Azerbaijani team will compete at EUBC Schoolboys and Schoolgirls
European Boxing Championships, Azernews
reports.
The five-day competition will take place on July 23-28 in
Zlatibor, Serbia.
The coaching staff will include Babak Abdullayev (40 kg),
Mohammad Kazimzadeh (42 kg), Sahib Bakhishli (44 kg), Nuran Yusibli
(46 kg), Abbasali Mammadli (48 kg), Eljan Musazadeh (50 kg),
Mohammad Ali (52 kg), Farhad Guliyev (54 kg), Sabir Rustamov (57
kg), Amid Alakbarov (60 kg), Sarkhan Hagverdiyev (63 kg), Nurlan
Museyibli (66 kg), Zireddin Rustamli (70 kg), Yusif Aghakishiyev
(75 kg), Mehran Rasulov (80 kg), Erdem Tekin (90 kg), Nesrin
Abdullazadeh (38 kg), Tunja Murshudova (42 kg), Fatimah Mammadli
(44 kg), Aysan Miriyeva (46 kg), Nuray Gafarova (48 kg), Leyla
Mahmudlu (51 kg), Kamala Hasanova (54 kg), Emiliya Beydullayeva (57
kg), and Khumar Jafarli (70 kg). Khalib Abiyev will serve as a
referee at the championship.
Boxing is recognized 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.