The WBC, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyz Republic, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan & Turkey Join Forces

On April 7, 2024 in Almaty, Kazakhstan in the conference hall of the Kazakhstan Hotel, the Summit of Presidents of six professional boxing federations was held.

The fraternal Turkic –speaking countries united to strengthen cooperation and develop relations between them in the field of boxing.

The heads and representatives of the professional boxing organizations of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Republic of Turkey, the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, as well as International organization “Turksoy” and WBC gathered together to discuss the development of boxing in Turkic-speaking countries.

Rakhimzhan Yerdenbekov – the  president of the Professional Boxing Federation of Kazakhstan, Sultan Raev – Secretary General of the international organization on Turkic culture TURKSOY, Oksana Semenishina – member of the WBC Board, Umid Yaqubov – president of Uzbekistan Professional Boxing Federation and representatives of other boxing commissions signed an agreement on the establishment of the International Tournament among Turkic-speaking countries WBC Amateur Turksoy. Serik Konakbaev – the legend of Amateur boxing, Silver Olympic medalist and honorary president of the Kazakhstan Professional Boxing Federation was invited as honorary guest to the event.

It is planned the final of the tournament will be held this autumn while the qualification tournaments will be held in the respective countries.

The last year the pilot season of the WBC Amateur Kazakhstan tournament was successfully held, in which over 500 young athletes took part.

This is the key event for the whole region which is united by common culture, language and history.