Carlo Paalam

2022 - 11 - 13

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Carlo Paalam stuns top seed to capture gold in Asian Boxing ... (Rappler)

Carlo Paalam pulls off a split decision win over Kazakhstan's Makhmud Sabyrkhan to rule the men's bantamweight division of the ASBC Asian Elite Boxing ...

Paalam bested Muhanov Dovlet of Turkmenistan in the round of 16, toppled Yoon Joo-sung of Korea in the quarterfinals, and defeated Seidekmatov Sanzhai of Kyrgyzstan in the semifinals to set up a clash with Sabyrkhan. Paalam moved up to bantamweight a year after bagging the men’s flyweight silver in the Tokyo Olympics in Japan last year. Sabyrkhan came in as the favorite in the championship match as he snagged the bantamweight silver in the AIBA World Boxing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, in 2021.

Paalam wins gold at bantamweight (Philstar.com)

Carlo Paalam showed his readiness to compete in the heavier division as he shocked Makhmud Sabyrkhan of Kazakhstan in claiming the bantamweight gold via ...

“Naturally we’re happy for Carlo. The Tokyo Olympics flyweight silver medalist needed to muster the last of his energy in the third and final round to survive the heavy-hitting 2021 World Championship silver winner in Belgrade, Serbia and pocket the gold that he wasn’t expected to snare. MANILA, Philippines — Carlo Paalam showed his readiness to compete in the heavier division as he shocked Makhmud Sabyrkhan of Kazakhstan in claiming the bantamweight gold via split decision in the ASBC Elite Boxing Championships in Amman, Jordan last night.

Carlo Paalam bags gold in ASBC Asian Elite tourney (Manila Bulletin)

Carlo Paalam stunned 2021 world championship silver medalist Makhmud Sabyrkhan of Kazakhstan via split decision to capture the men's 54kg bantamweight gold ...

Apart from Paalam’s feat, the PH team will also go home with two bronze medals courtesy of Nesthy Petecio in the women’s 57kg featherweight and Hergie Bacyadan in the women’s 75kg middleweight class. A Tokyo Olympics silver medalist in the flyweight class, Paalam was coming off victories over Sanzhai Seidekmatov of Kyrgyzstan in the semifinals, Muhanov Dovlet of Turkmenistan and Joosung Yoon of South Korea. Only the judge from Italy gave a 29-28 score in favor of the Kazakh fighter.

Boxing: Carlo Paalam nabs gold in Asian Elite tilt (ABS-CBN News)

Filipino boxer Carlo Paalam won a gold medal for the Philippines in the ASBC Asian Women's and Men's Elite Boxing Championships in Amman, Jordan on Saturday ...

Meanwhile, Olympic bronze medalist Nesthy Petecio settled for another bronze in the same tourney. Hergie Bacyadan also got a bronze following a narrow defeat to Uzbekistan’s Sokhiba Ruzmetova in the women’s middleweight semifinals. Prior to his gold medal win, Paalam shut out Kyrgyzstan’s Sanzhai Seidakmatov in the semis to advance to the title clash.

All the champions of the ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships ... (International Boxing Association)

The thirteen male finals finished at the ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships in Amman, Jordan where all of the 242 contests concluded.

Abdullaev took the lead in all of the five judges’ scorecards in the opening period and knocked down the 29-year-old Indian in the second. Dusmatov continued his performance in the same way in the third and won his third Asian title after 2015 and 2017. I won the Asian youth title in 2021 and now I won the gold among the elites as well,” said Sanzhar Tashkenbay after his success. The 24-year-old Jordanian returned to the national team and boxed above his previous level this time and due to his second and third rounds he won a title for the host country. Sanzhar Tashkenbay from Kazakhstan won all of the main youth competitions in 2021 and this year he replaced Elite World Champion, Temirtas Zhussupov in the national team. Fifteen countries earned at least one medal.Uzbekistan Hasanboy Dusmatov from Uzbekistan returned to the national team and claimed his third Asian title after 2015 and 2017.

Paalam bags gold in Asian championships (The Manila Times)

FILIPINO pug Carlo Paalam bagged a gold medal in the men's bantamweight division of the ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships on Saturday in Amman, Jordan.