Highlights of the ASBC National Federations – Anak Biki Sapok and Adnan Bin Yusoh achieved two historical gold medals for Malaysia in 1998 and in 2002

The Asian Boxing Confederation introduces the best moments of its affiliated Asian National Federations launching a new PR campaign, the Highlights of the ASBC National Federations. Malaysia is a promising Southeast Asian country which reached its first strong highlight in the 1998 Commonwealth Games where Anak Biki Sapok achieved the gold medal. Their second star Adnan Bin Yusoh earned gold at the 2002 Asian Boxing Championships.

Malaysia sent two boxers to the Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games where Jumaat Ibrahim (51kg) and Ramakrishnan Gopalan (63.5kg) have done their international debuts. Malaysia competed in the boxing tournament of the Olympic Games only one more time in 1996 when Anak Biki Sapok has been qualified for the Atlanta edition. The small Malaysian light flyweight (48kg) boxer was eliminated by Mexico’s Jesus Martinez Tejada but proved his excellent technical skills in the 1996 Olympic Games.

Malaysia is member of the Commonwealth states and continuous member of the Commonwealth Games which holds also every four years as the Olympics. Malaysia hosted the Commonwealth Games one time in Kuala Lumpur in 1998 when their Olympian Anak Biki Sapok not only advanced to the final of the light flyweight (48kg) but he won the gold medal after beating Kenya’s Moses Kinyua. Malaysia’s overall performance in the boxing events of the Commonwealth Games is one gold and two bronze medals.

Malaysia joined to the boxing competition of the Asian Games in the 1966 Bangkok edition where the Southeast Asian country achieved two bronze medals. Akhmad Mokhtar Bin Hamid and (51kg) and Terence Stahlman (67kg) earned their historical medals in 1966. Hashim Bun Yusuf bagged their next bronze medal in 1978 while their last podium place was achieved by Adnan Bin Yusoh at the Busan 2002 edition.

Malaysia hosted the Southeast Asian Games six-times during its history in Kuala Lumpur in five occasions while in Seremban one-time. Their first organization was in 1965, lastly the Malaysians welcomed the Southeast Asian nations in 2017. Their first Southeast Asian Games gold medal was acquired by Terence Stahlman in 1965 which he defended two years later. Osman Syed Azam was the first Malaysian who could win the title of the Southeast Asian Games out of the country in 1975 when the event was held in Bangkok. Malaysia’s last gold medal in the SEA Games was earned by Mohamed Fuad Bin Mohamed Redzuan at the 2017 Kuala Lumpur edition.

Among the 30 editions of the Asian Boxing Championships the Malaysian Boxing Federation welcomed the continent’s best boxers two-times, firstly in Kuala Lumpur in 1997, secondly in Seremban in 2002. Roning Tama-Nga (51kg) earned bronze medal in 1997 while Adnan Bin Yusoh amazed in the 2002 edition taking the gold medal at the lightweight (60kg). Their first ever medal, a bronze was taken by Tobias Totu (60kg) at the 1973 Asian Boxing Championships in Bangkok.

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