Record-breaking Uzbeks in the Asian U22 Boxing Championships

Uzbekistan’s Jakhongir Zokirov and India’s Muskan were announced as the Best Boxers of the ASBC Asian U22 Boxing Championships in Astana.

The 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 born boxers competed at the U22 age group in Astana, Kazakhstan.

Altogether 130 female and 267 male boxers from all regions of Asia competed for the 50 gold medals in the championship.

Uzbekistan’s Farzona Fozilova is one of the two-time ASBC Asian U22 Champions from 2022 and 2023 and she had the huge motivation to take her next gold medal. The Uzbek minimumweight (48kg) boxer tried to keep India’s Guddi on long from the first seconds and she used her own game-play. Fozilova’s will controlled the first round and the 20-year-old was able to do an ever better middle period in the opening female final of the day. The Indian could not change her fighting style in the last round therefore Fozilova is the first ever three-time Asian U22 Champion and a four-time in total with her youth success.

Uzbekistan’s Feruza Kazakova won her Asian titles in 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 but she was hungry for her next title in Astana. The Uzbek flyweight (52kg) girl worked a lot on feet against Kazakhstan’s Anita Adisheva who attacked from the first seconds in their final. The Uzbek won the first round and she continued the same strategy in the second when she felt that she is technically better than Adisheva. Kazakova’s punches were quicker in most of the exchanges and she earned her fifth-in-a-row Asian title today.

Uzbekistan’s Youth World Champion and four-times Asian Champion Jakhongir Zokirov was the top favourite against Kazakhstan’s Amanat Sabyrgali at the men’s U22 super heavyweight (+92kg) final. The 20-year-old Uzbek star had powerful shots in the first round and he caught the brave Sabyrgali with several times. The Kazakh coaches abandoned this final bout after three minutes and the referee confirmed Zokirov’s success which was his fifth Asian title and the third among the U22 boxers.