RI to send lone boxer to c'ship

RI to send lone boxer to c'ship

JAKARTA (AFP): Indonesia has decided to send only one boxer to the Junior World Boxing Championship in Budapest later this week, a boxing official said on Thursday.

Duddysyah Bahari from Bali will be the sole Indonesian boxer to take part in the championship to start on Saturday, the head of the technical commission of the Indonesian Boxing Association, Ferry Moniaga, said.

Moniaga told Antara news agency that another junior boxer, Melky, from North Sulawesi, who was prepared to go with Bahari, opted to attend a national junior championship in Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, instead.

The Budapest event will be the first international event for Bahari, the champion of last year's national junior boxing championship. He will leave for Budapest on Thursday.