DECEMBER, 2015 NEWSLETTER NEWS FROM ASBC CONTENT MR.SERIK KONAKBAYEV THE KAZAKHSTAN WON NINE GOLD PRESIDENT OF THE ASIAN BOXING 4 MEDALS IN THE KHAYRUTDINOV 20 CONFEDERATION WISHES TO ALL YOUTH TOURNAMENT MERRY CHRISTMAS AND ALL THE BESTS FOR 2016 29 CHAMPIONS HAVE BEEN CROWNED IN THE JORDAN 22 NATIONAL SELECTION TOURNAMENT THE BEST OF THE ASIANS OF THE YEAR 2015 ARE REVEALED 5 ASROR VOHIDOV WAS THE BEST BOXER IN THE ISMOIL HAMZAALIYEV 24 ATHLETE OF DECEMBER - MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT HASANBOY DUSMATOV 9 WULANCHABU’S HEROES EARNED FOUR ASIAN GOLD MEDALS IN GOLD MEDALS IN THE UZBEK 26 THE RIO TEST EVENT 10 WOMEN’S NATIONALS YOUNG SENSATIONS IN THE RAFAEL VETERAN AHMED ALI WINS IN THE VAKHITOV TOURNAMENT 12 35TH PAKISTAN NATIONAL BOXING 28 CHAMPIONSHIPS THIRTEEN ASIAN BOXERS ARE GUARANTEED PARTICIPANTS IN THE 14 MAMBETOVA AND AYTIYEVA RIO 2016 OLYMPIC GAMES DOMINATED THEIR FINALS IN THE 30 KYRGYZSTAN WOMEN’S NATIONALS QATAR’S THULASI THARUMALINGAM WON HIS APB MATCH IN KYIV 16 UTEGENOV AND MERZHANOV ARE THE STARS IN THE UZBEKISTAN 32 JUNIOR NATIONAL CUP NEPALI NATIONAL SELECTION TOURNAMENT WAS HELD IN 17 KATHMANDU UPCOMING EVENTS IN JANUARY 2016 SAmruk-eNERGY.KZ 34 KAZAKHSTAN DOMINATED THE GA- LYM ZHARYLGAPOV TOURNAMENT 18 December, 2015 3 TOGETHER WE ARE POWER MR.SERIK KONAKBAYEV THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASIAN BOXING CONFEDERATION WISHES TO ALL MERRY CHRISTMAS AND ALL THE BESTS FOR 2016 THE BEST OF THE ASIANS OF THE YEAR 2015 ARE REVEALED At the fourth times in the history The Asian Boxing Confederation awarded the best of the Asians of the of the Asian Boxing Confedera- Year 2015 trophies continuing the first celebrations which was launched tion the Best of the Asians are in 2012. The first historical trophies were awarded in a great show by the time of the ASBC Asian Confederation Youth Boxing Championships in revealed before the end of the Subic Bay, in the Philippines while the second one was held during the year of 2015. Ten different affili- 2014 ASBC Asian Youth Continental Championships in Bangkok, Thailand ated Asian national federations one year ago. claimed at least one title in this The ASBC President, the Vice-Presidents, the further Executive award. Committee members and the officials of the Asian Boxing Confederation nominated the Best of the Asians of the Year 2015 in fifteen different categories. THE BEST OF THE ASIANS OF THE YEAR 2015 The Best Asian Elite Man Boxer of the year: Bektemir Melikuziev (Uzbekistan) Uzbekistan's Bektemir Melikuziev was born in 1996 and Kazakhstan's AIBA World Champion Zhanibek Alimkhanuly will be turning to 20 only next year but his performance in the quarter-final of the ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing delivered for him this important title. Following his gold Championships in Bangkok and achieved finally the top medal in the 2014 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships of the podium in Thailand. The Uzbek teenager won four and in the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games he joined fights at the Doha 2015 AIBA World Boxing Championships to the elite age group. The 19-year-old Uzbek boxer won and secured a valuable silver medal in the most important the gold medal at the Strandja Memorial Tournament in event of the year. Melikuziev has already qualified to the Rio Sofia, Bulgaria which was his first main international elite 2016 Olympic Games where he is among the gold medal tournament and a strong competition. Melikuziev eliminated favourites of the Middleweight class (75 kg). 4 WWW.BOXINGASIA.ORG December, 2015 5 TOGETHER WE ARE POWER The Best Asian Elite Woman Boxer of the year: Tassamelee Thongjan (Thailand) The Best Asian WSB Boxer of the year: Vassiliy Levit (Astana Arlans Kazakhstan) Thailand's Tassamelee Thongjan joined to their national won the gold medal and defended her throne at the Vasiliy Levit was born in 1988 and began his boxing has won four international tournaments in 2012 and in women team still back in 2006 therefore she is one of the Singapore 2015 Southeast Asian Games and reached career in the new capital city of Kazakhstan in Astana 2013. Levit defeated six tough rivals in the Season IV as most experienced Asian female boxer in the continent. the top of the podium at the ASBC Asian Confederation at the age of 12. He joined to the cadet national team newcomer in the World Series of Boxing and continued She won bronze medal at the 2010 AIBA Women's Women's Boxing Championships in Wulanchabu where of Kazakhstan in 2004 following his first title at home. that wonderful series in the Season V. The top ranked World Boxing Championships in Bridgetown, Barbados she was able to beat all of her rivals with large margin of Levit was too strong for all of his opponents in the Heavyweight in Season V of the World Series of Boxing, which was her career highlight until 2015. The Thai star difference. Asian Cadet Continental Championships in Vietnam Levit qualified for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games through in 2004 where he reached his first main international his exploits in the competition. Away from boxing, success with that gold medal. He was involved to the he enjoys reading books about history, while his own The Best Asian Youth Man Boxer of the year: Abilkhan Amankul (Kazakhstan) Astana Arlans Kazakhstan WSB franchise following he boxing hero is US legend Mike Tyson. Kazakhstan's Abilkhan Amankul could be the new weapon Pavlyukov Youth Memorial Tournament in Russia, at the of their boxing life who produced a perfect year winning Golden Gloves of Vojvodina Youth Tournament in Serbia The Best Asian APB Boxer of the year: Berik Abdrakhmanov (Kazakhstan) all of his contests. He was born in 1997 and after his first and also at the Brandenburg Youth Cup in Germany year in the youth age group in 2014, the young Kazakh which competitions are the strongest ones in his age Kazakhstan's Berik Abdrakhmanov won the final of the best in the world and claimed gold medal at the 2013 ASBC hope moved up to the Middleweight class (75 kg). group. Amankul will be joining to the elite age group in AIBA Professional Boxing (APB) in the Lightweight class Asian Continental Championships in Amman and bagged Amankul won the gold medal in their Youth National 2016 and looking forward his next contests in the highest (60 kg) and did historical triumphs in the new series which a bronze in the 2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships in Championships and defeated all of his rivals at the possible level. was launched in October 2014 as AIBA's new vision. Berik Almaty. Berik Abdrakhmanov had to meet in the APB Final Abdrakhmanov was involved to the national team of with Uzbekistan's Hurshid Tojibayev in Astana where the final Kazakhstan only after his first title in 2012 after the London verdict of their bout was 77:75 twice and 78:74 by the three The Best Asian Youth Woman Boxer of the year: Chang Yuan (China) Olympic Games when he was already 28. He was enough judges which meant Abdrakhmanov won the first APB title experienced when he joined to the squad of one of the of the Lightweight class (60 kg). China’s Chang Yuan was gold medallist in the 2013 AIBA where she controlled her fights and won the gold medal in the Women’s Junior World Championships in Albena, Bulgaria most important competition of the year of 2014. Chang Yuan and following that highlight she was able to win further events continued the winning path also in the 2015 when she could The Asian Discovery of the year: Rogen Ladon (Philippines) in 2014 and also in 2015. She lost to her old rival Armenia’s win the gold medal at the AIBA Women's Youth World Boxing eventual winner Anush Grigoryan in the AIBA Youth World Championships in Taipei. The 18-year-old boxer trains with Philippines' Rogen Ladon surprised the world in the year similar performance at the ASBC Asian Confederation Championships in Sofia on April but her performance was coach Zhang Xiyan in the Qianan Boxing Club since 2009 and of 2015 when he proved he joined to the top boxers Boxing Championships in Bangkok where he lost to only enough to qualify to the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games will be joining to the elite age group in 2016. of the globe very quickly and adopted the level of all eventual winner Hasanboy Dusmatov of Uzbekistan in the athletes. Ladon replaced injured London 2012 Olympian final. Ladon qualified to the Doha 2015 AIBA World Boxing Mark Anthony Barriga in the Light Flyweight class (49 kg) Championships where he won his fights in the front of his The Best Asian Junior Man Boxer of the year: Cris Sander Laurente (Philippines) in their national squad and used his skills to deliver big national legend Manny Pacquiao and finally claimed an sensations. The 22-year-old boxer was silver medallist at incredible bronze medal with amazing performance in Philippines is a strong and developing boxing nation of Mindanao and also in the whole Philippines in 2015. the Singapore 2015 Southeast Asian Games and did also Qatar. in the Asian continent with also great traditions in The orthodox boxer, who began the sport in 2010 our combat sport. Their new future star could be Cris at the age of 11, won silver medal at the 2015 ASBC Sander Laurente who was born in General Santos City Asian Confederation Junior Boxing Championships in The Best Asian Coach of the year: Mr. Rustam Saidov (Uzbekistan) but lives and trains in their capital in Manila now.