Engelbert Moralde, the last Filipino fighter standing in the 19th Asian Youth Boxing Championship, bowed out quietly Tuesday night, putting to an end PLDT-Team Philippines’ gold medal hopes at Tehran’s Shahid Shiroudi Complex in the Iranian capital.
BOB Arum has seen the best that boxing could offer in his entire promotional career but apparently the astute promoter is still aching to witness the very best of the sport.
TWO-division world champion Vic Darchinyan plans to move up in weight and take another crack at winning a bantamweight belt.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday called on Iranian sportspersons to win all the Asian championship stands one after another.
TEHRAN, March 5 (PNA/IRNA) — Iranian boxers on Thursday defeated their rivals in the -48kg, -69kg and -75kg categories of the 4th Asian Youth Boxing Championship in Tehran’s Shahid Afrasiabi Sports Hall on Thursday.