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Boxing: Ladon, Pasuit, Bacyadan nab gold medals in Thailand Open

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Rogen Ladon (right) connects with a left uppercut to Amit Panghal of India during their men" s="" flyweight="" gold="" medal="" bout="" in="" the="" Thailand="" open="" International="" Boxing="" Tournament="" at="" Angsana="" Laguna="" Phuket="" Resort="" Hotel.="" Handout="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/sports/04/09/20220409-boxing-ladon.jpg"/><figcaption>Rogen Ladon (right) connects with a left uppercut to Amit Panghal of India during their men&#x27;s flyweight gold medal bout in the 2022 Thailand Open International Boxing Tournament at the Angsana Laguna Phuket Resort Hotel. Handout photo</figcaption></figure></div>Filipino boxers Rogen Ladon, Riza Pasuit and Hergie Bacyadan captured gold medals in the 2022 Thailand Open International Boxing Tournament on Saturday at the Angsana Laguna Phuket Resort Hotel in Phuket, Thailand.Reigning Southeast Asian Games flyweight king Ladon pulled off an upset with a 3-2 split decision against defending Asian Games titlist and 2019 AIBA World Championships silver winner Amit Panghal of India. <ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/04/08/22/ladon-bautista-roll-to-thailand-open-gold-medal-round">Ladon, Bautista roll to Thailand Open gold medal round</a></li></ul>Ladon, a Rio Olympics veteran, fought methodically to clinch points in the first two rounds before surviving a late flurry from Amit in the final round.Later on, SEA Games 2019 silver medal finisher Pasuit used solid counterpunching against Italy&#x27;s Alessia Mesiano to rule the women&#x27;s lightweight division.&quot;I&#x27;m very happy. I expected the experience from Rogen to come out today. As for Riza, she is a very good counter-puncher and a great boxer moving forward,&quot; said Philippine boxing team head coach Don Abnett, who is accompanied by coaches Roel Velasco, Ronald Chavez, Reynaldo Galido and Mitchel Martinez.Bacyadan, a wushu athlete-turned-boxer, capped off the national boxing squad&#x27;s successful stint with another gold after dominating Tran Thi Oanh Nhi, 5-0, in the women&#x27;s middleweight category.Aside from the medals, Ladon, Pasuit and Bacyadan also received $2,000 (over P100,000) each as top finishers in the tournament organized by the Thailand Boxing Association headed by its president and concurrent Asian Boxing Federation president Pichai Chunhavajira.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/04/07/22/ladon-4-other-pinoy-boxers-eye-finals-of-thailand-open">Boxing: Ladon, 4 other Pinoys eye finals of Thailand Open</a></li></ul>Meanwhile, Ian Clark Bautista (men&#x27;s featherweight) and Aira Villegas (women&#x27;s flyweight) settled for silver after bowing against higher-ranked opponents Serik Termizhanov of Kazakhstan and Nguyen Thi Tam of Vietnam, respectively.With the three golds and two silvers, the PH boxing team eclipsed its medal haul in the 2019 edition (1 gold, 1 bronze) and 2018 iteration (1-1-2 gold-silver-bronze) when it seized the overall championship together with the host nation.&quot;I think we&#x27;ve exceeded our expectations because as you know, our boxers have come from a long period of inactivity. We&#x27;re happy with where we are right now,&quot; said Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) president Ed Picson, who is leading the Philippine delegation along with secretary-general Marcus Manalo.

Rogen Ladon, Riza Pasuit and Hergie Bacyadan captured gold medals in the 2022 Thailand Open International Boxing Tournament.