CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY —Misamis Oriental will send a five-man team to the 2005 Mindanao Invitational Amateur Boxing Tournament in Kidapawan City, North Cotabato next month according to Provincial Governor’s Executive Assistant Teddy Sabuga-a.
The team includes Renan Santos, pin weight; Jefferson Suan, light flyweight; Felipe Cagobcob, flyweight; Joven Waslo, bantamweight and Richard Borga,Jr., featherweight.
The team members topped their respective weight categories during the recently concluded elimination bouts at the municipal level, Sabugaa said.
The team is now training under former Olympian and Asian Games boxing gold medallist Roberto Jalnaiz and supported by the provincial sports office of Misamis Oriental.
The province is also preparing a team for the Cagayan de Oro City fiesta amateur boxing championships next month, Sabugaa added.
“Our aim is to produce world caliber boxers like Manny Pacquiao. Trainings and support program lang gyud ang needed sa atong mga boxers,” Sabuga-a said.
