Cambodia’s Ratha Ven advanced to the finals of the Southeast Asian Games
The first part of the semi-finals featured in the boxing event of the Southeast Asian Games in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Day4. Thailand made a perfect competition day but Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines had also victories today.
The ASBC President Mr. Pichai Chunhavajira of Thailand, Philippines’ boxing official Mrs. Karina Picson, Cambodia’s ASBC Board of Director Mr. Sophoan Buy and the Chairman of the ASBC Competition Commission, Mr. Chaiwat Chotima of Thailand, all watched the bouts of the fourth competition day.
Altogether 24 female and 71 male boxers are competing for the 16 available titles in Phnom Penh. Host Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor Leste and Vietnam are the participating countries in the boxing event of the Southeast Asian Games.
Cambodia’s ex-Cuban Ratha Ven joined the finals of the Southeast Asian Games in 2015 and the strong boxer repeated that performance after eight years in Phnom Penh. The Cambodian boxer won his second contest in the Games on home soil, he was able to keep the control from the first seconds until the last against Indonesia’s experienced Farrand Papendang.
Thailand’s Somchay Wongsuwan is the defending champion at the men’s light welterweight (63.5kg) in the SEA Games and he has the chance to win his second gold medal in Phnom Penh following his success over Myanmar’s National Champion Saw Bwe Klo. Wongsuwan will now meet for the title Cambodia’s Ratha Ven.
Thailand’s Youth Olympic Games winner Atichai Phoemsap suffered a KO loss in the 2022 Thailand Open International Boxing Tournament and since then he is more careful and developed his defensive skills. The 23-year-old Thai boxer eliminated Indonesia’s Sarohatua Lumbantobing in a hectic contest and he will be boxing for the gold medal with Vietnam’s Bui Phuoc Tung who eliminated East Timor’s Delio Anzaqeci Mouzinho.
Indonesia’s Maikhel Roberrd Muskita won the light heavyweight (80kg) in the SEA Games one year ago and he moved up to the cruiserweight (86kg). The Indonesian was too strong for Malaysia’s Indran Ramakrishnan in the semi-finals of the category and he has the chance to win his second gold medal against Thailand’s ASBC Asian Champion Jakkapong Yomkhot who defeated Cambodia’s Ong Phearak.
Thailand’s Women’s World Boxing Championships silver medallist Jutamas Jitpong eliminated her main rival, Vietnam’s star Nguyen Thi Tam in the quarter-finals of the bantamweight (54kg) and she continued her strong performance in Phnom Penh. Jitpong won her second contest by RSC against Cambodia’s ex-Kazakh boxer, Aishagul Yeleubayeva and she will now face with Philippines’ Tokyo Olympian Irish Magno for the gold.
Vietnam’s Ha Thi Linh moved back to the light welterweight (63kg) and she had the skills to control all of the three rounds against Myanmar’s Kay Thwe Nyein. Ha Thi Linh joined the finals as the lone female boxer from Vietnam and she has the mission to win the SEA Games against Philippines’ Thailand Open Tournament winner Riza Pasuit who bowed out Singapore’s Nur Sabrina Binte Mohamad Faizal.
Thailand’s Tokyo Olympian and ASBC Asian U22 Champion Baison Manikon is a tall and young 21-year-old boxer who moved back to the middleweight (75kg). She was confident against Vietnam’s Nguyen Thi Phuong Hoai and she secured a spot in the finals where Cambodia’s former Kazakh boxer, Dana Diday will be her opponent.
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