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MANILA, Philippines – Dannel Maamo hurdled his first obstacle at the 2017 AIBA World Championships, winning a split-decision over Botswana’s Mahomed Otukile on Saturday, August 26, and advancing to the second round of the flyweight division preliminaries.
Maamo, who is one of two Filipino boxers at the world meet in Hamburg, Germany, alongside light flyweight Rogen Ladon, will next face Cuba’s Yosvany Veitía, a 2012 Olympian and silver medalist at the 2015 World Championship, in the second round of preliminaries on Monday, August 28.
Ladon, a 2016 Olympian, will see his first action in the tournament on Sunday against Kazakhstan’s Zhomart Yerzhan on Sunday, August 27.
Maamo, a Cagayan de Oro City native, is fighting for the first time at the Worlds after qualifying with a bronze medal finish in May at the ASBC Asian Elite Championships.
The Philippines has never won a gold medal at the men’s competition, the closest being the silver medals from Roel Velasco and Harry Tañamor in 1997 at Budapest. – Rappler.com
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