India has 10 women’s youth finalists in Astana at the Asian Championships

The second part of the semi-finals was held at the Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships in Astana where the women’s youth talents had 22 bouts.

India secured impressive number of 10 final spots while Uzbekistan will have 9 and Kazakhstan 5 places in the last twelfth competition day.

The venue of the championship is the Beeline Arena in Kazakhstan’s capital where the number of the boxers is 435. The competition returned to Kazakhstan after seven years of break but the country is ready to host further championships in 2024.

Hong Kong, India, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, host Kazakhstan, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Palestine, Philippines, Tajikistan, Thailand, Chinese Taipei, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, and Yemen are the 22 participating nations in the event.

India’s Bhawna Sharma, the World Youth silver medallist, was too smart for Mongolia’s Saruul Batsaikhan and she had a fantastic performance in the day of the semi-finals at the women’s minimumweight (48kg).

Sharma’s main rival, Uzbekistan’s Gulsevar Ganiyeva eliminated Vietnam’s Nguyen Thi Hong Nhung in the next semi-final and the dream final has been realized once again. The 18-year-old Uzbek defeated the Indian in the final of the 2022 Youth World Boxing Championships but she is planning a revenge in Astana.

The bantamweight (54kg) will have another impressive final line-up, Uzbekistan’s ASBC Asian Junior Champion Uzukjamol Yunusova and India’s Tanu eliminated their Kazakh and Japanese rivals in the semi-finals.

Kazakhstan’s best hopes such as the defending champions, the 18-year-old Ulzhan Sarsenbek (57kg) and Bakyt Seidish (66kg), both advanced to the finals of the competition with amazing performance.

Uzbekistan’s 17-year-old Oysha Toirova was too strong for Chinese Taipei’s Huang Xin in that semi-final, she stopped her opponent after two minutes of fight and she has the strong chance to win her third Asian title during her career.