Baison Manikon achieves first senior success
Manikon returned to Amman in November 2022 for her first senior Asian Championships.
Her status as an upset-merchant was confirmed by a unanimous determination within the 70kg semi-finals over Mongolia’s high seed Enkhbaatar Erdenetuya. In the ultimate, she renewed her rivalry with Chen – the lady who defeated her within the Tokyo qualifier – and once more went down by unanimous determination.
With the realignment of the Olympic weight lessons, Manikon moved again as much as 75kg after these Asian Championships.
After easing to the Asian U22 title in Bangkok, the Thai athlete returned to senior degree at February’s Bocskai Memorial in Hungary the place, in one other shock, she got here by means of her semi-final towards Australia’s two-time Commonwealth Games medallist and Tokyo 2020 Olympian Caitlin Parker by unanimous determination.
In the ultimate, she went down in a slender break up determination to Elzbieta Wojcik of Poland.
The following month, Manikon confronted five-time world medallist Elif Güneri in her opening contest on the World Championships in New Delhi.
The Turkish boxer was awarded a 3-2 break up determination however it went to a bout evaluate the place each the observer and decide evaluator additionally gave Güneri the win. She then went out within the quarter-finals with Parker taking silver behind India’s Lovlina Borgohain.
Afterwards, Manikon mentioned that she wanted time to adapt going again up in weight.
“When I return to Thailand, I’ll concentrate on practising and rectifying my errors,” she told Siam Sport. “At the SEA Games this May in Cambodia, I want to win a gold medal for the Thai brothers and sisters.”
Manikon carried out her want to the letter, stopping home boxer Diday Dana within the third spherical to say her first senior worldwide title.
