Brave Eddie in second round

16/06/1998

AFTER a blistering first day, most Malaysian boxers were yesterday reduced
to being spectators in the King's Cup championship at Malawati Indoor
Stadium in Shah Alam.
Five out of six Malaysian boxers crashed out in the preliminaries.
Eddie Suip was the silver lining, beating Taiwan's Lin Yung Shiang in
the 51kg category by 17-12 points but Zulhaizam Ibrahim lost a five-round
bout to Thailand's Uten Utapon by 5-18 in the same category.
Utapon is the Jakarta Sea Games gold medallist. He also made the
quarterfinals of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
In the 57kg, Jason Talad lost to Taiwan's Wu Hsin Lung 4-19 while
Rohaizam Baharudin was no match for Manus Boon Jamnung of Thailand as he
bowed out in the fourth round due to injury.
Results - Eddie Suip (Mas) bt Lin Yung Shiang (Tai); Uten Utapon (Thai)
bt Zulhaizam Ibrahim (Mas); Wu Hsin Lung (Tai) bt Jason Talad (Mas); Manus
Boon Jamnung (Thai) bt Rohaizam Baharudin (Mas); Welem Papilaya (Indon) bt
Joharnizam Desa; Chen Yin Chin (Tai) bt Isnizar Yup (Mas).
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