Only Toar through on day two

Only Toar through on day two

Fadli, The Jakarta Post, Batam

Indonesian team suffered a turn of fate at the President's Cup
here, with middleweight Toar Sompotan emerging on Sunday as the
only winner.

Toar took out Chiang Yi Chun of Chinese Taipei with a
technical knockout in the first round, but it proved a
disappointing day for the remaining six boxers at Tumenggung
Abdul Jamal Sports Hall.

Suhaemi and Achmad Amri both went down for the count with KOs
in their heavyweight bouts -- Suhaemi in the first round to Eugen
Gavrilenko of Kazakhstan and Achmad in the second round to Ravi
Gill of India.

Meanwhile, Frianta Purba was beaten 30-10 by RMAB Rathnayaka
of Sri Lanka in their bantamweight fight, and lightweight Benget
Simorangkir 25-9 to Chung Chun Qiu of Chinese Taipei.

In the light flyweight division, Rizal Djuma put up a tight
fight against Nasri of Malaysia before losing 16-14, and Imanuel
Maiting was dealt a 29-9 crushing blow by Bill Vicera of the
Philippines.

Thirteen matches were played on Sunday, with Kazakhstan,
Malaysia, the Philippines and Sri Lanka advancing two boxers each
to the next stage and the remaining qualifiers coming from
Indonesia, India, Chinese Taipei, Laos and South Korea.

Commenting on the Indonesian boxers' defeats, team manager
Frans PB said they needed more frequent sparring bouts to improve
their skills.

"The visiting boxers look strong. Sri Lanka has made progress
after recruiting a trainer from Cuba," he said.

Saturday was a different story, when four of five Indonesian
boxers cruised to the next stage: Abdul Razak, Erico Amanupunyo,
Rionando Butar Butar and Daud Yordan.