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PHL BOXERS IN SIZZLING 4-0 START AT ASIAN GAMES By Ronnie Nathanielsz PhilBoxing.com Thu, 25 Sep 2014  Two more Filipino boxers won their opening round assignments in the Incheon Asian Games to give the Philippines a sizzling start in yesterday afternoon?s boxing competition. Flyweight Ian Clark Bautista who won a gold medal in the 2014 China Open Championships after earlier beatimg famed Uzbekistan fighter Mirazizbek Murza Halilov in the 2013 Asian Confederation Youth Boxing Championships and shocked European champion Alexander Samoylof of Russia 13-5 in the President?s Cup in Jakarta proved his class with a comfortable unanimous decision win over 19 year old Abdallah Maher Mohammad Shamon, the Jordanian fighter who had trained in Cuba. Bautista showed remarkable hand-speed, accurate punching and measured aggression to win handily on the scorecards of all three judges ? 29-26, 29-25 and 29-27 in a dominating performance. Middleweight Wilfredo Lopez had a much tougher time against Aziz Achilov of Turkmenistan before edging the rugged Achilov by a close split decision due mainly to his landing the more accurate punches throughout the fight. Two judges had Lopez the winner by a margin of 29-28 while the third judge had Achilov the winner by the same margin. Late in the evening session London Olympian Mark Anthony Barriga battles Syria?s Hussin Al Marin while Southeast Asian Games gold medalist Dennis Galvan who won in the SEA Games in Indonresia will face tough Battarsukh Chinzorig of Mongolia to whom he lost in the President?s Cup in Kazakhstan last July but vowed to avenge that defeat in Incheon. Multi-titled lightweight Charly Suarez, cheered on by Gilas Pilipinas coach Chot Reyes and the entire team who kept chanting the battle-cry ?Laban! Puso!? gave the Philippine boxing team its second win in the Incheon Asian Games on Wednesday to provide a rousing start in the quest for gold. Suarez who showed good hand-speed connected with solid combinations to outpoint Uzbekistan?s young national champion Elnur Abduraimov in a fight we covered for TV5. Suarez, eager to please his Gilas Pilipinas colleagues tried to impose his will and score a knockout in the third and final round and in the process threw a couple of wild haymakers that missed, but was clearly the superior fighter. The International Amateur Boxing Association said the Asian Olympic Qualifiers silver medalist who also competed in two seasons of the Wopr;d Series of Boxing ?attacked more in the first part of the contest? and noted that Abduraimov ?had not got enough experience among the elite athletes yet.? ABAP executive director Ed Picson in an email to the Manila Standard/Viva Sports said ?it?s still a long way to go. You need anywhere from 3 to 5 fights to win a gold medal depending on how many boxers are in your weight category.? Picson said the scores in Suarez? fight showed two judges had him winning 29-28 while a third judge gave it to the Uzbek fighter by the same 29-28 margin. Picson correctly noted that Charly ?hot over excited in the 3rd round and tried to take down the Uzbek. Coupled with the wild cheers from the Gilas teamn and other boxers, he looked for a knockout despite our shouts to for him to relax and go for the points victory. All three judges ngave the last round to Abduraimov.? Picson told us he ?admonished Charly after the fight and he admitted he got carried away and without saying it, wanted to impress. He says he learned his lesson.? Picson noted that this was ?only the second tournament after Suarez was inactive for more than a year because of injuries. He said that ?despite his impulsive ways, Suarez is a smart fighter who doesn?t commit the same mistake twice.? Suarez faces a truly challenging test when he faces India Akhil Kumar in the next round of competition. Kumar who was reportedly written off after a string of injuries wrecked havoc on his career four years ago, staged a remarkable comeback to make the 10-member Indian men's team for the Asian Games. A report from India said the 33-year-old Kumar, known for his daredevil style of fighting with an open guard who rose to fame in the bantamweight and has moved up to lightweight after the two-day trials ended in Patiala said "I am back and I promise temperature inside the ring will go up when I step in.? Akhil, a 2006 Commonwealth Games gold-medalist and 2008 Olympic quarter-finalist, who had been laid low by a string of injuries, which forced him to skip the trials for the 2012 London Olympics saw his never-say-die spirit finally pay off in Incheon. Kumar, fighting flat-footed and very much in the style of a slugger in the pro ranks hammered Nepal?s Purna Bahadur Lama into submission to win by a 3rd round TKO and his clash with Suarez is expected to be a classic. Click here to view a list of other articles written by Ronnie Nathanielsz.  |
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