Regular Championships Can Give Birth To 'New Pical Ellyas', Chris John Says

National boxing legend, Chris John. (Photo via Antara)

JAKARTA - Indonesia actually does not run out of potential talented boxers. However, it is rare for anyone to come to the surface to penetrate the international world.

After Ellyas Pical, the names of Chris John, Daud Jordan and Ongen Saknosiwi appeared. However, the lack of boxing championships in the country makes it difficult for Indonesia to bring back the new Ellyas Pical.

Indonesian boxing legend Yohannes Christian John or better known as Chris John, said that one way to make the world of Indonesian boxing more lively and born outstanding athletes is to regularly hold regular boxing championships.

According to the former boxing world champion, with the boxing championship that is regularly held, the world of boxing in the country will again give birth to great talents such as Ellyas Pical, Daud Jordan, to Ongen Saknosiwi.

"As we all know that currently the more regular boxing match events are almost non-existent. And it has a huge impact on the advancement of boxing, especially professionals in Indonesia," said Chris John, as quoted by Antara.

The boxing regular championship that many people hear today is the Holywings Sport Show (HSS), an amateur and professional boxing championship in Indonesia featuring sports entertainment in the form of amateur boxing matches between Indonesian celebrities and professional boxing parties.

HSS has been held twice in February 2022 and June 2022 and will be held for the third time in September.

"So I think the main obstacle is that we have to increase boxing matches so that boxing can rise again and find new talents. If it's not like that, I think it will be very difficult to score champions. There will be another dead boxing animation in Indonesia," said Chris John.

The former boxer nicknamed The Dragon assessed that the presence of the boxing championship broadcast on national TV in his day also greatly helped the country's boxing and many achievements were born.

"What is certain is that there is a television broadcasting boxing regularly. It was very felt and at that time our professional boxing was really very popular and many achievements were made by our professional boxing athletes at that time," said Chris John.

As a form of concern for the sport being carried out, he collaborated with one of the workshop owners to hold a boxing event which is still being held and can be watched on the Boxing Workshop YouTube.

"So, we will do this will or business, lastly we cooperate with a workshop owner, even though we are not too athletes," said Chris John.

"But that's one form of my concern for other boxers," he added.