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Chinese boxers make through to semis at Doha Asiad
9/12/2006 11:58

Two stoppage victories by Zou Shiming and Zhang Jianting apiece won China two more semifinal berths of the boxing tournament at the Doha Asian Games in Doha on Friday.
Slashing his Indian opponent continuously with stylish combination of right and left, Zou, the 2005 world champion, claimed an overwhelming victory in his third match here with a 25- 5 lead.
"I was quicker than him though he is also good player placing in the top five of the games," said Zou, referring to his rival, Sanjay Kisan Kolte from India.
Zou is to take on Hong Woo Wan of South Korea on Monday to compete for a final seat in the 48kg category.
Following Zou, Chinese boxer Zhang comfortably beat Pakistan's Allah Bux to set up a last four encounter with Uzbekistan's Elshod Rasulov who was a second round winner against Davran Khabirov of Kyrgyzstan.
"I made sure I had good footwork to keep the distance. When he attacked, I counter-attacked and run and he could not hit me with his heavy jab," said the 19-year-old from Wen Zhou, a city in Eastern China.
"Zhang is not stronger but was quicker on the ring, I hope him to get a gold medal in 75 category," said Dong Tingjiang, one of his coaches.
Syrian heavy bomber al Shami, a bronze medallist at the Athens Olympic, pulled down a 40-22 win against Harpreet Singh of India in 91kg category.
Shami scored an astonishing 20 points and floored Singh in a two minute spell in the second round to frighten his opponent in semifinals, Jasur Matchanov of Uzbekistan.
The Uzbeki, however, also proved his prowess by a 33-17 win over Jeon Byeong Gook of South Korea and the clash between the two giants is expected to be held on Sunday.



 Xinhua news