Membership Opens Doors for Local Boxers

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With his membership in the Olympic Technical Committee, Paepaetele Mapu Jamias is optimistic that this will open doors to training our athletes for future Olympic events.

The American Samoa Boxing Association official has just returned from a meeting of the International Amateur Boxing Association where he received certification as a technical official at the Rio Olympic boxing competition.

Paepaetele’s first experience as an Olympic technical official was at the London Olympics four years ago,.

Talking about the Oceania qualifiers for the Olympics, Paepaetele says a local boxer won a silver medal but it was his decision not to take him to Rio.

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