CAGAYAN de Oro’s Eljay Pamisa barged into the finals of the Asian Boxing Confederation Junior and Youth Championships at the Al Hossein Sports City in Amman, Jordan.
Pamisa, 17, hammered out a spectacular win over Iran’s Nima Beygi last Thursday, using effective counter attacks and deft footwork enroute to his golden showdown on Monday.
He faces tough Abduvali Buriboev of Uzbekistan in the gold medal round of the event that drew 305 boxers from the region.
Pamisa was set to take on the other semis winner, Anand Yadav of India, in the final but a protest launched by Buriboev’s camp was upheld, sending the Uzbek instead against the Filipino fighter.
The young bantamweight, who fights in the flyweight category, was a silver medalist in the Asian Junior Championships in Al Fujaira, UAE in 2019. He is a nephew of Southeast Asian Games veteran Elmer Pamisa, now a member of ABAP’s coaching staff.
