Indonesian Boxer Absent At The 2024 Asian Boxing Championship
JAKARTA None of the Indonesian boxers took part in the ASBC Men's and Women's Asian Elite Championships, known as the ASBC Asian Elite Men's and Women's Boxing Championships 2024.
The event took place atung Mai, Thailand, from November 28, 2024 to December 12, 2024. The absence of representatives participating showed that Indonesian boxing was getting dimmer.
Muhammad Arisa Putra Pohan or familiarly called Boy Pohan, who was trusted to be the referee to lead this event, confirmed the information on the absence of Indonesian representatives at the event.
"From Southeast Asian countries, only Malaysian boxers, Vietnam, and hosts of Thailand have appeared," he said by telephone.
Recently, Indonesia's amateur boxing achievements have not shown any spurs. This is reinforced by the fact that Indonesia has not passed the boxer to an event as important as the Olympics.
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The last time Indonesia has a representative in the Olympic boxing sport was in 2004 in Athens, Greece. At that time, there was the name Bonix Saweho who passed through the wild card.
Four years earlier, at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia, Indonesia passed La Paene Masara and Hermensen Ballo. Both hold tickets through the qualifying round.
Although he does not have a boxer's representative at the 2024 ASBC Men's and Women's Asian Elite Championships, Indonesia can at least be entertained by the trust gained by Boy Pohan.
The referee, who previously served in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2024 Paris Olympics, was present there with a Thai referee to lead the championship this 21 countries participated in.
Boy Pohan said that this year's edition of the ASBC for the first time applies headguard rules in the female category. This follows the category of men who have done it first.
"Until now, no one has been injured because of the good boxing technique and is physically capable. They are fine," he said.
In total, there are 21 participating countries in this event, namely Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Taipei China, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, and host Thailand.