Azerbaijan’s main elite international competition, the Great Silk Way Tournament will be another highlight in the month of April.
The new edition of the Great Silk Way Tournament will begin with its first competition day on April 2 and the finals are scheduled on April 7.
Baku hosted several big events in the recent 20 years, including the Men’s Elite World Boxing Championships in 2011, the Youth World Boxing Championships and the Cadet World Boxing Championships.
Azerbaijan’s top elite competition will welcome several medallists from various European Boxing Championships, and new talents from the previous U19 age groups.
The Australian Boxing has an important year due to the Commonwealth Games and one of the groups of their boxers will participate at the Great Silk Way Tournament as well.
Turkey will host the Ahmet Comert Tournament but the strong country will send boxers also to Azerbaijan’s capital to this parallel competition.
The top boxing nations, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan will also participate in Baku despite the current Asian Elite Championships in Mongolia.
The facts of the Great Silk Way Tournament
Name: Great Silk Way Tournament
Competition Period: April 2-7
Venue: Baku, Azerbaijan
Gender: Women & Men
Age Group: Elite
Date of Birth of the boxers: 1986-2007 born boxers
The schedule of the Great Silk Way Tournament
April 1 – Arrivals of the delegations
April, from 11:00 – Sport Entries Check
April 1, 18:00 – Technical Meeting
April 1, 18:30 – Official Draw
April 2, 14:00 – Day1 competition
April 3, 14:00 – Day2 competition
April 4, 14:00 – Day3 competition
April 5, 14:00 – Day4 competition
April 6, 14:00 – Day5 competition
April 7, 14:00 – Day6 competition with the finals
April 8 – Departures of the delegations
The boxers who need to be watched in the Great Silk Way Tournament
- Yelyanur Turganova, Kazakhstan, women’s 48kg – Youth World Champion
- Zhansaya Rakhymberdi, Kazakhstan, women’s 51kg – Bronze medallist from the 2017 Youth World Boxing Championships
- Gamze Soguksu, Turkey, women’s 51kg – Bronze medallist at the European U23 Boxing Championships
- Nilay Yaren Cam, Turkey, women’s 54kg – European U23 Champion
- Nazerke Serik, Kazakhstan, women’s 65kg – Asian Junior Champion
- Eve Bryson, Australia, women’s 65kg – Silver medallist at the Independence Cup
- Ergyunal Sebahtin Sabri, Bulgaria, men’s 50kg – Silver medallist at the European Championships
- Sakhil Alakhverdovi, Georgia, men’s 50kg – European Champion; Bronze medallist at the World Boxing Championships
- Lachlan Shipsey, Australia, men’s 50kg – Silver medallist at the Bocskai Memorial Tournament
- Yasen Radev, Bulgaria, men’s 55kg – Bronze medallist at the European Elite Boxing Championships
- Nijat Huseynov, Azerbaijan, men’s 55kg – Paris Olympian; European U22 Champion
- Zidan Humbatov, Azerbaijan, men’s 55kg – Bronze medallist at the Youth World Boxing Championships
- Tayfur Aliyev, Azerbaijan, men’s 60kg – Bronze medallist at the European Games
- Mahammadali Gasimzada, Azerbaijan, men’s 60kg – Bronze medallist at the Youth World Boxing Championships
- Viktorio Iliev, Bulgaria, men’s 65kg – Silver medallist at the European U23 Boxing Championships
- Zviad Tchotchua, Georgia, men’s 65kg – European U19 Champion
- Malik Hasanov, Azerbaijan, men’s 65kg – Bronze medallist at the European Elite Boxing Championships
- Vasile Cebotari, Moldova, men’s 70kg – Bronze medallist at the European Elite Boxing Championships
- Sarkhan Aliyev, Azerbaijan, men’s 70kg – Bronze medallist at the World Boxing Championships
- Luka Nikabadze, Georgia, men’s 70kg – Silver medallist at the European U23 Boxing Championships
- Talgat Shayken, Kazakhstan, men’s 70kg – Silver medallist from the 2018 Youth World Boxing Championships
- Elnur Abdulaevi, Georgia, men’s 70kg – Silver medallist at the European U19 Boxing Championships
- Saidjamshid Jafarov, Azerbaijan, men’s 75kg – Bronze medallist at the World Boxing Championships
- William Cholov, Bulgaria, men’s 80kg – Silver medallist at the European U23 Boxing Championships
- Murad Allakhverdiyev, Azerbaijan, men’s 80kg – Bronze medallist at the European Games; Paris Olympian
- Bedirhan Kalkan, Turkey, men’s 85kg – Bronze medallist at the European U23 Boxing Championships
- Mahammad Abdullayev, Azerbaijan, men’s +90kg – Silver medallist at the European Games; Paris Olympian