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5 MEMBERS OF ABAP MEN'S TEAM WIN FIGHTS IN FIRST 2 DAYS OF INDONESIA TOURNAMENT PhilBoxing.com Thu, 23 Apr 2015 Palembang, Indonesia- The ABAP Men's National Team to the 22nd President's Cup in Boxing continued it's winning run in the 22nd President's Cup at the refurbished Palembang Sports and Convention Center here Wednesday. While Roldan Boncales Jr. and Junel Cantancio upped the men's run to 5 straight, the women could only churn out a win courtesy of 2014 World Women's Championships silver medal winner Nesthy Petecio. Tuesday, Mario Fernandez, Joel Bacho and Eumir Felix Marcial notched the first wins for the Filipinos. Petecio exacted revenge on her conqueror in the 2010 Barbados World Championships when she was but 17 years old, Russian Elena Savelyeva. Petecio, now 23, and several inches shorter than Savelyeva, sneaked in several clear head blows to thwart her rugged opponent. Boncales used guile and speed to earn a unanimous decision over a tenacious Nat Sieknin of Cambodia. The veteran Cantancio, nicknamed by his team mates "Unli (as in Unlimited)" for his boundless energy and relentless attacking style, rained blows on Nguyen Van Hai and opened a nasty gash on the Vietnamese boxers' right eyebrow which caused a TKO stoppage in the second round. The other Filipino women were unfortunate to draw big guns in their opening matches. Palawan's Maricris Igam lost to Indian Devi Sarjubala in a closely contested match. First time internationalist Aira Villegas of Tacloban City took the fight early to another seasoned boxer from India, 25 year-old Pinki Rani but succumbed to the clever veteran in another tight match. Riza Pasuit displayed unorthodox but very active moves but bowed to long-time Thai campaigner Tassamalee Thongjan, a World Championship bronze medalist. "We're quite satisfied with our performance here so far". said ABAP Head Coach Pat Gaspi, who is joined here by Roel Velasco and Gerson Nietes. "We could have had a better draw in the women's category, but that's how it is. None of our boxers lost badly, in fact some of our losses could have gone the other way. Still, we feel we are on track with our preparations for the SEA Games." Aiba ITO Karina Picson was designated Deputy Tournament Supervisor to Korean Suh Kuh Kang. Aiba 1-Star International R&J Jonathan Jimenez is also part of the Referee-Judges' Pool. The participation of ABAP here is supported by the Philippine Sports Commission and the MVP Sports Foundation. The tournament drew 161 boxers from 19 countries and will end Saturday.  |
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