The national boxing team training center.
Ahead of the Hangzhou Asian Games, our national team athletes are getting in some realistic sparring practice.
Their opponents are eight professional boxers from boxing powerhouse Uzbekistan.
The men’s boxing team, which was disgraced with a bronze medal at the Asian Games five years ago, is trying to restore its honor by taking on the superior Uzbek boxers.
[Lee Sang-min / National Boxing Team: “My speed is okay, but I think I’m a bit weak in strength, so I’m thinking of focusing on strength for the rest of the time until the Asian Games.”]
It’s a good experience for our national team to face Uzbek athletes who combine strength and skill.
[Han Hyung-min/Boxing Team Head Coach: “I thought the players were inexperienced because they haven’t played many matches against foreign players, but I’m training them to remove the pressure of foreign players and take care of their confidence.”]
Abdulrasul, a southpaw with a professional record of 10-1-1 and six K0s, encouraged the team, saying, “I want them to fight well.
[Abdulasul/Uzbekistan professional boxer: “The sparring was really good, the Koreans are excellent fighters. Korean boxers are preparing for the Asian Games, and I wish them good luck.”]
Korean boxing was the strongest in Asia until the 1990s, 먹튀검증토토사이트 when it swept the gold medals in all weight classes at the 1986 Seoul Games.
Korean boxing highlighted the country’s sporting history in the 20th century and is set to make a spectacular comeback at the Hangzhou Asian Games.