In 1996 and 2004, three Kazakhstani boxers(Vassiliy Jirov in 1996,
Bakhtiyar Artayev in 2004 and Serik Sapiyev in 2012) were recognized as the best boxers for their techniques with the Val Barker Trophy, awarded to the best boxer of the tournament.
Some use the word Kazakh to refer to the Kazakh ethnic group and language(autochthonous
to Kazakhstan as well as parts of Russia, China and Mongolia) and Kazakhstani to refer to Kazakhstan and its citizens regardless of ethnicity,
but it is common to use Kazakh in both senses.