Kyrgyzstan’s Akylbek Esenbek Uulu celebrated his daughter’s born with asuccess in the AIBA World Boxing Championships

The round of 32 contests were held at the featherweight (57kg), welterweight (67kg) andsuper heavyweight (+92kg) in the fourth competition day at the AIBA World Boxing
Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. Kyrgyzstan performed strongly once again in the event,both of their boxers won while Akylbek Esenbek Uulu celebrated his success following hisdaughter was born in his homeland.
The following 20 Asian nations are attending in the AIBA World Boxing Championships inBelgrade: Afghanistan competes under the name of the Fair Chance Team, Hong Kong, India,Iran, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, South Korea, Laos, Nepal, Pakistan,Palestine, Qatar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tajikistan, Chinese Taipei, and Uzbekistan.

Kyrgyzstan’s Esenbek Uulu eliminated a local boxer
Kyrgyzstan’s ASBC Asian Boxing Championships bronze medallist Akylbek Esenbek Uulu
is one of the most hard working persons in their national team who never stops training andenjoys boxing so much. The 23-year-old Kyrgyz featherweight (57kg) boxer landed morepunches than Serbia’s local hope, Veljko Gligoric and he doubled his efforts from the second
round to control the exchanges. The young Kyrgyz developed rapidly in terms of strength andphysical condition and his job paid off today eliminating a host nation’s boxer celebrating hisdaughter’s born.

Rujakran Juntrong won his second bout in Belgrade
Thailand Boxing Federation’s Rujakran Juntrong won his first contest in the round of 64 at
the featherweight (57kg) and he continued his wonderful series in the second preliminary
round. The 25-year-old Thai moved down to the featherweight (57kg) and take the control
immediately against Guyana’s best boxer, their Tokyo Olympian Keevin Allicock. Juntrong
was a hard target for the South American boxer, he proved his amazing development infootwork and won his second bout in Belgrade.

1India’s Narender Berwal advanced to the last 16
India’s Narender Berwal replaced their veteran Satish Kumar at the super heavyweight(+92kg) in the national team and he was one of the boxers who had to attend for the last 32 inthe AIBA World Boxing Championships. He succeeded in that contest and he was thefavourite also in his second preliminary bout against Sierra Leone’s Mohamed Kandeh. The
27-year-old Indian, who claimed silver medal at the 2012 AIBA Youth World Boxing
Championships, had better skills and his level of experiences decided the bout. Narenderlanded tough shots in the third round and the referee confirmed his RSC success.

Tajikistan’s Jakhon Qurbonov won his bout at the age of 35
Tajikistan’s Jakhon Qurbonov won the Asian Boxing Championships still in 2005 and heclaimed the title at the Doha 2006 Asian Games. The two-time Olympian boxer is a 35-yearold veteran who decided to compete at the AIBA World Boxing Championships following hisnational title. Qurbonov started his campaign at the middleweight (75kg) in 2005 and heattends at the super heavyweight (+92kg) currently. Qurbonov met with an even older Kenyanveteran, Tokyo Olympian Elly Ajowi and controlled most of the actions in the first round. TheTajik boxer proved that he has still the boxing skills and technique to win bout in an AIBAWorld Boxing Championships.

Mullojonov delivered a success for Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan’s Lazizbek Mullojonov replaced their star Bakhodir Jalolov in the national teamand represents the boxing power at the super heavyweight (+92kg) in Belgrade. The 22-yearold Uzbek won the 2017 ASBC Asian Youth Boxing Championships and the CISM Military
World Boxing Championships during his career. Mullojonov was quicker than Iran’s Pouria
Amiri who has just moved up from the heavyweight (92kg) to the heaviest division. Theyounger Uzbek used fast attacks in the first and second rounds but Iran’s talent also impressedin the third. The final verdict was split decision in the favour of Mullojonov but Amiri also
proved his potential for the future.

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India’s Rohit Mor picked his second opponent
India’s Rohit Mor impressed in the first preliminary round, caused a strong surprise to theexperts with his amazing technical skills. The currently 20-year-old Indian competed at the2019 ASBC Asian Youth Boxing Championships but he could not get a medal in Ulaanbaatar.
It was a strong lesion for Mor who used the recent two years to develop his skills in allaspects of boxing which he showed against Bosnia & Herzegovina’s Alen Rahimic. Theyounger Indian featherweight (57kg) boxer used his distance well and the German-based
Rahimic was not able to touch him.

Kazakhstan’s Serik Temirzhanov eliminated Reito Tsutsumi
Kazakhstan’s Serik Temirzhanov achieved his first title, the gold at the ASBC Asian YouthBoxing Championships in 2016 and he was able to join to the elite national team three years
later. The 23-year-old Kazakh had a perfect strategy against Japan’s AIBA Youth WorldChampion and ASBC Asian Youth Champion Reito Tsutsumi. The Japanese boxer was notenough fresh in this bout, he could not follow Temirzhanov’s speed and the referee counted
also Tsutsumi in the second round. The Kazakh boxer is in amazing shape and his fantastic
performance meant that Reito Tsutsumi lost his first international bout.

Uzbekistan’s Asadkhudja Muydinkhudjayev won his second bout easily
Uzbekistan sent a combined team to the AIBA World Boxing Championships, older stars withyoung prospects. Their welterweight (67kg) boxer Asadkhudja Muydinkhudjayev had specialphysical trainings to achieve the condition of the top stars. The 20-year-old Uzbek opened
with a clear success on Day1 and he started also well against Palestine’s Ahmed Harara in thesecond preliminary round which was the battle of the southpaw boxers. The Uzbek talent wasconfident against the Palestinian, he landed his shots with perfect timing and eliminated his
second rival in Belgrade. He will be meeting with Japan’s ASBC Asian Boxing
Championships silver medallist Sewon Okazawa as next.

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Talaybekov and Maghsoudi defeated Asian opponents at the welterweight
Jordan’s two-time ASBC Asian Boxing Championships silver medallist Obada Al-Kasbeh
opened the first round against Kyrgyzstan’s Zhakshylyk Talaybekov with some effective
punches but his Central Asian opponent returned to the match using his speed in the second.
The Kyrgyz National Champion was punctual in the third round which guaranteed his successin Belgrade. Iran’s Moslem Maghsoudi had some tactical issues against South Korea’s LeeSang Min but he found the best fighting distance in time to win this Asian battle at thewelterweight (67kg).

Mongolia’s Chinzorig Baatarsukh defeated another experienced rival
Mongolia’s Chinzorig Baatarsukh is the ASBC Asian Champion but he moved up to thewelterweight (67kg) since his last international event. The 30-year-old Mongolian met withanother veteran boxer, Italy’s Vincenzo Mangiacapre who claimed bronze medals in all levelsof top championships but mostly in the first part of the 2010s. The Mongolian found a goodrhythm in the middle of the first round and his jabs arrived with perfect timing which reached
the Italian. Chinzorig proved better performance in the second when he caught Mangiacaprewith different combinations and won their contest in Belgrade.

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