Hill, Koroilagilagi’s Olympic Dream Over

For Samoan welterweight Marion Faustino Ah Tong got the better of Fiji’s Winston Hill in their preliminary round bout at the Asia-Oceania Olympic qualifying tournament in Jordan.

And Jone Davule Koroilagilagi also lost to Thailand boxer Phoemsap Atichai on points which means both Fijians are out of the Tokyo Olympic Games.

Ah Tong, 19, connected with a monster left hand during the second round as he swept the Commonwealth Games bronze medallist 5-0 to claim victory in Amman by unanimous decision.

The Pacific Games gold medallist told the Olympic Channel that he felt amazing after winning his first international fight.

Ah Tong will fight Iran’s Sajjad Kazemzadeh Poshtiri in the next round and needs two more wins to book his ticket to Tokyo.

The two boxers are expected to arrive home soon.

Edited by Leone Cabenatabua

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