MANILA, Philippines – Brothers Victorio and Rey Saludar overwhelmed their respective opponents to claim the gold medals while Charly Suarez and Delfin Boholts settled for silver at the close of the Tammer Cup boxing championship in Tampere, Finland Sunday.
Victorio Saludar, 19, stamped his class against England?s Charlie Edwards, scoring a 7-3 victory and bagging the ?Best Fighter? of the tournament award at the Pyynikkin Palloiluhalli Sports Hall.
The 21-year-old Rey Saludar, on the other hand, whipped Portugal?s Pedro Matos, 6-0, to capture the flyweight gold.
The Saludars thus matched the Philippines? two-gold medal haul in the 2006 edition of the annual event through Joan Tipon and Violito Payla, who both went on to win the Asian Games gold medals in Doha.
Suarez, however, bumped into Finnish superstar Matti Koota and absorbed a stinging 0-6 setback in their 56-kg encounter.
Suarez appeared anxious from the onset and missed a lot of shots in going after the slippery Finnish, who displayed deft counter-punching and moves that frustrated the Filipino no end.
Boholts narrowly missed delivering the third gold for Team RP, bowing to Ireland?s Ross Hickey, 1-2, in the 64-kg finals.
