On August 12, 2023, the 6th "Silk Road" International Boxing Competition was held at Jiyuan International Hotel in Chang'an District, where 16 high-level professional fighters from China, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Iran and other countries took turns to take turns to chase and fight, presenting an extremely shocking "boxing feast" for sports fans and boxing fans in the ancient city of Xi'an!
Longteng Silk Road gathers heroes
As one of the most internationally influential and well-known "gold medal events" in the ancient city, since its establishment in 2016, the "Silk Road" International Boxing Competition has played a great role in promoting the development of boxing in countries along the Silk Road and Asian countries, highlighting the charm of the ancient capital Xi'an, and stimulating the public's love for boxing through the concept of "making friends with competition, uniting people's hearts with competition, and promoting development with competition". Especially since the fourth competition in 2019, as the Xi'an Boxing Association carefully created the first boxing king belt in the history of the ancient city - "SRBC Silk Road Boxing King Tenglong Gold Belt", the popularity and influence of the Silk Road International Boxing Competition have been comprehensively upgraded.
On the basis of the success of the previous five events, this year's "Silk Road" International Boxing Competition revolves around the theme of "Meeting in Xi'an, Gathering Boxing and Heroes", hosted by Xi'an Sports Bureau, Xi'an Chang'an District Culture and Tourism Sports Bureau, and hosted by Xi'an Boxing Association, and the grade and scale of the event have been completely improved. Du Wenjie, who has been a commentator and consultant on CCTV Sports Channel's "World Professional Boxing Championship" column for many years, was also invited to the ancient city this time, in the view of this senior boxing reporter of China Sports Newspaper Group, known as the "boxing dictionary", continuing to build a brand professional boxing event with urban characteristics is of great significance to guide the ancient city of Xi'an and even the entire northwest region of the general public to understand and participate in boxing sports, and to build the ancient capital of thousands of years into a "world famous city". At the match scene, Du Wenjie won the applause of the audience and boxing fans with his rich and profound boxing knowledge, objective and true boxing commentary, incisive on-site commentary and wonderful cooperation with Feng Shibinzhu, consultant of Xi'an Boxing Association.
"I have been to Xi'an, an ancient and young city, many times, and this time it feels very different, and I am very happy to see so many people cheering and applauding the wonderful boxing match. Compared with other sports, the charm of boxing is that it requires a strong will and tenacious fighting spirit, can you stand up after being knocked down? Can you turn defeat into victory in the face of adversity? I believe that every spectator who came to the scene of the 6th 'Silk Road' International Boxing Competition, as well as boxing fans and sports fans who followed the progress of the match through online live broadcast, must have been deeply moved by the "boxing spirit" and the charm of this sport! Du Wenjie said emotionally.
The storm is rising again
Among the audience, Saat, an international student from Kazakhstan, almost shouted his voice when cheering for his compatriot Kennett Shangir, "I have been studying and living in Xi'an for almost three years, my school is in Chang'an District, I am very excited to come to watch such a wonderful professional boxing match this time!" In our country, many children are trained in boxing from an early age, and I am no exception, of course, my level is not comparable to that of professional fighters in the ring, but I am not lost to anyone in the love of boxing. ”
Cheered on by his compatriots, Kennett Shangier, who previously had a professional record of 6 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses, dared to fight, and he showed solid basic skills and flexible mind in the battle with Chinese fighter Wu Hanyun for the super featherweight silk road champion Tenglong Belt. And Chinese boxer Wu Hanyun was determined to leave the belt in the ancient city before the match, and Gao Shichao, who was absent due to injury, also sent him blessings. In the ring, Wu Hanyun took the initiative with his fierce hook and swing combination, and shortly after the opening of the fourth round, Wu Hanyun forced Kennett Sandjir into the corner of the rope circle and severely damaged his opponent, when the on-duty referee terminated the fight to protect the fighter, Wu Hanyun took the victory and Silk Road boxing king Tenglong belt by TKO.
The tournament will conclude with 26-year-old Chinese fighter Zeng Yujie versus 24-year-old Kazakh fighter Kurban Chathe, in a WBC (World Boxing Council) 105-pound 10-round intercontinental title fight. Zeng Yujie, known as the "Wolf Warrior", fell in love with boxing as early as ten years ago, and although his parents did not approve of the 1.67 meters tall at first, he achieved an amateur record of 22 wins, 4 losses and 8 KO with his extraordinary talent and persistent hard training. After turning to the professional arena, Xiao Zeng continued to challenge the strong players, achieving a record of 17 wins, 11 losses, 2 draws and 7 KO. This time facing Kazakhstan's Khurban Chathehe, who has a professional record of 8 wins, 2 losses, 2 draws and 2 KO, Xiao Zeng fully showed the true colors of an offensive fighter, punching, punching, desperate punching, through the full output of bombardment, breaking Hurmban's defense again and again, before the end of the third round, with a "liver punch" to break the opponent instantly, the referee counted the seconds to Hurban with his hands on the ground, and finally, as the Kazakhstan coaching team threw a white towel before the start of the fourth round, China's "wolf warrior." "Won the WBC Intercontinental Title and King of Fighters belt by TKO.
In other matchups, potential rookie Huang Shaokang from Shanghai lost to his opponent Jaynes in a six-round international points match, Fu Qiang from Shenzhen lost to another Chinese fighter Baal Very Buick in a four-round match, Xi'an boxer Huang Peng unanimously defeated Chengdu's Wang Huayun in a six-round match, Zhang Huan, representing China, TKO defeated Tajikistan's Uka in a four-round matchup, and Mu Guanlin, who represented Xi'an King Boxing Club, defeated Iran's Saeed in four rounds. Maimetijan Abdu Niazi, who also represented the Xi'an King Boxing Club, lost to Guangzhou fighter Song Wei in a four-round match.
Zhang Qi, Chairman of Xi'an Boxing Association, said: "This year, Xi'an Sports Bureau and Chang'an District People's Government jointly organized the competition, further playing the leading role of Xi'an as a national central city and an international metropolis, contributing to the construction of Xi'an as a famous city and a national consumption pilot city, and promoting the development of competitive sports. Yu Le, deputy secretary-general of the Municipal Boxing Association, also said frankly: "The success of this tournament is inseparable from the strong support of WBC World Boxing Council, Xi'an Chang'an District Culture and Tourism Sports Bureau and other aspects, the level of boxing and the atmosphere of the arena have been improved and enhanced compared with previous competitions, we hope that on the basis of this event, the 'Silk Road' international boxing competition, the most influential and well-known 'gold medal event' in Xi'an sports, will continue to be held and run new wonderful!" (Text/Xi'an Newspaper All Media Reporter Jin Peng Photo/ Xi'an Press All Media Reporter Wang Jian)
Source: Xi'an News Network