The Azerbaijani men’s boxing team will continue their
preparations for the World Boxing Championship in Georgia,
Azernews reports.
The final stage of the training camp will take place in the city
of Gori, and the team will depart there on August 18.
Head coach Ravshan Khodjaev, together with coaches Nariman
Abdullayev and Etibar Abdullayev, has selected the following
boxers: Subhan Mamedov (50 kg), Nijat Huseynov (55 kg), Mahammadali
Gasimzade (60 kg), Zaur Gahramanov (65 kg), Sarkhan Aliyev (70 kg),
Saidjamshid Jafarov (75 kg), Murad Allahverdiyev (80 kg), Surat
Garayev (85 kg), Alfonso Dominguez (90 kg), and Mahammad Abdullayev
(+90 kg).
In the city of Gori, the team will primarily focus on
technical-tactical preparations. The training camp will conclude on
August 29.
The World Boxing Championship will be held in Liverpool,
England, from September 4 to 14.
Liverpool will welcome more than 550 boxers from over 65
countries, competing across two daily sessions.
Boxing is recognised as one of the oldest sports in human
history, with the earliest records of the sport dating back to
ancient Egypt around 3,000 BC.
The Greeks introduced boxing to the ancient Olympic Games in the
late 7th century BC.
In 1924, the International Amateur Boxing Federation (FIBA) was
founded, and in 1946, it was renamed the International Boxing
Association (AIBA). Boxing made its Olympic debut at the 1904 Games
in St. Louis.
Azerbaijan hosted its first boxing championship in 1926, with
national boxers claiming first place. Since 1992, the Azerbaijani
Boxing Federation has been a full member of AIBA.
Azerbaijani boxers have earned numerous prestigious accolades in
international competitions. Aghasi Mammadov made history by
becoming Azerbaijan’s first gold medalist at the World
Championships. Fuad Asadov also earned a spot on the podium at the
2004 Summer Olympics.
Azerbaijan has been chosen multiple times to host major boxing
events.
In 2019, Baku hosted the AIBA Youth World Championships, which
was the first youth tournament to serve as a qualifier for the 2010
Singapore Olympics.
The country also hosted the 2011 AIBA World Boxing
Championships, which served as the primary qualification event for
the London 2012 Olympics.