Boxers to fight in King's Cup

JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Amateur Boxing Association (Pertina) will send seven boxers to the King's Cup in Bangkok from July 1 to July 7 as part of the selection process for a training stint in Havana starting on July 15.

The seven are light flyweight Bonix Saweho, flyweight Melky Lelemboto, lightweight David Isikiwar, welterweight Stevi Binalay, welterweight Bara Gommies, light middleweight Joko Suryono and middleweight Wahyu Syarif Hidayat.

Pertina's Southeast Asian Games project manager, Ignatius Mulyono, was quoted as saying by Antara on Wednesday, "There are only three spots available (for Cuba) as middleweight Hendrik Simangunsong light heavyweight Albert Papilaya automatically join the training in Cuba." (nvn)