Two boxers to Golden Gloves meet final

Two boxers to Golden Gloves meet final

JAKARTA (JP): Flyweight Hermansen Balo and featherweight Nemo
Bahari, two of the several amateur boxers being groomed for the
12th Asian Games in Hiroshima, punched their way to the final of
the Golden Gloves amateur boxing tournament in Ujungpandang, South
Sulawesi, on Thursday.

Suara Pembaruan reported that Hermansen, who hails from East
Nusa Tenggara, knocked out Johnny Muis from South Sulawesi in the
second round in a clearly one-sided match.

Hermansen performed aggressively right from the start. He put
an end to the issue of who was top man when he sent two
shattering straight rights into Johnny's face, bringing him to
the canvas.

Nemo's match proved to be more interesting as he faced a much
more formidable Rico Maspaitela from Jakarta.

This match was tight from the start, with numerous exchanges
of impressive blows by the pugilists.

Even though he suffered cuts and bleeding from his lips at the
end of the first round, Nemo kept up his fighting spirit and
delivered one especially strong upper cut to Rico's face in the
fourth round.

Nemo outscored Rico in the end to take the match.

The final will be slugged out tonight. (hdj)