SEA Games 2023: Riza Pasuit claims third boxing silver for PH | Inquirer Sports

SEA Games 2023: Riza Pasuit claims third boxing silver for PH

By: - Reporter / @junavINQ
/ 08:21 PM May 13, 2023

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FILE–Philippines’ Riza Pasuit (blue). –SHERWIN VARDELEON

PHNOM PENH—Vietnam’s Thi Linh Ha used her length to the hilt and prevailed over a stubbornly intrusive Riza Pasuit at the boxing competitions of the 32nd Southeast Asian Games.

Gifted with a longer reach, Ha efficiently parried Pasuit’s blows and survived the volume-punching Filipino to claim the gold medal in the women’s light welterweight division at the Chroy Changvar Convention Hall here.

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Pasuit tried to find all night long a lucky punch that never after the Vietnamese pugilist got ahead in the judges’ scorecards after two rounds.

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Pasuit’s silver was the third for the national boxing team after Rogen Ladon and Irish Magno dropped their finals’ matches.

Only Ian Clark Bautista was able to seize a gold in the men’s featherweight on Saturday.

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Five more Filipino boxers will climb atop the ring on Sunday with Olympic silver medalists Nesthy Petecio and Carlo Paalam the brightest hopes for a victory.

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