HANGZHOU—Carlo Paalam hopes to follow fellow Olympian Eumir Marcial in the boxing semifinals of the 19th Asian Games, but will
be up against a tough opponent in reigning world champion Carlo Khalokov Abdumalik of Uzbekistan in Tuesday’s quarterfinal round.The Tokyo silver medal winner needed to dispatch Uulu Munarbek Seiitbek of Kyrgystan in the Round-of-16 by the score of 4-1 to reach the quarterfinals. Seiitbek, 27, was bronze medalist in the last World Championship in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.Now, Paalam will have to go through no less than the gold medal winner himself in a bid to join Marcial in the semis.
Daunting the task may be, but head coach Ronald Chavez likes the chances of Paalam opposite Khalokov.
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