocco, Ecuador, Brazil, Cuba, Mozambique, DR Congo, Serbia and Romania are there in Marrakesh with strong boxers.

Boxers from Jordan and Yemen are also slugging it out in Marrakech for a chance to earn ranking points.

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