{"id":15700,"date":"2025-07-23T10:11:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T10:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/15700\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T10:11:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T10:11:09","slug":"schoolboy-boxers-to-compete-in-european-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/15700\/","title":{"rendered":"Schoolboy boxers to compete in European Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/laman.jpg\" alt=\"Laman Ismayilova\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Azerbaijani team will compete at EUBC Schoolboys and Schoolgirls<br \/>\nEuropean Boxing Championships, Azernews<br \/>\nreports.<\/p>\n<p>The five-day competition will take place on July 23-28 in<br \/>\nZlatibor, Serbia.<\/p>\n<p>The coaching staff will include Babak Abdullayev (40 kg),<br \/>\nMohammad Kazimzadeh (42 kg), Sahib Bakhishli (44 kg), Nuran Yusibli<br \/>\n(46 kg), Abbasali Mammadli (48 kg), Eljan Musazadeh (50 kg),<br \/>\nMohammad Ali (52 kg), Farhad Guliyev (54 kg), Sabir Rustamov (57<br \/>\nkg), Amid Alakbarov (60 kg), Sarkhan Hagverdiyev (63 kg), Nurlan<br \/>\nMuseyibli (66 kg), Zireddin Rustamli (70 kg), Yusif Aghakishiyev<br \/>\n(75 kg), Mehran Rasulov (80 kg), Erdem Tekin (90 kg), Nesrin<br \/>\nAbdullazadeh (38 kg), Tunja Murshudova (42 kg), Fatimah Mammadli<br \/>\n(44 kg), Aysan Miriyeva (46 kg), Nuray Gafarova (48 kg), Leyla<br \/>\nMahmudlu (51 kg), Kamala Hasanova (54 kg), Emiliya Beydullayeva (57<br \/>\nkg), and Khumar Jafarli (70 kg). Khalib Abiyev will serve as a<br \/>\nreferee at the championship.<\/p>\n<p>Boxing is recognized as one of the oldest sports in human<br \/>\nhistory, with the earliest records of the sport dating back to<br \/>\nancient Egypt around 3,000 BC.<\/p>\n<p>The Greeks introduced boxing to the ancient Olympic Games in the<br \/>\nlate 7th century BC.<\/p>\n<p>In 1924, the International Amateur Boxing Federation (FIBA) was<br \/>\nfounded, and in 1946, it was renamed the International Boxing<br \/>\nAssociation (AIBA). Boxing made its Olympic debut at the 1904 Games<br \/>\nin St. Louis.<\/p>\n<p>Azerbaijan hosted its first boxing championship in 1926, with<br \/>\nnational boxers claiming first place. Since 1992, the Azerbaijani<br \/>\nBoxing Federation has been a full member of AIBA.<\/p>\n<p>Azerbaijani boxers have earned numerous prestigious accolades in<br \/>\ninternational competitions. Aghasi Mammadov made history by<br \/>\nbecoming Azerbaijan&#8217;s first gold medalist at the World<br \/>\nChampionships. Fuad Asadov also earned a spot on the podium at the<br \/>\n2004 Summer Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Azerbaijan has been chosen multiple times to host major boxing<br \/>\nevents.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Baku hosted the AIBA Youth World Championships, which<br \/>\nwas the first youth tournament to serve as a qualifier for the 2010<br \/>\nSingapore Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>The country also hosted the 2011 AIBA World Boxing<br \/>\nChampionships, which served as the primary qualification event for<br \/>\nthe London 2012 Olympics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Azerbaijani team will compete at EUBC Schoolboys and Schoolgirls European Boxing Championships, Azernews reports. 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