Uzbekistan made a perfect day in Ulaanbaatar

Uzbekistan made a perfect competition day at the Asian Elite Boxing Championships in Mongolia’s capital city, in Ulaanbaatar.

Bhutan, China, DPR Korea, India, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam are the 21 participating nations in Ulaanbaatar.

Jordan’s multiple Asian Championships silver medallist Obada Al-Kasbeh is a veteran boxer but the 32-year-old had the speed to beat Mongolia’s Enkhtur Tegshjargal in the opening bout of the fourth competition day.

Uzbekistan’s Asian U22 Champion Abdullokh Madaminov received the right to compete for the elite national team for the very first time but he had a strong start against Singapore’s Caelan Clark which resulted a stoppage in the third round.

Thailand’s Asian Champion Bunjong Sinsiri is another veteran boxer in the competition and he had to do his very best to beat China’s Jin Xin in a hectic bout which ended as 3:2 split decision in the favour of the Thai.

Turkmenistan’s best boxer, Bayramdurdy Nurmuhammedov lost his first contest on Day1, but their new national team member at the 65kg, Ihlasbek Kochkarov had a strong opener against Bhutan’s Kinley today.

Kyrgyzstan’s Asian bronze medallist Mirzokhid Imamnazarov had a tough first opponent, Tajikistan’s multiple Asian medallist in various age groups, Ruslan Gafurov, but he found the best tactics to win this 65kg battle.

Kazakhstan’s Yertugan Zeinullinov represented his nation in an Asian Championships still back in 2014 and the experienced boxer was too smart for Chinese Taipei’s Lin Yu in the next 65kg preliminary bout.

Uzbekistan’s defending World Champion Fazliddin Erkinboyev has just moved up to the 80kg but he was quicker than Kyrgyzstan’s Sagyn Satybaldy Uulu today. Uzbekistan’s next promising boxer, Arman Makhanov stopped Mongolia’s veteran Byeknur Khali in a one-sided super heavyweight bout.