Mansueto Velasco, Roel Velasco and Leopoldo Serrantes. Add Joan Tipon, Reynaldo Galido and Elias Recaido Jr.

The Negros Occidental Provincial Government and the Negros Amateur Boxing Association hopes to produce boxers who could emulate the achievements of these six world-class amateur pugilists by staging the Inter-Club/LGU Amateur Boxing Tournament at the NABA Gym in the Paglaum Sports Complex in Bacolod City on Sept. 8.

There will be 12 weight classes in the competition. These are the 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 45, 45 and 51 kg. divisions, Ma. Cecilia Oyos, the provincial boxing coordinator, said.

Only boxers born on or after Jan. 1, 1989 will be allowed to see action in the tournament, which will adapt the double-elimination system. Oyo said boxers who won medals in any provincial level competitions will be seeded.

The number and duration of rounds are also varied depending on the weight category with the 26-36 kg. division boxers fighting for three rounds with each round lasting a minute. The 38-40 kg. pugs will battle for three rounds with one and a half minute each per round, less than a round for boxers in the 42-51 kg. classes.

So far, 22 squads have signed up for the tournament with 11 Bacolod barangays fielding entries. Expected to see action are teams from Barangays Taculing, Punta Taytay, Banago, Granada, Pahanocoy, Cabug, Sum-ag, Alijis, Handumanan, Felisa and 21.

The LGUs fielding entries are Candoni, Bago (Calumangan and Taloc), Binalbagan (Payao), Hinigaran, La Carlota City, Escalante City, Talisay City,Moises Padilla, Sagay City and Pontevedra. The Velasco brothers are products of Bago's boxing program. Mansueto took the silver in the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, four years after Roel claimed a bronze in the Barcelona Games. Leopoldo Serrantes was a bronze winner in the Seoul Olympiad in 1988. The three fighters competed in the lightflyweight division.

Tipon and Recaido of Bacolod City as well as Galido of Bago City are Asian Games gold medalists. *CPT

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