Host South Sulawesi's boxers grab four semifinal places<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Host South Sulawesi team secured four semifinal
\nplaces at the Golden Glove amateur boxing championships in
\nUjungpandang, South Sulawesi as national leading boxers continued
\ntheir winning ways.<\/p>\n
Welterweight Audy Runtupalit paved his way to a potential
\nfinal bout against favorite Aswin Cabui on Monday after he earned
\na point decision victory over Dedy Mikaso of West Java. Fighting
\nbefore a fanatic home crowd, Audy took the initiative since the
\nopening bell and, despite the fact that he was not in his top
\nform, there was no doubt that he dominated the four-round bout.<\/p>\n
Audy will now face Joko Suryono of Central Java who stopped
\nOtong Kosasih of Yogyakarta in the second round of their one-
\nsided match for a technical-knockout win.<\/p>\n
President Cup gold medalist Aswin, who was axed from the
\nnational team for the Asian Games recently, got a bye and
\ndirectly reaches the semifinal against his national training camp
\ncolleague Ivan Pioh.<\/p>\n
Pinweight Johanes Atbar also delighted his fans by outpointing
\nPinten of Central Kalimantan for a semifinal berth. Other two
\nhome pugilists, flyweight Johny Muis and bantamweight Abdi
\nAmahoru, also marched into the last four round with point
\ndecision victories.<\/p>\n
North Sulawesi's ace in the lightweight division Serdy
\nPangandaeng stole the show on Monday as he knocked out Denny
\nYerisetouw of Maluku to reach the semifinals.<\/p>\n
Serdi, who is joining the centralized training camp, was
\nobviously a gong-to-gong fighter. Demonstrating his well-
\nconnected one-two combinations, Serdi forced Denny to give up in
\nthe third round following a straight landed on his jaw. Even when
\nthe referee finished his counts, Deddy could not regain his feet.<\/p>\n
Disappointing<\/p>\n
Other national top boxer Herry Makawimbang of West Java, who
\nwill join Aswin on the sidelines during the upcoming Asian Games,
\ndisappointed the crowd with his hit-and-clinch of play against
\nHengky Tobias of East Kalimantan. The boring fight ended with
\nlackluster Herry outpointing his unheralded opponent.<\/p>\n
President Cup's best boxer Nemo Bahari will meet Rico
\nMaspaitella of Jakarta in their highly awaited featherweight
\nsemifinal bout tomorrow. Rico knocked out Asep Badru of West Java
\nfive seconds after the opening bell on Sunday to reach the
\nsemifinals.<\/p>\n
Nemo's elder brother Pino will set up a semifinal middleweight
\nclash against Marcel Tambas of North Sulawesi tomorrow. If Asian
\nGames gold medalist Pino wins, he will box Albert Papilaya, the
\nman who will likely oust him to the light heavyweight competition
\nin Hiroshima's Asian Games in October.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the national amateur boxing association (Pertina)
\nwill start applying the ranking system in October. Pertina has
\nplanned to issue the national rankings twice a year on April 1
\nand Oct. 1.<\/p>\n
The rankings will be based on performances of pugilists in
\neach national boxing meet sanctioned by Pertina. Top boxers will
\nbe granted the first seeds in the tournaments they take part in.<\/p>\n
"The new system is aimed at boosting the performances of our
\nboxers, mainly because we want to shine at the 1996 Olympics and
\nthe 2002 Asian Games," Pertina secretary general Didiet Soedijoto
\nwas quoted by Antara news agency as saying. (amd)<\/p>",
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