¡¡¡¡BUSAN, Oct. 13 (Xinhuanet) -- Boxers from Uzbekistan displayed their
overwhelming power in Asian boxing when they collect five gold medals at the
14th Asian Games here on Sunday.
¡¡¡¡Rustam Saidov rounded off Uzbekistan's victory in the ring whenhe
outpointed Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov of Kazakstan to win the titlein the over 91kg
category.
¡¡¡¡Hosts South Korea had three titles, Kazakstan had two and Pakistan won its
first gold of the Asian Games.
¡¡¡¡Uzbekistan's Dilshod Mahmudov won his nation's first boxing gold Sunday,
using a crushing left to defeat South Korea's Baik Jong-sub 27-17 in the
60-kilogram lightweight final.
¡¡¡¡Uzbekitan's Utkirbek Haydarov won gold in the 75-kilogram middleweight
final against Pakistan's Ali Khan Ahmad when the referee halted the bout 16
seconds into the third round.
¡¡¡¡Asian champion Ikrom Berdiev outpointed South Korean Choi Ki-soo to win the
81kg division for Uzbekistan.
¡¡¡¡Uzbekistan picked up its fourth gold when Sergey Mihayilov stopped
Pakistan's Ali Shoukat in the third round of the 91-kilogram heavyweight final.
¡¡¡¡"We have a lot of good fighters," said Uzbekistan boxing scout Tayma
Niyazov. "This is our tradition. During the days of the Soviet Union we provided
the best boxers."
¡¡¡¡The host boxers also had a good harvest from the bouts.
¡¡¡¡In Sunday's first bout, Kim Ki-suk defeated Harry Tanamor of the
Philippines. Kim was given a standing eight count in the firstround but came
back strong in the third round of the 48kg bout, stunning Tanamor, who injured
his right hand early in the third round, with a right-left combination on his
way to 24-19 victory.
¡¡¡¡Kim Won-il cruised to a 27-17 victory over Uzbekistan's Bekzod Khidorov in
the 54kg final for South Korea's second gold.
¡¡¡¡The hosts picked up their third of the day in the 67kg divisionwhen Kim
Jung-joo won a thrilling last-minute victory over Kazakstan's Sergey Rychko.
¡¡¡¡With Rychko leading by one point with only six seconds remaining in the
fourth round, Kim came back with a flurry of punches to seal the 31-30 victory.
¡¡¡¡Pakistan captured its first gold medal of the games when Mehrullah survived
a late flurry of punches for a 26-21 victory over Kazakstan's Galib Jafarov in
the 57kg featherweight final.
¡¡¡¡Kazakstan's Gennadiy Golovkin stopped Thailand's Suriya Prasathinphimai at
eight seconds into the third round to win the gold medal in the 71kg category
final.
¡¡¡¡Nurzhan Karimzhanov, also from Kazakstan, edged Pakistan's Ali Shah Asghar
19-15 in the 63.5kg division. Karimzhanov recovered from a slow start and landed
10 punches in the third round to takecontrol of the bout.
¡¡¡¡In the 51kg final, Thailand's Somjit Jongjohor relied on a solid right to
win gold in a 26-7 victory over Pakistan's Karim Nouman. Enditem