ISHAISH WINS ASIAN GAMES SILVER FOR JORDAN

Two-time Olympian Ziad Ishaish has won a silver medal for Jordan in the Boxing at the Asian Games – Nagoya 2026.

Ishaish lost his final of the -70kg competition to world champion, Kazakhstan’s Torekhan Saberkhan and had qualified for the gold medal match with three tremendous wins.

He had launched his campaign with a round-of-16 win over Palestine’s Mohammad Issa, before overcoming Tajikistan’s Shamsher Saidov in the quarter-final, and then defeating Japan’s Sewonrets Okazawa, gold medalist from the previous edition, in the semi-finals.

The medal marks the second won by Ishaish at the Asian Games, having previously taken bronze at the Jakarta 2018 edition.

It has been a successful event for the Ishaish family, with brother Hussein winning bronze in the -80kg weight category.