Considered as one of the gold medal hopefuls, Paalam’s 5-0 beating at the hands of Abdulmalik Khalokov of Uzbekistan was a big blow to Team PH’s bid to duplicate its 4-gold haul in the Jakarta edition five years ago.
Consideredas one of the gold medal hopefuls, Paalam’s 5-0 beating at the hands ofAbdulmalik Khalokov ofUzbekistanwas a big blow to Team PH’s bid to duplicate its 4-gold haul in the Jakarta edition five years ago.
Living up to his lofty billing, Khalokov put up a masterclass performance, taunting Paalam with his fancy moves after building enough points early on.With his excellent footwork and height advantage, Khalolov also made Paalam an easy target, tagging the Tokyo Olympics silver medalist with crisp combinations that were too quick and too fast to win the contest convincingly.He can also took solace from the fact that he waged a determined challenge against one of the world’s finest fighters.
The defeat left Eumir Marcial, a bronze medal winner in the Tokyo Olympics, as the last man standing for the PH boxing team. Apart from Gilas’ pulsating 84-83 win over Iran early in the day, the only good news for the day was the bronze medal finish of the sepak takraw team.
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