Turkmen athletes won two bronze medals at the Asian Boxing Championship among juniors, schoolboys and schoolgirls that ended in Al Ain (UAE).

The competition brought together a total of 462 boxers from 26 countries, who competed for medals in 13 weight categories among juniors born in 2008-2009 and in 15 weight categories among schoolboys and schoolgirls born in 2010-2011.

The Turkmenistan team was represented at this tournament by 10 boxers. Two of them competed in the younger age group and eight in the older one.

Our compatriots achieved success in the junior tournament. The first to reach the third step of the podium was Begench Kakamyradov, a 10th-grader from Secondary School №1 in Yoloten, Mary Velayat. In the 50 kg weight category, in which 14 boxers competed for medals, he won two victories, beating Siva Chainarong (Thailand) 3:2 and Fan-Rui Shao (Taiwan) 5:0. In the semi-finals, Begench, who will turn 16 on the 11th of October, lost to Harsh Harsh (India) 1:4 and had to settle for a bronze medal. 

Another bronze in this weight category went to Oleksandr Malakhov (Ukraine). Silver was awarded to Indian boxer Harsh Harsh. The champion was Mukhammed Rizo Ukimov from Uzbekistan, who won the final with a score of 4:1.

The second bronze medal in our team was won by 16-year-old 11th grade student of the 78th Ashgabat Secondary School Sapargeldi Nuryagdyyev. He achieved this success in the welterweight category up to 70 kg, in which 12 boxers competed for the awards. In the 1/8 finals, Sapargeldi won in the third round due to the obvious advantage of Nahyan Al-Ghafri from the United Arab Emirates, and in the quarterfinals, by a split decision of the judges, he won against Usman Kaparov (Kyrgyzstan) - 3:2. In the semifinals, S. Nuryagdyyev lost to Diyorbek Murodilloyev (Uzbekistan) - 0:5, becoming the bronze medalist.

Together with the Turkmen boxer, Prashant Prashant (India) climbed to the third step of the podium, Uzbek athlete Diyorbek Murodilloyev climbed to the second, and Mohammad Saleh Mesbahi Ro (Iran) climbed to the highest step, having won a unanimous decision over his opponent in the final.

The Turkmenistan team was prepared for the Asian Championship by coaches Sapardurdy Bagyyev and Myrat Pazzyyev.