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A handful of golds for Thai pugilists

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Thai boxers ran rings around their opponents as they captured five out of six gold medals at the 32nd SEA Games in Cambodia on Saturday.

Thanarat Saengphet won the men’s 51kg title, beating Rogen Siaga Ladon of the Philippines 5-0 in the final.

Defending champion Somchay Wongsuwan beat Cambodia’s Ven Ratha 4-1 in the men’s 63.5kg final and Jakkapong Yomkhot retained the men’s 86kg title with a 5-0 victory over Indonesia’s Maikhel Roberrd Muskita.

Atichai Phoemsap was the only Thai fighter who lost on Saturday as he went down to Vietnam’s Bui Phuoc Tung via a…

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