Yemen participates with three youth boxers in Astana

Yemen is a developing boxing nation and the war-affected country invested a lot of efforts to participate at the ASBC Asian U22 & Youth Boxing Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan.

Several of their boxers competed in the Arab Sports Games, the ASBC Asian Youth Boxing Championships, the Asian Games, the Mohamed VI Trophy and the Aitenov Brothers Youth Tournament last year which supported their international preparations.  

Yemen was near to get a medal at the 2017 ASBC Asian Youth Boxing Championships and their dream is to make a breakthrough in the upcoming events. Yemen has not the best facilities, financial background but their boxers are emotional and they have at least three national events per year.

The 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 born boxers will be able to compete at the U22 age group in Astana, Kazakhstan. Boxers who were born in 2006 and in 2007 will be eligible to participate in the youth age group in this specific continental event.

Mr. Faisal Al-Husaini is the most experienced coach in Yemen who supported the boxers from the ringside in the major championships in the recent seven years. Mr. Shaban Al-Omairi helped him in the training sessions and following their work, they selected three youth boxers for the Astana event. Ali Al-Fadhli, Shaaban Al-Qadani and Mohammed Al-Wahedi all were born in 2006 and they are spending their second year in the youth age group. All of the three boxers are National Champions in Yemen and they had strong sparring sessions on the road of the preparations.

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