Tañamor ready for Beijing
In the eyes of RP Cuban coach Enrique Steiner Tissert, Filipino light flyweight Harry Tañamor is now ready to slug it out in the Beijing Olympics slated Aug. 8-25.
“He’s ready, no doubt,” said Steiner of Tañamor, who is the lone Filipino boxer to qualify for the Beijing Games.
The 57-year-old Steiner, one of the two Cuban coaches tapped by the Amateur Boxing Association of the
The 29-year-old
Before that, Tañamor copped a silver medal at the Roberto Balado Cup and a bronze in the Cuban Sports Olympiad that should boost his Olympic bid.
Steiner said it would have been better had Tañamor competed in the Chemistry Cup in
“He needs to fight, fight and fight and train, train and train for him to succeed in the Olympics,” said Steiner, who coached
Asked of his prediction, Steiner said: “No, not possible, no prediction. Our job here is to train him to win any medal in the Olympics – any color.”
Steiner said Tañamor would need three wins to win a bronze, four a silver and another one a gold.
He also said the luck of the draw would also be vital since the 48-kilogram division is one of the weight classes with the most number of entries.
The PSC and ABAP also tapped another Cuban, Dagoberto Rojas Scott, 41, to help Steiner handle the country’s grassroots development program.
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