The tournament will be held from 5 to 11 of June in Astana.
Kazakhstan coach, 2 times silver winner of Olympic Games, World Champion Bulat Zhumadilov told us about President’s Cup.
- Bulat Nuretdinovich, what do you expect from President’s Cup?
- We have a goal is to select the first numbers in the national team who will participate in Asian Games. President’s Cup is kind of Asian Games qualifier tournament. And this year we celebrate the 20th anniversary of our capital. President’s Cup is one of the tournaments where boxers improve their skills and we, coaches, evaluate the level of our boxing.
- 15 countries will attend this tournament. May we say about growing of the President’s Cup?
- The tournament is getting popular every year. It improves the level of boxing at the tournament. For today there are a lot of good young boxers in Kazakhstan. It is not easy to highlight someone. They work hard and we see the progress. I can’t wait the beginning of this tournament. I’m confident that this tournament will be successful and friendly.
