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Asian Games: Faltering Philippine boxers get a break with Rogen Ladon win

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Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/tvpatrol/08/26/20180826-boxing.jpg"/><figcaption>Out of 6 Filipino boxers until Sunday, Rogen Ladon is the only one on the national team who has survived past the first assignment. Jonathan Celona, ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div>JAKARTA—Rogen Ladon became the first Filipino boxer to make it out of the first round in the 2018 Asian Games, as he dominated Nepal’s Prem Chaudhary in their round-of-16 flyweight match on Sunday night at Hall C in the Jakarta International Expo hereJudges unanimously scored the fight in Ladon’s favor, as the Filipino Olympian clearly outboxed Chaudhary in all three rounds.He encountered some trouble in the third when an aggressive Chaudhary tagged him in the opening seconds, but Ladon was quick to recover. He also suffered a cut late in the frame but still cruised to victory.With the result, Ladon is now through to the quarterfinals of the 52 kilograms division.“Hindi ko iniisip ‘yung mga talo,” said Ladon. “Focus lang ako sa kailangan kong gawin sa ring.”Ladon’s triumph was badly needed by the boxing team, after the early eliminations of Joel Bacho, Nesthy Petecio, Mario Fernandez, and James Palicte.Fernandez’s loss <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/08/25/18/asian-games-another-filipino-boxer-falls-as-mario-fernandez-knocked-out">was particularly brutal</a> as the veteran had been leading in his bantamweight match against his Iraqi opponent, Jaafar Abdulridha Ali Al Sudani, before getting knocked out. He had to be sent to a local hospital for observation.Palicte fought in the afternoon session on Sunday and was outboxed by Uzbekistan’s Shunkor Abdurasulov in the men’s lightweight division. He lost via unanimous decision.Irish Magno later joined the parade of Filipino fighters that made early exits after a similar unanimous-decision loss to North Korea’s Pang Chol Mi in the last bout of the night at Hall C.Eumir Marcial and Carlo Paalam are the only Filipino boxers who have yet to see action in these Games. They enter the ring on Monday night.<div>For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com" target="_blank">ABS-CBN Sports website.</a></div>

Rogen Ladon defeated Prem Chaudhary of Nepal to win their men's flyweight bout in the boxing competition in Jakarta on Sunday.

Rogen Ladon defeated Prem Chaudhary of Nepal to win their men's flyweight bout in the boxing competition in Jakarta on Sunday.

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Asian Games: Faltering Philippine boxers get a break with Rogen Ladon win

Camille B. Naredo,

ABS-CBN News

Published Aug 26, 2018 10:11 PM PHT

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Updated Aug 26, 2018 11:59 PM PHT

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