FUAD PUNCHES FOR GLORY
National light flyweight boxer trains hard after recovering from left cheekbone injury
Arecent injury to his cheekbone will not deter boxer Fuad Redzuan from doing his best in the light flyweight (49kg) event at the Indonesia Asian Games.
Fuad is feeling confident ahead of the competition following his victory in the same event at last year’s Kuala Lumpur Sea Games.
The 27-year is now training diligently after recovering from his left cheekbone injury sustained when he fought a South Korean boxer at the pre-Asian Games in Jakarta in February.
“It is great that I am back in training. I had to rest for several months after I fractured my cheekbone,” said the Negri Sembilan-born fighter.
“I am training without feeling any discomfort. I had several test bouts with boxers here and things are normal. I believe I am ready for the Asian Games.
“Of course, I feel awkward being the only Malaysian boxer at the Asian Games, but it does not matter to me as my focus is on achieving my quarter-final target.”
Fuad sees boxers from the Philippines, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, China and Thailand as his main rivals in Indonesia.
“Frankly, the boxing event at the Asian Games is more challenging than the Olympic Games as boxers from this continent are very good.
“The world’s top 10 boxers (from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and the Philippines) in this category are from Asia,” Fuad added.
For the record, Malaysia’s best performance in boxing in an Asian Games edition was in Bangkok in 1966 with bronze from Ahmad Mokhtar and Terence Stahlman.