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                    [Title] => There’s nothing like Asiad gold — Joan
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DOHA — He has a name for a lady and Joan Tipon remembered being ribbed for it. In fact, he could only thank his parents for coming up with such that somehow showed him the way to prizefighting. 	


"In high school, they would always tease me that I’m gay because of my name. So I would sometimes pick up a fight with them to prove that I’m not," said Tipon, whose first name was picked from his grandparents Jose and Annaliza, in Filipino. "Since then I got interested in boxing."
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Having disposed of Athens Olympics silver medalist Worapoj Petchkoom in the semis Monday, focus will be on Tipon, a rookie Asian Gamer who has fought like a veteran campaigner to reach the championship round of the bantamweight division.
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Ipinakita ni Tipon ang pinakamalaking rebe-lasyon sa delegation nang gumamit ito ng epekti-bong 1-2 combination para makaipon ng puntos tungo sa 26-12 panalo laban sa Korean na si Han Soon Chul.
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