PUERTO PRINCESA CITY - A three-time Palarong Pambansa gold medalist took the thunder while the sons of a former Olympian made their presence felt in the opening day of the 2010 Smart-Abap National Amateur Boxing Championship Monday night at the Puerto Princesa coliseum here.
Mark Anthony Barriga of Panabo City scored an impressive victory over Arjay Aguilar of Bicol, 23-1, to advance to the quarterfinals of the junior boys' pinweight category of this prestigious five-day tourney, which stakes a total of 14 slots in the national youth squad.
The 16-year old Barriga, a first-year commerce student from Panabo College who dominated the past three editions of Palarong Pambansa, bombarded Aguilar with a flurry of head and body punches right from the opening bell to notch the lopsided win that impressed national coaches Pat Gaspi, Romeo Brin, Roel Velasco and Boy Catolico.
The four coaches were on the sidelines to scout potential talents that will compete in the 2010 Singapore Youth Olympics in August.
"Gusto ko talaga siyang ma-knock out para mapasama ako sa RP (youth) team," said Barriga, the second of the three children of a machine operator and a housekeeper.
"Pero mahaba pa 'yan. Madami pang pwedeng mangyari. Magagaling din ang mga kalaban ko dito."
Also impressive were the sons of 1992 Barcelona Olympian Roberto Jalnaiz who are representing Misamis Oriental under Gov. Oscar Moreno.
Rafael Jalnaiz, 10, pulled an 11-5 decision over Kent Jasper Fuentes of Palawan in the kids' vacuum weight category while his elder brother, 12-year old Robert Miguel, humbled Jeffrey Stella of Mandue City, 13-3, in the kids' ant weight category.
"Araw-araw ensayo nyang mga batang iyan. Tinututukan ko talaga sila dahil alam kong madaming malalakas (na kalaban) dito," said Jalnaiz, who was remembered as the lone Filipino gold medalist in the 1990 Beijing Asian Games.
Wrapping up the elimination round in the kids' ant weight class are Michael Joerge Codilla, who won over Joseph Orevello, 10-9, Justine Carl Fajardo of Puerto Princesa A, who stopped Jake Tabares of Caloocan in the second round, and Romer Dagoy of Zamboanga, who edged Dave Luna of Puerto Princesa C, 13-11.
In the kids' vacuum weight, Ryan Jaime Flores of Bago City emerged victorious over Jason Pia of Davao, 10-7, Wencyl Brian Abes of Baguio City dominated Franklin Pagdatu of Puerto Princesa C, 16-11, Rhezon Tarona of Mandaue City clobbered John Zedrick Borce of Puerto Princesa A, 12-7, Mario Bautista of Negros Occidental conquered Jude Chia of Puerto Princesa B, 21-7, and Robert Paradero of Bukidnon stopped Emmanuel Tapia Jr. in the second round.
In the school boys' light mosquito weight class, Michael Bahena was declared the winner after Ryan Torres of La Union gave him a head butt while Matthew Jagmis of Puerto Princesa C hacked an 18-12 victory over Jayson Dagelio of Tagbilaran.
Eljean Hermedalla of Bacolod A and Philip Luis Cuerdo of Mandaluyong also won, clobbering Sonny Sagbaulan of Puerto Princesa B (9-1) and McJoe Lozada of Palawan (23-11), respectively.
Also advancing to the quarterfinals of the junior boys' pinweight class that starts today were Espiridion Pubadora of Iloilo, Rodney Bernardo of Palawan, Jude Cheng of Cordillera, Alfer Sumugat of Palawan and Frederick Magbanua of Puerto Princesa B.
In the flyweight class, Cris Paulino of Manila, Raffey Cavan of Davao del Norte, Mesar Alpuerto of Palawan A were declared winners as well as Arnel Tapang of Mandaluyong, Marcial Angelo of Taguig, Ruiz Lorenzo Tesorio of Puerto Princesa A and Martin Cordova of Bago City.
In the junior boys' bantamweight division, Kevin James of Tayabas, Leonil Bordeos of Northern Samar and Gabriel Altajeros of National Capital Region also claimed their respective quarterfinal tickets.
No comments:
Post a Comment