Four more pugs enter medal round
NAKHON RATCHASIMA – Four other RP pugs made the medal round even as welterweight Wilfredo Lopez became the second Filipino casualty, knocked out in the first round by a celebrated hometown bet.
Flyweight Alice Kate Aparri proved too flashy and classy for
Light flyweight Albert Pabila, bantamweight Junel Cantancio and lightweight Joegin Ladon took the cue from Aparri, joining eight other Filipinos in the semifinal round.
Pabila advanced to the semis against a Thai boxer.
The
Pabila figured in a virtual brawl with
But one Filipino went down, literally, with Lopez sent to the canvas by Boon-jomnong with a thunderous right cross.
Gravely shaken, Lopez stayed on the canvas long after the referee had waved him out just two minutes into the first round.
Lopez actually had a good start even enjoying a 3-2 lead early on over Boonjumnong, silver medallist in the recent World Boxing Championships in
The Filipino was aggressive but seemed to have spent himself early, becoming easy prey for the
It was the first Filipino-Thai confrontation in the SEAG slugfest where the hosts are fancied to win the men’s championship and the
“We can do it. We outperformed them in the last Asian championships,” said Mitchell Martinez, referring to their haul of two golds and one silver in the recent Vietnam Asian women’s slugfest. – Nelson Beltran
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