Boy still eying world title

Boy still eying world title

JAKARTA (JP): Flyweight Boy Aruan's defeat by world title-
holder Hiroshi Kawashima of Japan will not weaken his spirit to
keep struggling for the title, he says, "even though this means
that I will have to start from scratch again."

The 24-year-old Indonesian was floored by Kawashima in a
technical knock-out just one minute, 56 seconds into the third
round of a world title bout sanctioned by the World Boxing
Federation at the Ryogoku Kokugikan stadium, Tokyo, on Wednesday
evening. Boy received US$20,000 as the loser.

Boy's style of bending his body while boxing made it difficult
for him to handle Kawashima, who kept locking Boy's head with his
hands, according to Boy's manager Setijadi Laksono. Laksono said
the referee was not fair, often stopping Boy's attacks.
Kawashima, on the other hand, expressed discontent over Boy's
punching him twice after the referee had stopped the bout. (arf)