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Day of the Uzbeks

BUSAN Oct. 13. Ikrom Berdiev outpointed South Korea's Choi Ki-soo on Sunday as Uzbekistan won all three heavyweight divisions on its way to five Asian Games boxing gold medals.

South Korea took three gold medals, Kazakstan had two and Pakistan won its first gold medal of the Asian Games.

Uzbekistan picked up its fourth gold when Sergey Mihayilov stopped Pakistan's Ali Shoukat with a stunning left 1 minute, 35 seconds into the third round of the 91-kilogram heavyweight final.

Rustam Saidov capped the gold rush with a 29-21 win over Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov in the 91-kilogram super heavyweight final.

Uzbekistan's Dilshod Mahmudov won his nation's first boxing gold on Sunday, using a crushing left to defeat Baik Jong-sub 27-17 in the 60-kilogram lightweight final. Uzbekitan's Utkirbek Haydarov won gold in the 75-kilogram middleweight final against Pakistan's Ali Khan Ahmad when the referee halted the bout 16 seconds into the third round.

It was also a good day for the host nation. In Sunday's first bout, Kim Ki-suk defeated Harry Tanamor of the Philippines. Kim was given a standing eight count in the first round but came back strong in the third round of the 48-kilogram bout, stunning

Kim Won-il cruised to a 27-17 victory over Uzbekistan's Bekzod Khidorov in the 54-kilogram bantamweight final for South Korea's second gold.

The hosts picked up their third of the day in the 67-kilogram welterweight division when Kim Jung-joo won a thrilling last-minute victory over Kazakstan's Sergey Rychko.

Pakistan captured its first gold medal of the games when Mehrullah survived a late flurry of punches for a 26-21 victory over Kazakstan's Galib Jafarov in the 57-kilogram featherweight final.

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