Local boxer Albert keeps winning at President Cup
Local boxer Albert keeps winning at President Cup
SANUR, Bali (JP): Indonesian heavyweight boxer Albert Papilaya
continued his journey through the preliminary rounds of the 19th
President's Cup international amateur boxing tournament on
Saturday after beating Che Andli Che Hashim of Malaysia.
Albert, the 1999 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games gold medalist,
was too powerful for the Malaysian, and dominated the encounter
with a combination of hard straight punches, hooks and tight
double covers.
The 32-year-old Indonesian won when the referee stopped the
contest in the fourth round.
"I'm very happy with today's result. I hope I can get further
in the tournament as I aim to win another title this year," said
Albert, who officially resigned from the national team last year
and plans to start a new career as a coach.
Besides Albert, three other boxers also won their matches.
Syarif Hidayat, representing the Garuda team, also reached the
next round after convincingly beating Na Risu of China 24-16 in
the light heavyweight division.
Syarif relied on his fast footwork. He managed to avoid Na's
punches and aggressively sent counter attacks to the Chinese
boxer.
In the fineweight class, Bonix Saweho of the Rajawali team
also had a comfortable 10-6 point victory over Yan Lin Aung of
Myanmar.
While in the light flyweight division, Dikson Ton eliminated
TB Harshakumara of Sri Lanka with a 6-1 victory.
Roland Latuni of Indonesia had to bow out to Romero Liberio of
Mexico when the referee stopped contest on the third round.
The late start of the event -- due to spectators' complaints
they could not watch daytime bouts -- meant that the schedule was
put back until later in the evening.
Four more national boxers were still fighting when The Jakarta
Post's deadline came around.
Karel Muskanan was scheduled to fight Erle Wiltshire of
Australia in the flyweight division while newcomer Juan Saparipan
was up against Cesar Morales of Mexico in the bantamweight class.
Indonesia fielded two boxers in the light welterweight
division. Steve Binalay was scheduled to face Mirko Wolf of
Germany while Temuzin Rambing was to meet Allalou Mohamed of
Algeria. (Bona Beding)