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Brosas' Chinese opponent's name corrected PhilBoxing.com Mon, 17 Oct 2005 Due to a language barrier, top Filipino boxing patron Gabriel “Bebot” Elorde Jr. unintentionally revealed a wrong Chinese name of Carlito Brosas’ foe for the vacant World Boxing Empire (WBE) Asia Pacific welterweight title on October 29 at the Mandaluyong Sports Complex in Metro Manila, Philippines. Elorde almost fell from his chair yesterday at his St. Rita Village residence in Para?aque City when he found out that Xiaolin Xia, who was initially announced last week as “the first Chinese prizefighter to see action in local shores”, is the former Weightlifting World Champion and well-known Chinese Olympian from Wuhan City, China. Xia has turned into management of boxers and promotion in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau this year. And his fighter named Zhi Lin Xia is the official opponent of Brosas for the scheduled 12-round title fight being supported by Mayor Neptali “Boyet” Gonzales. Zhi Lin Xia, nicknamed "Rock", is China's first professional boxer. “My contact in China gave me the name Xiaolin Xia instead of Zhi Lin Xia as their bet for the title fight, that’s why it was first announced that way. It’s a simple miscommunication,” said Elorde. “But what’s important is we’ll have this historic fight card with Filipino against Chinese fighters will push through for the first time.” The Games and Amusement Board (GAB) was also informed the corrected match-up and officially sanctioned the fight Friday after WBE Commissioner and Advisor Dante Almario of the Philippines gave it a nod. The fight card dubbed “RP vs China” will be televised throughout the country by Elorde Boxing Special boxing program on a tape broadcast over IBC Channel 13 in the Philippines in 9-10 pm time slot every Thursday. Xia, the fighter who hails from China’s Henan town, is reported as a 25-year old 6-foot flat right handed with 75 inches wingspan. His record isn’t available as of press time, but WBE Asia Pacific Chairman-Director Zhi W. Yang assured him as not pushover. Brosas, a native of San Juan town in Metro Manila, is a veteran of huge fights in the United States when he scored a second round knockout win in his United States debut against then undefeated American Cesar Esquivel at Emerald Queen Casino sa Tacoma City, Washington in Sept. 2001 before losing to former IBF light welterweight king Vince Phillips at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas two months later in the undercard to Kostya Tszyu’s second round knockout win against Zab Judah in their world light welterweight title unification fight. - Rey Danseco with a report by Epie Almeda.  |
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