Stoppages and knockouts in the Asian Games on Day5

The winners of the fifth competition day are one step nearer to the guaranteed medal in the boxing event of the Asian Games in Hangzhou.

A record number of 238 boxers from 38 countries are participating in the boxing event of the Asian Games in Hangzhou. Among them 34 boxers, including 20 females will earn their Olympic quotas for Paris 2024.

Uzbekistan’s Raykhona Kodirova returned to the national team this year and the Tokyo Olympian had the strength to stop Qatar’s Dana Al-Jabor still in the first round at the women’s lightweight (60kg).

DPR Korea’s Won Un Gyong, the former Junior World Champion, moved up two categories and she competes at the lightweight (60kg) after four years of hiatus in the international stage but she had the skills to beat South Korea’s multiple Asian Champion Oh Yeon Ji.

The men’s flyweight (51kg) is a strong category in the Asian Games and two amazing contests were held in the fifth day of boxing. Japan’s World Champion Tomoya Tsuboi and Uzbekistan’s Olympic Champion Hasanboy Dusmatov eliminated their Indian and Kazakh rivals in these early finals.

Saudi Arabia’s best male boxer, Abdulaziz Khalid Alatbi had a nice success in his opener and the young talent was able to take his second glory in Hangzhou where he had the great strategy against Bangladesh’s Mohamed Abu Thalha.

India’s World Championships bronze medallist Nishant Dev had a wonderful combination in his Round of 16 bout at the light middleweight (71kg) and he knocked out Vietnam’s strong puncher Bui Phuoc Tung in the first round.

Turkmenistan’s Bayramdurdy Nurmuhammedov is only a 21-year-old talent who joined the national team in 2022 but he won his second battle in Hangzhou, stopping Palestine’s Nidal Foqahaa at the light middleweight (71kg).

Mongolia’s Byambatsogt Tuguldur moved up two categories in the recent months to compete in the Asian Games and he eliminated a top rival in the afternoon session, Thailand’s Peerapat Yeasungnoen.