Group Philippines’ Carlo Paalam celebrates after defeating Eire’s Jude Gallagher of their males’s 57 kg preliminary boxing match on the Paris Olympics 2024, Wednesday, July 31, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photograph/John Locher)
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Carlo Paalam got here out smoking and did sufficient to hammer out a unanimous resolution victory over Eire’s Jude Gallagher within the males’s boxing 57-kilogram division Wednesday within the Paris Olympics.
Paalam superior to the quarterfinals with the win, the place he used his pace in opposition to the taller Irishman, who was surprisingly sport and fast on his toes.
Each fighters willingly combined it up in breathless exchanges and though Paalam landed big pictures, Gallagher managed to search out his goal once in a while.
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The scorecards definitely mirrored the battle: Though Paalam gained on all 5 judges’ scorecards, 4 judges had him forward by only one spherical.
The Tokyo Olympics silver medalist thus received a style of what awaits him as he seeks one other podium end whereas preventing in a much bigger division.
Paalam was a flyweight when he gained his silver three years in the past. He’s campaigning in opposition to greater and extra pure featherweights at North Paris Area due to the condensed divisions within the boxing occasion.
Paris Olympics: Group Philippines’ Carlo Paalam (boxing)
Paalam thus turns into the third fighter to march on for Group Philippines, which earlier misplaced medal guess Eumir Marcial and hard-punching Hergie Bacyadan to first-round losses.
Nonetheless within the hunt together with Paalam are fellow Tokyo silver medalist Nesthy Petecio and Aira Villegas.
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