FILE–The Philippines’ Carlo Paalam and Britain’s Galal Yafai struggle throughout their males’s fly (48-52kg) boxing last bout through the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Video games on the Kokugikan Enviornment in Tokyo on August 7, 2021. (Picture by Luis ROBAYO / POOL / AFP)
MANILA, Philippines–Carlo Paalam moved a step nearer to the 2024 Paris Olympics.
His ring savvy again in full throttle, Paalam dismantled Turkmenistan’s Shukur Ovezov, 5-0, within the spherical of 32 males’s 57kg division on the World Olympic Qualification Match in Bangkok, Thailand. The Tokyo Olympics silver medalist now stands inside three wins of an Olympic spot.
“It should solely change into tougher. All people needs to be in Paris, so I count on my succeeding fights to change into a lot tougher,” stated Paalam in Filipino.
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Paalam will climb atop the ring reverse Armenia’s Artur Bazeyan within the final 16 on Thursday on the Indoor Stadium Huamark with none respite shifting ahead as the ultimate boxing Olympic qualifier reaches its climax.
Slipping previous Bazeyan, who barely survived Jordan’s Yousef Iashash, 3-2, will ship Paalam to a grueling schedule of three straight days preventing for that Paris ticket.
Ovezov compelled Paalam into retirement within the first World Olympic Qualification Match in Busto Arsizio, Italy, two months in the past after the Filipino suffered a shoulder harm in a earlier bout.
“He’s now not bothered by that shoulder and has comfortably regained his type,” stated coach Ronald Chavez.
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Hergie Bacyadan likewise stored her Olympic hopes alive with a 5-0 smashing of Spain’s Dunia Martinez within the opening bout of their girls’s 75kg conflict.
“I felt the stress upon coming into the ring, I used to be tense. However after I heard the opening bell, I instantly shifted to a preventing mindset,” stated Bacyadan.
Bacyadan superior to the spherical of 16, the place she is going to face Veronika Nakota of Hungary on Saturday. “Hergie moved higher and arrange her assaults higher in comparison with her final match,” stated Affiliation of Boxing Alliances within the Philippines secretary basic Marcus Manalo.
“Hopefully that carries over in opposition to higher competitors within the subsequent rounds,’’ added Manalo. Two extra profitable fights and Bacyadan will progress to the semifinal the place 4 tickets to the glamorous French capital have been dangled. INQ
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