Uzbek boxers are aiming the for gold medals at the Asian Boxing Championships

Uzbekistan claimed four gold medals in the last edition of the ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships but their target is more in the new edition. The head coach of the Uzbek male national team Mr. Marat Kurbanov selected their best line-ups and informed us about their preparations and targets.

“Our boxers took part in the prestigious Governor International Cup in St. Petersburg, Russia which was our last successful preparation event before the ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships. We continued our preparations in our base camp in Yangiabad at the Tashkent region and the ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships will be our last test before the Tokyo Olympic Games.

We are planning a 10-day recovery after the ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships and a new training camp in Yangiabad and after the last one in Japan from July 6. The conditions for training were arranged by the Uzbekistan Boxing Federation and the Uzbekistan National Olympic Committee.

Our President issued a decree for further developments of boxing Uzbekistan and our sport have got more and more attractions every year. Boxing is personally considered by our President therefore we need to work twice as hard as ever. The number of boxers have multiplied in Uzbekistan, we have the reputation and we will try to continue our wonderful results,” summarized the head coach, Mr. Marat Kurbanov.

The ASBC Asian Elite Men’s and Women’s Boxing Championships will be starting from the 21st of May and it is extended until the 1st of June in the new venue in Dubai. Uzbekistan achieved altogether eleven quotas for the Tokyo Olympic Games at the Asian & Oceanian Olympic Boxing Qualifying Event in Amman on March 2020 and after based on the BTF ranking system.

It is fair to say that this time Uzbekistan left with the strongest boxers to take part in the competition.

-49 kg: Nodirjon Mirzakhmedov - Asian champion (2019).

-52 kg: Shakhobiddin Zoirov - 2 times silver medalist of the Asian Championship (2013, 2015) and Asian Games (2014), World Champion (2019), Olympic Champion (2016), qualified for the Tokyo Olympics.

-56 kg: Mirazizbek Mirzakhalilov - Champion of the Asian Games (2018), Champion of Asia and the World (2019), qualified for the Tokyo Olympics.

-60 kg: Abdumalik Khalakov - Asian, World and Olympic champion among youth (all in 2018).

-64 kg: Elnur Abduraimov - Asian champion (2017), bronze medalist of the World Championship (2015), qualified for the Tokyo Olympics.

-69 kg: Bobousmon Boturov - Asian Games (2018) and Asian Champion (2019), World Championship bronze medalist (2019), qualified for the Tokyo Olympics.

-75 kg: Saidjamshid Jafarov - Winner and medalist of international tournaments.

-81 kg: Dilshodbek Ruzmetov - silver medalist of the World Championship (2019), qualified for the Tokyo Olympics.

-91 kg: Sanjar Tursunov - silver medalist of the Asian Championship (2019), bronze medalist of the World Championship (2017), qualified for the Tokyo Olympics.

+ 91kg: Bakhodir Jalolov - Asian and World champion (2019), qualified for the Tokyo Olympics.