Filipino Olympic silver medalist and boxer Carlo Paalam gained through unanimous resolution towards Hsu Chiao-Chun of Chinese language Taipei on Thursday, advancing to the Spherical of 32 within the males’s 55kg division of the World Boxing Championships in Liverpool, England.
Paalam will face Junior Alcantara of the Dominican Republic within the Spherical of 16 on September 9.
Except for Paalam, others competing within the match embrace Junmilardo Ogayre (males’s 60kg), Ronald Chavez (males’s 70kg), Riza Pasuit (ladies’s 60kg), Mark Ashley Fajardo (males’s 65kg), and Jay Bryan Baricuatro (males’s 50kg).
Ofelia Magno was additionally purported to compete within the occasion however pulled out of the match, like othe boxers around the globe.
In accordance with ABAP secretary-general Marcus Manalo, within the boxing physique’s social media submit, Magno pulled out “as a result of her genetic intercourse take a look at outcomes did not come out earlier than the draw. We needed to get her take a look at achieved right here upon arrival (organizers organized for it) as a result of such take a look at isn’t out there within the Philippines. I believe World Boxing needs to be strict with the eligibility standards due to the controversies within the Paris Olympics that has resulted in appeals to the Court docket of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).”
—JKC, GMA Built-in Information
