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Boxing: Tough road ahead for Pinoy bets at Hamburg world championships

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Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/sports/08/25/boxing-2017-082417.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Daniel Maamo is one of two Filipino boxers competing in the world championships in Hamburg, Germany. The other is Olympian Rogen Ladon. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div>Two Filipino boxers will be up against a tough field in Germany, where the world&#x27;s best fighters will compete in the AIBA world championships starting Friday.Olympian Rogen Ladon and Daniel Maamo will represent the Philippines in Hamburg, where about 280 of the top international fighters are set to converge in the biennial event organized by boxing&#x27;s world governing body.Ladon, who copped a bronze in the 2015 world championships, will battle in the light-flyweight division while Maamo will trade mitts in the flyweight class.For fight analyst Dennis Principe, the Hamburg tournament will be a chance for Ladon to make up for his sorry performance at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.“One of the steps Ladon needs to recover from that debacle in the Olympics is to perform creditably dito sa world championships,” Principe said.Ladon crashed out of the Rio Games after a lackluster performance against relatively unknown Colombian Yurberjen Martinez, 3-0.“I think he was 1 or 2 fights away from bagging a bronze in Rio,” Principe said. “Kasi nagkaroon siya ng bye tapos kulang ang participants sa Olympics, so konti na lang. He was nearly there but the way he fought iyong nakalaban who ended up as a silver medalist, was disappointing. Because he was coming off an impressive world championship campaign tapos ganun ang nangyari.”Maamo, on the other hand, should make the most of his experience in Hamburg.“He is relatively new so not much is expected from him, but if he performs well with a podium finish bonus na iyon,” he said.In a previous interview, the 21-year-old Maamo said he and the national training staff have been making thorough preparations.“Grabe po talaga ang training namin, puspusan po talaga. Iyong mga coach pinupush talaga kami para mas lalong lumakas pa kami lalo na iyong mga suntok namin,” he said.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/07/12/17/public-perception-played-role-in-sea-games-roster-decision-ph-boxing-body">READ: ‘Public perception’ played role in SEA Games roster decision: PH boxing body</a></li></ul>The Cagayan de Oro native said he would be happy to win any medal in Germany.“Gusto ko po talagang magmedalya, kahit anong medalya dahil worlds po iyan. Pero pinapangarap ko maka-gold talaga,” Maamo said.Principe said the world championships are much harder than the Olympics because of the size of the field.“Mahirap ito kasi parang lalaban ka sa Olympics and it&#x27;s actually tougher than the Olympics. More nations ang kasali rito at saka sa division nila sa lighter weight classes, maraming magagaling,” he said.Ladon and Maamo qualified for the worlds after their semifinal finishes in the recent 2017 Asian Boxing Confederation Asian Elite Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Other Pinoy boxers who have won a medal in the world championships include light-flyweight Harry Tañamor, who took home a silver (2007) and 2 bronze medals (2001, 2003) and light-flyweight Roel Velasco, who earned a silver in 1997.The Hamburg worlds will run until September 3.For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/" target="_blank"> ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.

Daniel Maamo and Olympian Rogen Ladon will represent the Philippines in Hamburg, where about 280 amateur boxers are set to compete.

Daniel Maamo and Olympian Rogen Ladon will represent the Philippines in Hamburg, where about 280 amateur boxers are set to compete.

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Boxing: Tough road ahead for Pinoy bets at Hamburg world championships

Dennis Gasgonia,

ABS-CBN News

Published Aug 25, 2017 05:31 AM PHT

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