SEPTEMBER, 2016 NEWSLETTER NEWS FROM ASBC CONTENT PRESIDENT OF KAZAKHSTAN BOXING THE FISU UNIVERSITY WORLD BOXING FEDERATION MR. TIMUR KULIBAYEV 4 CHAMPIONSHIPS WILL BE HELD IN 17 CELEBRATED HIS 50TH BIRTHDAY CHIANG MAI IN OCTOBER KAZAKHSTAN’S OLYMPIC CHAMPION THE FIRST EDITION OF THE CHINGGIS DANIYAR YELEUSSINOV RECEIVED THE 5 KHAN CUP WILL BE HELD IN 18 ALTYN ZHUREK AWARD OCTOBER HALF DOZEN OF SURPRISES IN SHOKHR BOLTEKULY MEMORIAL THE FINALS OF THE INDONESIAN 6 TOURNAMENT IS HOLDING IN AKTAU 20 NATIONAL GAMES IN BANDUNG MR. ENG. MAHMOUD AL HATTAB 22 CHAMPIONS HAVE BEEN ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF THE LEBA- 22 CROWNED IN THE MYANMAR STATE & 10 NESE BOXING FEDERATION DIVISONAL BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS SAUDI ARABIAN STRATEGIC PLANS KYRGYZSTAN’S MUSO TESHEBAYEV FOR THE DEVELOPMENT 23 NAMED AS BEST BOXER IN 12 THE MURATALIEV MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT SUCCESSFUL MEETING ABOUT THE 2017 SEA GAMES IN KUALA LUMPUR 24 KAZAKHSTAN WINS FOUR GOLD MEDALS IN THE BRANDENBURG 14 YOUTH CUP THE SYRIAN BOXING TEAM WILL BE COMPETING IN IRAN BEFORE THEIR 26 NATIONALS KYRGYZSTAN’S SIRODJIDDIN ABDULLAEV WON GOLD MEDAL 16 IN THE UMAKHANOV TOURNAMENT IN RUSSIA UPCOMING EVENTS IN OCTOBER 2016 27 September, 2016 3 TOGETHER WE ARE POWER PRESIDENT OF KAZAKHSTAN BOXING FEDERATION MR. TIMUR KULIBAYEV CELEBRATED HIS 50TH BIRTHDAY President of the Kazakhstan Boxing Federation Mr. Timur Kulibayev celebrated his 50th birthday yesterday. He is not only appointed as President of the one of the strongest box- ing nation but as a businessman he is one of the most successful people in Kazakhstan. Mr. Timur Kulibayev was born in Almaty on September 10 in 1966 and after long studies he graduated from the Moscow State University named after Mikhail Lomonosov as an economist. He was director of the Research and Consultative Center and he was the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Almaty Trade and Industry Bank. Following his business career and public activities he joined to the world KAZAKHSTAN’S OLYMPIC CHAMPION of boxing which is also a key factor in Kazakhstan. Since 2009 he is the President of the Kazakhstan Boxing Federation and DANIYAR YELEUSSINOV his team worked hard to the country’s successes in the recent years under the leadership of Mr. Timur Kulibayev. RECEIVED THE ALTYN ZHUREK AWARD Since he joined as President of the Kazakhstan Boxing Federation the Central Kazakhstan’s Rio 2016 Olympic Champion, AIBA World Champion and two-time Asian Games winner Asian boxing power could host the AIBA Daniyar Yeleussinov received the Altyn Zhurek Award in his homeland in Astana which is a great honour Junior World Boxing Championships for the 25-year-old Welterweight class (69 kg) boxer besides to his amazing titles. in 2011, the AIBA World Boxing Championships in 2013 and the AIBA The Altyn Zhurek Award was established Daniyar Yeleussinov defeated France's been dominating the Welterweight Women’s World Boxing Championships in in 2007 and there are nine different strong Souleymane Cissokho in the semi- class (69 kg) since 2004. Following their 2016. categories in this state honour. Annual final of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in previous stars Bakhtiyar Artayev, Bakhyt Kazakhstan topped the team rankings award for the contribution of the spite of his small injury. He had to meet in Sarsekbayev and Serik Sapiyev their in several AIBA and ASBC events in the development in Kazakhstan was received the final of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games fourth boxer Daniyar Yeleussinov was recent years while their boxers finally by Kazakhstan's team captain star boxer with his neighboring rival Uzbekistan's AIBA able to win the same weight class in Rio claimed five medals in the Rio 2016 Daniyar Yeleussinov after the Rio 2016 Asian & Oceanian Olympic Qualification de Janeiro. Olympic Games. Olympic Games. Event winner new sensation Shakhram Daniyar Yeleussinov received several The Kulibayev Prizes Tournament has Yeleussinov competed at the London Giyasov who could not stop his star awards after his Olympic success but the been holding each year in the city of 2012 Olympic Games and surprisingly lost opponent for the gold. Altyn Zhurek is one of the most important Atyrau which is very active in the boxing his quarter-final bout but after that he Kazakhstan took three medals in the in his career. map. The last edition was held before the three children: Altay, Deniza and Alishya. President of the International Boxing received the Best Man Elite Boxer Trophy London 2012 Olympic Games but their He enjoyed the great moments after the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in July 1-5 when He is also an avid fan of sports, especially Association (AIBA) Mr. Serik Konakbayev from AIBA in 2013 and also in 2014. squad was able to get five podium places Rio 2016 Olympic Games and the whole Kazakhstan claimed eight gold medals but golf, and often competes in strong golf and the whole ASBC team wish Happy Following these amazing awards and in Rio de Janeiro. country celebrated its hero in Astana. Uzbekistan and Poland was also able to competitions as well. Birthday and send all the bests to Mr. performance Yeleussinov arrived to the Daniyar Yeleussinov's gold medal Daniyar Yeleussinov is a new kind of idol in get one title in Atyrau. He speaks Kazakh, The President of the Asian Boxing Timur Kulibayev who is an iconic sport venue of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games as in Rio was an expected result but his the boxing world and he is one of the most Russian and English fluently and has got Confederation (ASBC) and the Vice- leader in Kazakhstan. top favourite of his weight class. final triumph meant Kazakhstan has famous sportsmen in Kazakhstan. 4 WWW.BOXINGASIA.ORG September, 2016 5 The boxing tournament of the great multisport event The National Games is holding for both genders and it is the Indonesian National Games finished with its eighth also a selection competition for the further international HALF DOZEN OF SURPRISES and last competition day with the final contests in the big events in the beginning of the new Tokyo 2020 Olympic era. After the selection events for the Indonesian city of Bandung which is located in Eastern Jawa and National Games 175 boxers can take part in the is the country’s main boxing event in 2016. The finals competition in Bandung. Among them 67 will be women IN THE FINALS OF THE INDONESIAN boxers while 31 provinces can send athletes to the Games were held in all of the weight classes in the Indonesian where Jawa Island will have maximum number of 16 National Games where several surprises were delivered competitors. Maluku, Papua, and Sumatera also will have NATIONAL GAMES IN BANDUNG by the younger boxers. big delegations in the National Games. Women boxing developed well in Indonesia in the recent years and some of their athletes could be joined to the bests in Asia. Indonesia's best women boxers competed in six weight classes: 48 kg, 51 kg, 54 kg, 57 kg, 60 kg and 64 kg. The top Indonesian men athletes attended in ten weight categories in Bandung: 46 kg, 49 kg, 52 kg, 56 kg, 60 kg, 64 kg, 69 kg, 75 kg, 81 kg and 91 kg. Maluku Governor Cup winner 20-year-old Endang eliminated Indonesia's best woman boxer Beatrichx Suguro in the quarter-final stage of the National Games which was a big sensation in the competition. Endang continued her great performance and defeated Merlin Tomatala in the semi-finals and continued her winning path also for the gold medal against national team member Angelina Niis. The final verdict was split decision to Endang who claimed her first title in the National Games. Maluku Governor Cup silver medallist Erni Amalia Lestari proved top performance in the semi-final of the Women's Flyweight class (51 kg) in Bandung when she was able to eliminate Indonesian Women's National Championships silver medallist Fitra Fani. Her gold medal rival was Serlin Alin Kase who did a small surprise in the fourth competition day when she defeated Southeast Asian Games competitor Novita Sinadia. Lestari not only win their final contest but dominated the fight winning the gold medal by large margin of difference against her talented rival. National Golden Gloves winner Norbertha Tajum competed for Indonesia at the 2014 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships in Jeju, South Korea and arrived to the National Games as a gold medal contender. She eliminated her main rival at the Women's Bantamweight class (54 kg) Southeast Asian Games bronze medallist Esther Kalayukin in the first preliminary round and continued her winning path against veteran Indri Sambaimana in the quarter-finals and did not give any chance to Yamina Babinga in the semi-finals. Her gold medal opponent was Diandra Pieters in the Indonesian National Games in Bandung but she was not able to repeat her previous performance. Central Region's Selection Tournament winner Pieters is a new face in women's boxing but her efforts were enough to beat Tajum in the gold medal bout. Southeast Asian Games silver medallist and AIBA Asian & Oceanian Olympic Qualification Event competitor Christina Marwan Jembay moved back to her original Featherweight class (57 kg) in the recent weeks but she felt the rhythm well enough in the semi-final and final of 6 WWW.BOXINGASIA.ORG September, 2016 7 TOGETHER WE ARE POWER The biggest sensation of the preliminary rounds in the Indonesian the gold with Eindhoven Box Cup silver medallist level and won the gold medal bout by unanimous Panser Pattinama who stopped experienced Miftah decision in Bandung. National Games was delivered by 19-year-old Sunan Agung Rifai Lubis in the quarter-final and Saroha Tua Tobing Indonesia's veteran boxer David Iskiwar began in the last four.