Mongolian Boxers at the 16th Asian Games – Guangzhou

The Mongolian squad will be looking to build on the success it achieved at the 2006 Asian Games, where the country took two silver medals and one bronze. At the 2007 AIBA World Championships Mongolia claimed one silver and at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games one gold and one silver medal. The country’s biggest performance was most recently at the 2009 AIBA World Championships in Milan where it collected one gold, one silver and one bronze medal.

Mongolia Aiming to Continue Winning Series

A number of experienced Mongolian boxers will be competing in the new World Series of Boxing starting next week and will therefore miss the Asian Games. These include World Championships silver medalist Tugstsogt Nyambayar, bronze medalist Uranchimeg Munkherdene and Asian Games silver medalist Enkhzorig Zorigtbaatar.

Light flyweight star Purevdorj Serdamba was silver medalist at the Beijing Olympic Games, losing to China’s Zou Shiming in the final. So he will be looking for revenge at a possible re-match in Guangzhou. Serdamba became World Champion in Milan last year but China’s Zou Shiming is still the top favorite at the Asian Games.

In Enkhbat Badar-Uugan’s absence Mongolia’s competitor at bantamweight will be University World Championships silver medalist Enkhjargal Iderkhuu who has also good chance of a medal in Guangzhou. In the lightweight division, 22-year-old King’s Cup winner Dorjnyambuu Otgondalai replaces Zorigtbaatar.

University World Champion and Asian Championships silver medalist Byamba Tuvshinbat is Mongolia’s secret favorite at the Asian Games. He has won three out of his four tournaments this year and will be hoping to continue this trend in Guangzhou.

The men’s team is completed by 19-year-old welterweight Jargal Otgonjargal, who competed at the AIBA World Championships last year, National Champion Narmandakh Shinebayar at middleweight, University World Championships silver medalist Sandagsuren Erdenebayar at light heavyweight and Iderbat Davaalkhagva in the super heavyweight class.

Mongolia’s biggest women’s hope is Asian Championships silver medalist Myagmardulam Nandintsetseg, who will be competing at 51kg. Astana Women’s Tournament silver medalist 20-year-old Oyungurel Suvderdene and Erdenesoyol Undram have also been included in the squad.

Photo: AIBA, Purevdorj at the 2009 AIBA World Championships

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