A total of 44 boxers from the IBA have secured a spot for their country at Paris 2024 after the qualifying tournament held in Busto Arsizio, Italy.
The competition was brilliantly organized by the Italian Boxing Federation, with IBA supporting both the organizers and the boxers.
In the men's 51kg category, Cuba's Alejandro Claro defeated World Championship and Olympic medalist Jubergen Martínez of Colombia by split decision to secure a spot, ahead of Azerbaijan's Nijat Huseynov, Puerto Rico's Juanma López and Tokyo 2020. They will also be joined by bronze medalist and 2021 world champion Seken Bybosinov. of Kazakhstan.
Bybosinov's compatriot, 2023 world champion Mahmud Sabirkhan, defeated Tajikistan's Asloul Vokhidov in the men's 57kg category to qualify alongside Commonwealth Games champions Jude Gallagher (Ireland) and Yilmer Gonzalez (Colombia). did.
The highlight of the men's 63.5kg qualifying round was Tajikistan's Bakodur Usmonov, the 2023 World Championship bronze medalist, who defeated Japan's Shion Nishiyama by split decision. Obada Al Kasbeh of Jordan, a two-time silver medalist at the Asian Championships, was eliminated along with Ruslan Abdullayev of Uzbekistan and Jesús Koba of Venezuela.
In the men's 71kg tournament, last year's world champion Asadkuja Muydinkuyayev of Uzbekistan will be joined by Bulgaria's Rami Mofid Kiwan and fellow 2023 world champion Aslanbek Simbergenov of Kazakhstan, and Jordan's Zeyad Ishash broke.
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan lead the way with five slots each. Another world champion, Nurbek Oralbay, defeated Irish boxer Kellyn Cassidy in a close 80kg contest to clinch Kazakhstan's other spot. Uzbekistan's Turabek Habibullaev won, as did Hungary's Pilip Akilov and Turki's Khan Aykutun.
Asian champion Aybek Oralbay defeated American Jamal Talley to give Kazakhstan a spot in the men's 92kg category, along with world bronze medalist Radizbek Muroyonov of Uzbekistan and world bronze medalist Emmanuel Reyes Pula of Spain, twins. He joined the Paris 2024 national team together with his younger brother. He defeated two-time world medalist Loren Alfonso of Azerbaijan on the way to victory.
In the heaviest men's 92kg+ weight class, Italy's Diego Renzi, Norway's Omar Shiha and France's Jamili Abdou Moinze secured spots on their national teams.
In the lightest women's 50kg weight class, Uzbekistan's Sabina Bobokulova defeated Japan's Rinka Kinoshita to secure a spot, leading to the Philippines' Aira Villegas and Colombia's Rio 2016 Olympic bronze medalist and two-time World Championship champion. Ingrid Valencia had similar success. .
In the women's 54kg tournament, Thailand's Jutamas Gippong secured a spot for her country with an overwhelming performance, and was joined by Vietnamese boxer Bo Thi Kim Anh and Serbian Sara Cirković. He secured the only spot to play. Italy's Shirine Chalabi also won, defeating South Korea's Yim Ezhi in the end, who also defeated Chinese Taipei's Huang Xiaowen, a two-time world champion herself.
Tokyo 2020 silver medalist Nessi Petecio beat Turkey's Esra Yildiz in the women's 57kg category to give the Philippines a new spot, while Poland's Julia Sheremeta won a close split decision over America's Alyssa Mendoza. Join the Philippines.
In the women's 60kg category, Donjeta Sadiku secured a spot on the Kosovo squad, while 2016 world champion Alessia Messiano also won a play-off against Slovakia's Miroslava Jedinakova to earn a spot on the Italian squad.
In the women's 66kg category, 2018 world champion Chen Nianqing of Chinese Taipei won, followed by Maria Moronta of the Dominican Republic, Aneta Rygielska of Poland, and 2019 world silver medalist Angela Carini of Italy. also won.
Refugee team member Cindy Ngamba secured her spot in the women's 75kg weight class by defeating three-time World Championships medalist Valentina Harzova of Kazakhstan by referee stoppage. Norway's Sunniva Hofstad beat Swedish boxer Rav Holgersson with the same fate and will be joined by Poland's Elzbieta Wojcik, a two-time European silver medalist.
Athletes will have another chance to represent their country and earn a spot at the second and final qualifying tournament to be held in Bangkok from May 26 to June 2.
