Hundreds of young people from street fighters and rioters groups attended the Penjaringan Boxing Showcase Vol.2 event at Mawar Apartment, RW 12, Penjaringan District, North Jakarta, Sunday, June 28, 2026.
"With this boxing match, we hope to reduce the number of fights. And thank God after the first volume, the level of fights in North Jakarta has decreased a lot," said North Jakarta Metro Police Chief, Kombes Erick Frendriz to reporters.
In addition, the Police Chief said that this boxing match aims to recruit young people from the North Jakarta area who are talented in boxing.
"So our hope is that in the future there will be young athletes from North Jakarta," he said.
The Police Chief hopes that through this activity, the boxing match in Penjaringan can become an event at the Jakarta city level.
"For the number of participants today until 130 boxers. Age 17, 20 and various classes from weight. Later we will make a bigger event," he said.
In addition to suppressing the number of juvenile fights, the boxing match held by the forum community of united networking is to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Bhayangkara Day.
The Mayor of North Jakarta, Hendra Hidayat, added that his party continued to support the boxing match for the youth group to reduce the cases of fights in the North Jakarta area.
"So far, this activity has helped a lot in reducing the level of fighting in North Jakarta. Especially in this Penjaringan area, it is quite high for the level of fighting," he said.
The North Jakarta City Government will also continue to support the boxing match sports event in order to provide a positive platform for young people.
"Hopefully we can collaborate with us to hold it at a higher level, more participants, more prizes. Happy 80th birthday bhayangkara," he said.
The same thing was also said by Dandim 0502/JU, Colonel Inf. M. Syaifudin Fanany. According to him, boxing matches in Penjaringan are very positive for reducing the number of fights among teenagers and young people.
"North Jakarta residents can channel their talents. Hopefully in the future we can produce professional and international boxing seeds through this activity," he added.
Meanwhile, the boxing screening executive chairman, Nurjaman, appreciated the attitude of the National Police and the North Jakarta City Government which supported the boxing match activities to reduce the number of fights.
"We held it because the background was originally from street children, children of fights. We think fighting is not good, so we finally made a boxing match," he said.
After the fight, the participants who had been involved in fights finally shook hands and made peace. The boxing showcase screening boxing match activity took place in a sportive manner.
"Participants are general. We take participants from street children, so that they are positive. So far, many gangsters have participated in the competition, to the point that they are enthusiastic. After the match, they made peace, for example. Participants can also get certificates," he said.
Nurjaman hopes that in the future the North Jakarta City Government will pay special attention to young people by creating a legal training place.
"We hope that the government will provide a place or place for guidance and practice for young people," he said.
This boxing showcase qualifying boxing match is also equipped with health facilities for boxing participants. The activity is also guarded by the Metro Penjaringan Police.
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