Sofia (Bulgaria) hosts the 73rd International Boxing Tournament Strandja Cup from February 19 to February 28. Website of the International Boxing Association reports.
About 450 best boxers from 36 countries take part in the tournament.
The composition of the national team of Kyrgyzstan:
- Turkbai uulu Mirlan (48 kilograms);
- Nurzhigit Duishebaev (51 kg);
- Zhenishbek Belasharov (57 kg);
- Esenbek uulu Akylbek (60 kg);
- Zhantoro Tashiev (63.5 kg);
- Abdyzhapar uulu Syrgak (71 kg);
- Omurbek Mamanov (75 kg);
- Adylbek uulu Erkin (81 kg).
A boxer from Kyrgyzstan won his first fight against the Russian Ruslan Pidgirnyak yesterday. Another Kyrgyzstani Erkin Adylbek uulu lost to Sagyndyk Togambai (Kazakhstan).
The prize fund of the tournament is $200,000. At the initiative of the International Boxing Association, it will be distributed among the winners in 25 weight categories — 13 men and 12 women.
