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Uzbekistan made it four wins out of four as an extremely successful 1st AIBA President Cup drew to a close on Saturday in Sinjhuang City, Taiwan.

With 19 Olympic-qualified boxers looking to gain a boost in confidence ahead of the Beijing Olympic Games in August, Uzbekistan completed a faultless finals day with Bahodirjon Sultonov (57kg), Mahmudov Dilshod (69kg), Abbos Atoev (81kg) and Sardor Abdullayev (+91kg) standing on top of the podium while another seven countries split the remaining seven gold medals on offer among themselves.

The 48kg final saw 2007 World Championship runner up and 2004 Olympian Harry Tanamor (PHI) beat Cameroon's Thomas Essomba 17:4 while 2003 world champion and 2007 world championship silver medallist Somjit Jongjohor (THA) beat Yunusov Anvar (TJK) 17:5 in the 51kg final.

In the bout of the day, Samir Mammadov (AZE), who has qualified for Beijing in the 51kg class, beat Athens Olympic Games bantamweight silver medallist Worapoj Petchkoom (THA) 14:10 in the 54kg division final. This proved to be an excellent prelude to the ensuing encounter where Athens Olympic Games bantamweight bronze medallist Sultonov timed his run perfectly, outscoring AIBA World Championship Chicago 2007 quarterfinalist Arturo Santos Reyes (MEX) 4:2 in the final round to claim a compelling 13:12 in the 57kg final.

The 60kg final saw Athens Olympic Games featherweight silver medallist and 2007 World Championship lightweight bronze medallist Song-Guk Kim (PRK) claim gold thanks to a WO against Pichai Sayota (THA) while after beating the 2004 light welterweight Olympic champion in the semis, 2007 World Championship light welterweight bronze medallist Bradley Saunders (GBR) claimed an impressive 11:9 victory over 2007 All-African Games champion Bwalya Hastings (ZAM) in the 64kg final.
 
The 69kg final saw 2005 World Championship light welterweight silver medallist Dilshod continue his encouraging form with a 12:5 victory over 2004 Olympic welterweight bronze medallist Kim Jung-Joo (KOR) while 2007 World Championship middleweight silver medallist Alfonso Blanco (VEN) beat Angkarn Chomphupoung (THA) 11:9 in the 75kg final.

Light heavyweight world champion Atoev was at his devastating best beating Imre Szello (HUN) 20:6 in the 81kg final before Denys Poyatsyka (UKR) won the bout between the two non-Olympic qualified boxers in the 91kg final, beating Evgeniy Romanov (RUS) 14:7.

Abdullayev, who had not qualified for the Olympic Games, claimed Uzbekistan's fourth gold medal in the showpiece event the +91kg final after beating Beijing-bound Jose Payares (VEN) 16:5.

With a total of 26 out of the 36 countries participating in the 1st AIBA President Cup managing to make it onto the winner's podium, it illustrates the close level of competition throughout the tournament which was created in order to pay homage to the AIBA President Dr. Ching-Kuo Wu, who is successfully reforming the sport of boxing at all levels.