Bahari's fate in doubts

Bahari's fate in doubts

JAKARTA (JP): The national amateur boxing body (Pertina) turned down a request from the Bahari brothers, Pino and Nemo, that they undergo their training for the 18th Southeast Asian Games in their hometown Denpasar, Bali.

The boxing body chief Paul Toding said yesterday that the decision to hold a centralized training program for the Indonesian boxing team under tutelage of Cuban coach Isidoro Trotman and national coach Ferry Moniaga was made at a Pertina leadership meeting.

"We have yet to consider giving them places in the national team," said Paul. Pino, the 1990 Asian Games middleweight gold medalist, and his younger brother Nemo, who took the featherweight bronze in the 1994 Asian Games, were trained by their father Daniel. (amd)