Five boxers to go to Tashkent

Five boxers to go to Tashkent

JAKARTA (JP): In a bid to win Olympic berths, the Indonesian
Amateur Boxing Association will send five President's Cup medal
winning boxers to the Asian Championships in Tashkent,
Uzbekhistan, from Sept. 28 to Oct. 10.

The Tashkent tournament is the first qualifying round for the
1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. The second qualifier will be held
early next year, but the world amateur boxing body has yet to
confirm the date and place.

The Indonesian team will include President's Cup gold
medalists, featherweight Nemo Bahari, flyweight Rachman Kili-kili
and light-flyweight Hermensen Ballo. Bronze medalists,
middleweight Pino Bahari and lightweight Sonny Rambing will also
attend.

Pino, one of two Indonesian boxers at the 1992 Olympics, and
Sonny are also training for the 18th Southeast Asian Games in
Chiang Mai, Thailand, between Dec. 9 and Dec. 17, 1995. (arf)