Nemo quits boxing despite getting trophy<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Nemo Bahari, who was declared Best Boxer at the
\nconclusion of the 17th President's Cup international boxing
\ntournament on Thursday, has quit boxing forever.<\/p>\n
"This sport is too hard for me. It's against my inner
\nconsciousness. It won't do me any good to force myself. It will
\nbe good for me if I'm not involved in that sport again," Nemo
\nsaid on ANteve television yesterday.<\/p>\n
"It's up to him. He's 21. He has the right to choose his own
\npath in life," Nemo's coach and father, Daniel Bahari, told The
\nJakarta Post.<\/p>\n
The other reason Nemo gave for quitting was that he did not
\nfeel sufficiently physically fit for such a rigorous sport as
\nboxing.<\/p>\n
"That's not true," Daniel said, "Physical fitness can be
\nimproved through correct training methods."<\/p>\n
The real reason for the decision, according to Daniel, was
\nthat Nemo was fed up with the constant friction between his
\nfather and the Indonesian Amateur Boxing Association (Pertina).<\/p>\n
The conflict was over Daniel's unwillingness to allow his sons
\n(Nemo and his middleweight brother Pino, a Beijing Asian Games
\ngold medalist) to join Pertina's centralized training program in
\nJakarta.<\/p>\n
Daniel argued that he was competent to coach his sons and that
\nthere was no need to hand them over to Pertina. "I passed as the
\nsecond best" in a three-month coaching course given here in 1974
\nby Thomas Lee Johnson, the former head coach of the United States
\nOlympic Games team, he said.<\/p>\n
Pertina maintained that, as a rule, all national boxers,
\nincluding the Bahari brothers, must follow Pertina's program. A
\ntug-of-war resulted in which Pertina made incessant threats to
\nexclude Nemo and Pino from all boxing tournaments, both at home
\nand abroad, if they refused to abide by the rule.<\/p>\n
"They (Pertina) don't seem to realize that those threats
\ndamaged my sons, psychologically," Daniel said. He added that he
\nwould try to persuade Nemo not to hang up his gloves before
\ndefending Indonesia at the Southeast Asian Games in Chiang Mai in
\nDecember.<\/p>\n
But Nemo told reporters that, if he forced himself to play at
\nthe Chiang Mai Games, he doubted whether he would be able to do
\nhis best; if his heart was not in the sport anymore.<\/p>\n
Pertina's secretary-general Didit Soedijoto regretted Nemo's
\ndecision but he can understand if Nemo prefers pursuing his study
\nmore seriously to boxing.<\/p>\n
Nemo's bout against Filipino opponent Vincente Galido on
\nThursday, which he won 18-5, was a beautiful demonstration of the
\nart of war in boxing. As the Best Boxer of the tournament, the
\n21-year-old featherweight champion was awarded the President Cup
\ntrophy, saving face for Indonesia as the country lost the Overall
\nTitle and the Best Team title, both of which went to the
\nPhilippines.<\/p>\n
This year's tournament was the second time Nemo, an
\narchitecture student, has won the Best Boxer title. (arf)<\/p>\n
Selected points table<\/p>\n
1. The Philippines 28 points
\n 2. Russia 22 points
\n 3. Australia 22 points
\n 4. Indonesia (Rajawali) 19 points<\/p>\n
Medals tally
\n G S B Title winner
\n 3 1 1 (best team)
\n 3 1 2 (consolation boxer)
\n 2 2 3 (favorite boxer)
\n 1 2 3 (best boxer)<\/p>\n
Final results<\/p>\n
Lightflyweight: Hermensen Ballo (Ina) bt La Paene Masara (Ina) on
\npoints.
\n Flyweight: Rachman Kili-kili (Ina) bt Yoo Ji-yoon on a Referee
\nStop Contest Out of Class in the 2nd round.
\n Bantamweight: Anthony Igusquisa (Phi) bt Rico Maspaitella (Ina)
\non a Referee Stop Contest Head in the 3rd round.
\n Featherweight: Nemo Bahari (Ina) bt Vincente Galido (Phi) on
\npoints.
\n Lightweight: Alexander Maletin (Rus) bt Yan Jiang-ning (Chn) on
\npoints.
\n Lightwelterweight: Reynaldo Galido (Phi) bt Jerry T. Legras (Sey)
\non points.
\n Welterweight: Ronald Chavez (Phi) bt Richard A. Rowles (Aus) on
\npoints.
\n Lightmiddleweight: David Birchell (Aus) bt Vissarion Jaboev (Rus)
\non points.
\n Middleweight: Justann Crawford (Aus) bt Mohamed Bahari (Alg) on
\npoints.
\n Lightheavyweight: Roland B. Raforme (Sey) bt Samuela Leuii (Nzl)
\non points.
\n Heavyweight: Daniel Rowsell (Aus) bt Sergei Kokev (Rus) on
\npoints.
\n Superheavyweight: Andrei Moiseev (Rus) bt Padfaii Falamoe (Nzl)
\non points.<\/p>",
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