Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev

Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev
Born (2001-05-08) 8 May 2001 (age 23)
Ferghana, Uzbekistan
Statistics
Weight(s)Welterweight
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
StanceSouthpaw
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Uzbekistan
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Welterweight
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Tashkent Welterweight
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Amman Welterweight

Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev (Uzbek: Asadxoʻja Moʻydinxoʻjayev, born 5 May 2001) is an Uzbek boxer, gold medalist of 2023 IBA Men's World Boxing Championships in welterweight category[1] and bronze medalist of 2022 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships that held in Amman, Jordan.[2] Asadkhuja also won gold at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the welterweight category.

Biography

Asadkhuja was born on 8 May in 2001 in Fergana, Rishtan. He started to train boxing at Fergana sports College of Olympic reserve when he was 13.

Amateur career

  • 2016 winner of 14. President Heydar Aliyev Junior Cup in 46 kg (Baku, Azerbaijan)[3]
  • 2016 winner of Junior Tournament Bekabad, Uzbekistan in 44 kg[4]
  • 2016 winner of Uzbek Junior National Championships Kokand in 44 kg[5]
  • 2017 winner of International Junior Tournament in 52 kg (Margilan, Uzbekistan)
  • 2017 silver medalist of Uzbek Junior National Championships (Urgench, Uzbekistan)[6]
  • 2019 Winner of te International Junior Boxing Tournament in 64 kg (Anapa, Russia)[7][8]
  • 2020 National Champion of Uzbekistan (Elite) in 64 kg (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)[9]
  • 2022 National Champion of Uzbekistan (Elite) in 67 kg (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
  • 2024 gold medalist of the Paris Summer Olympics in 71 kg (Paris, France)

World Boxing Championships

In 2021 he participated in his first amateur Elite IBA World Boxing Championships, winning his first two bouts against Eugene McKeever and Ahmed Harara and losing in his third bout against Japanese boxer Sewon Okazawa.[10]

In 2023 at the IBA World Boxing Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan he became world champion in the welterweight category by beating Yuto Wakita (5–0), Kiryl Samadurau (5–0); Cuban Roniel Iglesias (4–3) in the quarterfinal, Battömöriin Misheelt (5–0) in the semifinal, [11] and Dulat Bekbauov (5–0) in the final.[citation needed]

Asian Boxing Championships

In 2022 at the Asian Amateur Boxing Championships Muydinkhujaev competed in 67 kg and became the bronze medalist of Asian Championships.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Hosts Uzbekistan in line for most titles at IBA Men's World Boxing Championships". Cuba Si. 2023-05-13. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  2. ^ "Mongolian Boxers Secure Medals at World Championships". Montsame News Agency. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  3. ^ "14.President Heydar Aliyev Cup – Baku, Azerbaijan – May 7–10 2016". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  4. ^ "Junior Tournament – Bekabad, Uzbekistan – February 6–11 2016". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  5. ^ "Uzbek Junior National Championships – Kokand – March 25–31 2016". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  6. ^ "Uzbek Junior National Championships – Urgench – March 25–31 2017". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  7. ^ "Yosh bokschilarimiz Rossiyaning Anapa shahri o'tkaziladigan xalqaro turnirda ishtirok etishadi". m.stadion.uz. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  8. ^ "Bokschilarimiz Anapadagi musobaqada ishtiroklarini davom ettirishmoqda". Olamsport.com (in Uzbek). Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  9. ^ "Bugun boks bo'yicha 2020 yilgi O'zbekiston chempionlari malum bo'ladi". Olamsport.com (in Uzbek). Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  10. ^ "Okazawa enjoying time in ring following World Boxing Championships progression". www.insidethegames.biz. 2021-11-01. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  11. ^ UzDaily. "Seven boxers from Uzbekistan reached the final of the World Championship". UzDaily.uz (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  12. ^ "Shiva Thapa enters quarters at Asian Elite Boxing Championships". The Times of India. 2022-11-04. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-05-30.