Mary Kom 'favourite' to win Asian Boxing Championships

Sixtimes AIBA Womens World Champion and fivetimes ASBC Asian Womens Champion Mary Kom will compete in the flyweight 51kg in Dubai in the upcoming Asian womens Boxing ChampionshipsThe upcoming ASBC Asian mens and womens Boxing Championships which scheduled to be held in New Delhi have been relocated to Dubai United Arab Emirates due to the current Covid19 situationBoxers born between 1980 and 2002 are eligible to participate in the ASBC Asian mens and womens Elite Boxing Championships in 10 weight categories both for men and womenIndian boxer Mary Kom who is an Asian Games winner and Commonwealth Games gold medallist will start the tournament as favourite in the womens category She has won most of her titles in the light flyweight 48kg but because of the Olympic weight categories Kom will compete in the flyweightIn the absence of the powerful Chinese Japanese DPR Korean and Vietnamese stars of this weight category Mary Kom could be the main favorite in Dubai She returned to the international stage after one year of a break at the Boxam tournament this March where she claimed a bronze medal Mary Koms main rival could be Kazakhstans twotime AIBA Womens World Champion Nazym Kyzaibay at the upcoming event the International Boxing Association AIBA said in an official statementAmong the boxing powers of the Asian continent Kazakhstan Uzbekistan India Thailand Philippines Mongolia South Korea Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan registered to participate in the forthcoming Championships Such developing boxing countries in the Asian continent as Afghanistan Laos Macau Nepal Qatar Sri Lanka and Yemen also will attend the competition it addedBahrain has done its debut at the ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships and the country will return to the upcoming edition to Dubai Kuwait returned after a break at the 2019 ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships in Bangkok but this time the country will attend the new edition with a bigger teamAmong the defending AIBA Mens Elite World Champions Uzbekistans trio Shakhobiddin Zoirov Mirazizbek Mirzakhalilov and Bakhodir Jalolov furthermore Kazakhstans Bekzad Nurdauletov will be there in Dubai AIBA Womens World Champions Philippines Nesthy Petecio is also planning to attendThe defending AIBA World Champion in the mens flyweight 52kg is Uzbekistans Shakhobiddin Zoirov who defeated one of his main rivals Kazakhstans twotime ASBC Asian Youth Champion Makhmud Sabyrkhan in the final of the Governor Cup last weekZoirov defeated Indias star Amit Panghal at the 2019 AIBA World Boxing Championships in Ekaterinburg Their possible rematch could be another highlight of this weight classKyrgyzstans former ASBC Asian Champion Azat Usenaliev won almost all of his international contests in the previous years while South Koreas AIBA World Boxing Championships bronze medallist Kim In Kyu Thailands new sensation Thitisan Panmod and Philippines Carlo Paalam are also on the registration listUzbekistans defending AIBA World Champion Bakhodir Jalolov defeated his Kazakh rival Kamshybek Kunkabayev in the final of the super heavyweight 91kg at the 2019 AIBA World Boxing Championships and in the last two editions of the ASBC Asian Elite Boxing ChampionshipsKunkabayev defeated his 202cm Uzbek star in the World Series of Boxing and the Hamburg 2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships The neighbouring rivals knew each other well and their next possible meeting in Dubai could be a real highlight The Kazakh boxer was one of the Ambassadors of the AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships in Kielce PolandThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever