Five Thais made it through to the 11 finals yesterday, but won only four gold medals. The first bout was an all-Thai affair with Thailand A's Suban facing Thiwakorn Arsai of Thailand B in the 48kg light flyweight division.

Suban, who vowed to win the gold medal and dedicate it to his late mother who died of cancer a couple days ago, outclassed his compatriot from the start and won in the second round when Thiwakorn withdrew.

His outstanding display and superb form gave the spirited Suban the Best Boxer of the Tournament award.

Former world champion Somjit Jongjohor won the second gold medal for his team in the flyweight division, beating Arun Singh of India in an RSCO (referee stopped contest, outclassed).

Somjit put in an impressive performance against his Indian rival, disrupting his game plan from the first round. The bout was stopped in the third round due to the 20-point discrepancy rule.

In the welterweight class, Angkhan Chomphuphuang beat Kim Jung-joo of South Korea

40-33. Angkhan looked to be in trouble in the first two rounds,

but quickly picked up points

late in the last round to win the third gold medal for Thailand.

Another local hero, Suriya Prasathinphimai, was the last Thai to compete on the last day of the competition when he stepped into the ring for his middleweight

fight against Boriguzov Pavel of Russia.

The Athens Olympic bronze medallist almost won a stoppage victory in the third round as he nearly had more than a 20-point margin lead. But the Russian struck back in the last round, trying to catch his opponent off guard.

However, Suriya still performed well to win 28-17 at the end of the fourth round.

The last bout of the tournament saw Muzafar Iqbal of Pakistan defeat Ahmad Wattar of Syria 27-16 in the super heavyweight category.

After all the points were taken into consideration, Thailand claimed the overall title with 25, similar to South Korea and Pakistan. However, the Thai team won more gold medals and claimed the crown for the 12th time in a row.

Yesterday's finals

48kg light flyweight - Suban Pannon (THA A) b Thiwakorn Arsai (THA B), ret.

51kg flyweight - Somjit Jongjohor (THA A) b Arun Singh (IND), RSCO 3rd round.

54kg bantamweight - Gu Yu (CHN) b Kim Won-guk (PRK), 28-24.

57kg featherweight - Jo Seok-hwan (KOR) b Sultonov Bahodirjom (UZB), 33-17.

60kg lightweight - H Kocabas (NED) b Kim Joung-won (KOR), 33-24.

64kg light welterweight - Shin Myung-chon (KOR) b Mahmudov Dilshood (UZB), 22-16.

69kg welterweight - Angkhan Chomphuphuang (THA B) b Kim Jung-joo (KOR), 40-33.

75kg middleweight - Suriya Prasathinphimai (THA A) b Boriguzov Pavel (RUS), 28-17.

81kg light heavyweight - Haydarov Utkirbek (UZB) b Mustafa Farah (SYR), RSCO 2nd round.

91kg heavyweight - Shaukat Ali Chanttah (PAK) b A Budureheman (CHN), 53-39.

Over 91kg super heavyweight - Muzafa Iqbal (PAK) b Ahmad Wattar (SYR), 27-16.

Montreechai Lumyongsatian

The Nation

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