TOUGH SECOND DAY FOR BOXERS
Mar 28, 2016
Jordan’s boxing team had a disappointing second day at the Asian qualifiers to the Rio Olympics this summer.
With three boxers advancing with wins on Day One, the hopes were high, but there were opening defeats in Qian’an, China, for team captain Ihab Darweesh (heavyweight), Ziad Eashash (middleweight), Mohammed Abujajeh (flyweight) and Reem Al-Shamari in the women’s flyweight.
Ahmed Matbouli, who won his first round fight, also lost in the quarter-finals, leaving five Jordan boxers left with a chance of qualification.
