Uzbek boxer Khavasbek Asadullaev disqualified for biting incident

Uzbek boxer Khavasbek Asadullaev, who recently claimed the gold medal in the -71 kg weight category at the Asian Senior Boxing Championship in Thailand, has been disqualified for violating the rules, despite defeating his Kazakh opponent in the final. This was reported by the Asian Boxing Confederation.

As it was revealed, Asadullaev, who faced Ablaikhan Zhussupov, committed an infraction under clause 21.1.8 of the IBA rules, specifically biting his opponent during one of the exchanges, an incident initially overlooked by the referee.

The Kazakhstan Boxing Federation filed a protest and submitted a letter to the Asian Boxing Confederation. After reviewing the matter, the organization upheld the objection raised by Kazakhstan.

In response to the protest, Sadi Duffy, the technical representative of the Asian Championship, decided to disqualify Asadullaev for his serious misconduct during the bout. The duration of the ban imposed on Asadullaev remains unclear.

According to clause 19.8.1 of the boxing rules, if a boxer is disqualified for any reason, his opponent is declared the winner of the match.

Following Asadullaev's disqualification, Aziz Kozhambetov, the interim president of the confederation, announced that Kazakhstan's Ablaikhan Zhussupov was the winner of the 71 kg weight category.

As a result, the number of medals won by the Uzbekistan men's boxing team at the Asian Championship decreased by one, reducing their gold medal count to seven.