RP BOXERS SCORE TWO MORE WINS, NOW FACE ELITE OPPOSITION
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Mon, 28 Mar 2016
Charly Suarez.
Veteran Charly Suarez scored the second Filipino victory Sunday afternoon and female hopeful Nesthy Petecio added another win later in the day at the at the Asia-Oceania Olympic Qualification event in Qian'An, Hebei Province, China, a quiet city 2 1/2 hours by land from the capital of Beijing.
ABAP Executive Director Ed Picson said the muscular lightweight from Davao, who fights in all three programs of AIBA - the World Series of Boxing, the AIBA Pro Boxing and the AIBA Open Boxing, stamped his class on Chinese-Taipei's national champion Lai Chu-En on Easter Sunday.
Suarez, who is seeded No.2 in the lightweight division ?dazzled his opponent from the opening bell, prompting the Kazakh referee to give the 20 year old Taiwanese a standing 8-count about a minute into the fight after he was rocked with a right hook to the head.
Towards the end of that first round, the referee again gave Lai the 8-count as he absorbed a hard right uppercut to the
Midsection.
The judges from Russia, Cuba and Sri Lanka had the Filipino winning decisively with identical cards of 30-26.
In a post fight interview Suarez said ?He's a bit young and inexperienced. But I didn't lose my focus because he's fast and has some power" said Suarez of his 20 year old foe who had a day before upset a favored boxer from Turkmenistan.
Suarez now moves on to the quarterfinals against India's Dheeeraj who brought some cheer to the Indian contingent when he beat Thailand?s Pachanya Longchin.
Nesthy Petecio, a silver medalist at the last AIBA World Women?s Championship in Korea also dominated Filipino-American Jennifer Chieng of Micronesia in four rounds to score a 40-36 decision on the cards of the Hungarian and British judges and an even wider 40-35 on the scorecard of the Uzbekistan judge.
Chieng was hoping to make it big at the Rio Olympic Games who, each evening leaves her office desk in the world of finance to enter the world of boxing.
Half Filipino, half Micronesian Jennifer began boxing a few years ago as a hobby. She said ?It started out as an outlet becausemost of the people in the Pacific are really into MMA, contact or any physical sport.?
Jennifer has quickly gone from casual boxer to a U.S. Olympic hopeful. She stated ?My top goal, my main objective with boxing is to make the Olympic team. There is no other focus that I have.?
Her coach Darren Dolby believes that ?with a little more experience, I think she?ll make it to the 2016 Olympics? before Petecio stopped her dream for the time being. A former boxer himself who retired undefeated, Dolby has coached junior Olympians and national champions said ?She?s got what it takes to win a championship or a gold medal. Just a little more experience, we?ll be there. I believe it.?
Picson told The Standard "The tournament is just starting. You need either 4 or 5 wins here to qualify for the Olympics. But we're off to a good start.?
Three more boxers were scheduled to enter the ring on Monday with No. 1 seeds light flyweight Rogen Ladon who will face Japan?s Tosho Kashiwasaki and hard-hitting welterweight Eumir Felix Marcial battling Australia?s Kori Istafanos.
In the 1st men bout of the tournament, ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships bronze medalist Tosho Kashiwasaki started slowly against PRK Korea?s Umakhanov Memorial Tournament winner Un Song Kim but the 25-year-old Japanese boxer finished strongly and advances to the next round.
Kashiwasaki in a post fight interview conceded ?I was very nervous as this was my first international contest this year. I am not satisfied with my performance, I wanted to use my feet more against my opponent. I landed a lot of punches in the second and third rounds which made a real difference today. I know my next Filipino rival is fast so my footwork is critical if I want to continue in this competition.?
Bantamweight Mario Fernandez, who drew a bye in the first round, will go up versus Yakub Meredov of Turkmenistan while Roldan Boncales who won his opening bout against Vietnamese national champion Tran Von Thao in an exciting bout enters the ring for a second time in a tough contest against 27 year old No.4 seed Oizhas Sattibayev of Kazakhstan.
Olzhas Sattibayev began boxing at the age of 13, and the 27-year old is now one of the key fighters for the Astana Arlans Franchise. 4-1 this season with strong wins over Hamza Touba, Carlos Ascanio, Murad Rabadanov and Karen Arutyunyan, Sattibayev?s lone defeat came against the exciting Puerto Rican prospect Jeyvier Cintron.
Sattibayev rose to prominence in 2005 with victory in the AIBA Cadet World Championships, while two years later he achieved a silver medal at the AIBA Junior World Championships where he narrowly lost to Cuban opponent Yosbany Veitia in the final. His emergence in the senior ranks was assured when he achieved a coveted bronze medal at the Kazakhstan National Championships in 2009, and that year was a very successful one for the Kazakh star as he won more medals at the Gee Bee Tournament, the Nurmagambetov Memorial Tournament and the Asian Senior Championships.
The talented southpaw has competed in two AIBA World Championships, reaching the second preliminary round both times. His already successful career reached new heights in 2014 when he won gold at the Duisenkul Shopokov Memorial Tournament, the Great Silk Way Tournament, the Kazakh Federation Team Cup, plus the Kazakh National Championships.
After excellent performances in AOB competitions, Sattibayev continued his strong form into WSB, and he describes his teammates as a second family.
With strong support from his family, he is ready for the Finals which he refers to as the Clash of Titans.
Meredov trains for 36 hours a week .After a decorated Youth career which included impressive performances at the ASBC Asian Youth Championships and the AIBA Youth World Championships, Meredov has built an impressive career at the elite level. The 22-year-old is a crafty southpaw who has competed in 133 bouts, and the Khazar resident will be looking to impress in his first senior AIBA World Championships.
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