The Asian U22 & Youth Championships started in Colombo

The new edition of the ASBC Asian U22 & Youth Boxing Championships started in Colombo, Sri Lanka with its preliminary bouts.

Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, French Polynesia, IBA-India, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, New Zealand, IBA-Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and Vietnam are the 23 participating nations in this championship.

Cambodia’s Sovann Nea is a future hope in the Southeast Asian country and the 18-year-old talent tried to reduce the fighting distance against Saudi Arabia’s Feras Alsubhi in the opening bout of the second day of boxing. The Saudi talent counter-attacked the Cambodian with perfect timing and he had the technical abilities to beat Nea in the preliminary round of the youth minimumweight (48kg).

Kazakhstan’s Nygman Nygmet competed in several previous editions of the ASBC Asian Boxing Championships successfully and he stopped Australia’s Angus Friswell in their opener at the youth featherweight (57kg). Nygmet moved up three categories in the recent one year but he was strong enough to decide their contest earlier than the final gong.

Kyrgyzstan’s Erlan Ergeshov and Mongolia’s Tengis Amarjargal faced in the next youth lightweight (60kg) bout in Colombo where the first looked more punctual in the first round. Ergeshov also controlled the second round therefore he had a massive advantage on the scorecards before the last period and the Kyrgyz won this preliminary meeting by large margin of difference.  

Kazakhstan’s Adilet Tortubek dominated his lightweight (60kg) bout against Tajikistan’s Zoir Khojabekov in the last male bout of the session, finishing it in the third round with heavy punches. IBA-India’s female minimumweight (48kg) talent Chanchal Kumari was too experienced for Saudi Arabia’s National Champion Alanood Alghamdi but her opponent also proved progress and kept fighting until the last seconds.