Semarang hosts Golden Glove C'ships

Semarang hosts Golden Glove C'ships

SEMARANG (JP): Semarang will host the Golden Glove National
Boxing Championships in February 2001. The event will feature 11
weight divisions.

"The championships will be attended by professional boxers
from various clubs throughout the country. However, the fighters
must meet requirements set by the Indonesian Amateur Boxing
Association (Pertina)," said the body's head of technical
commission Ferry Moniaga on Monday evening.

"To qualify boxers need to meet one of the following six
criteria. Either, be one of the national top five boxers, a
finalist of last year's championships in Batam, a finalist of the
2000 National Games in Surabaya, a winner at the 1999 National
Junior Championships in Jakarta, a member of the 2001 Kuala
Lumpur Southeast Asian (SEA) Games training center or be one of
the best athletes in Pertina provincial chapters."

"There will only be 77 boxers competing in the event due to
these selection requirements. We hope that the championships will
be of a high standard as only the very best will be competing,"
Ferry said. (har)