Rogen Ladon Loses by Split Decision captured Silver; Mario Fernandez wins Bronze

(Rogen Ladon photo credit: SEA Games : Asian Games : Olympic Games : Team Philippines News Updates)

Rogen Ladon who already qualified to the 2016 Rio Olympics in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil with his victory over over Indian shifty Devendro Singh Laisham in the semi finals of the men's light weight, captured Silver medal in  AIBA Asian/Oceanian Olympic Qualifying in Qian'an province of China. Rogen Ladon lost his Final match against Dusmatov Hasanboy of Uzbekistan and failed to capture the Gold medal in a split decision 1-2 (28-29,29-28,28-29) defeat.

(Mario Fernandez photo credit: SEA Games : Asian Games : Olympic Games : Team Philippines News Updates)

Mario Fernandez wins the bronze medal in the Men's Bantamweight category (56kg) of the AIBA Asia/Oceana Olympic Qualifying tournament but didn't qualify to Rio Olympics due to his defeat to Kairat Yeraliyev of Kazakhstan via unanimous decision on Friday in Qian’an, China. All three judges gave the bout to Yeraliyev as all scored the fight, 30-27, in favor of the Kazakh fighter.

by Ian Melodillar