Jai Bhagwan continues his winning streak at the World Boxing Championships
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hearts of the Indian supporters who cheered lustily for him.
The bout started very badly for Jai Bhagwan as the Irish lad chalked up a quick 4:1 points lead by the end of round 1. Round 2 was also in favour of Eric Donovan and the score at the end of the round was 5:3 in favour of the Irish boxer. However in round 3, Jai Bhagwan on the advice of his coaches from the corner changed tactics in that he kept up his guard and then started attacking Eric Donovan.
Eric became so mesmerised by the ferociousness of Jai Bhagwan’s precise attacks and punches that he could only score 1 point in the 3rd round whereas Jai Bhagwan notched up 8 well earned points to end the contest at a score of 11:5 points and thus move into the pre–quarter finals which will be held on 7 September afternoon.
Ms Ana Martinez of Dominican Republic was the referee for the bout and she is the first woman referee & judge to officiate in a Men’s World Boxing Championship.
In Sunday’s preliminary rounds, Thokchom Nanao Singh faces Pongprayoon Kaeo of Thailand in the 48 kgs category while in the 75 kgs Vijender Singh meets Belgibayev Azamat of Kazakhstan in the preliminaries. Both had got a bye into the second round.
This Championship has started a new trend wherein the continuous running accepted scores of the 5 judges will be displayed to the spectators to bring in more transparency into the system. This was the brainchild of Dr Ching Kuo Wu, president AIBA as this was one of the mandates that he had promised the AIBA General Assembly when he got elected at Santo Domingo in 2006. This move has been appreciated by the boxers and officials also as they are now comfortable to see which judge has scored for whom, thus bringing in trust and faith into the system.
Another major decision that International Boxing Association (AIBA) has taken is that referees & judges for all major AIBA Boxing Competitions such as Olympic Games, World Championships, Continental Games and all Confederation Championships will be selected and nominated by AIBA from their list of 3 Star AIBA referees & judges and their airfare and boarding & lodging expenses will be borne by AIBA.
This will ensure that only the best R&Js of the World will get to officiate at these Championships. All AIBA R&Js who are 2 Star or 1 Star rating can get upgraded based on their performances at AIBA designated tournaments. AIBAs decision to permit only AIBA 3 Star R&Js at the World Championships at Milan has been appreciated by all the participating countries as the results are excellent and the correct winners are being picked up correctly by the Judges.
