Joan Tipon (born April 9, 1982) is a Filipino

amateur boxer Amateur boxing is a variant of boxing practiced at the collegiate level, at the Olympic Games, Pan American Games and Commonwealth Games, as well as many associations. Amateur boxing bouts are short in duration, comprising three rounds of three ...

who won the gold medal at the 2006 Doha Asian Games in the

bantamweight Bantamweight is a weight class in combat sports. For boxing, the range is above and up to . In kickboxing, a bantamweight fighter generally weighs between . In mixed martial arts, MMA, bantamweight is . The name for the class is derived from Ba ...

(under 54 kg.) division. He is a native of the province of

Negros Occidental Negros Occidental ( hil, Nakatungdang Negros; tl, Kanlurang Negros), officially the Province of Negros Occidental, is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Western Visayas Regions of the Philippines, region. ...

Career

Tipon also competed at the

2005 Southeast Asian Games The 2005 Southeast Asian Games, officially known as the 23rd Southeast Asian Games, was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held in Manila, Philippines. This was the third time the Philippines hosted the games and its first time since 1991 S ...

held in

Bacolod Bacolod, officially the City of Bacolod (; hil, Dakbanwa/Syudad sang Bacolod; fil, Lungsod ng Bacolod), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the region of Western Visayas, Philippines. It is the capital of the province of Negros Occidenta ...

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

and won the gold medal in the same division against Tangtong Klongjian of

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...

24-5. At the Asian Games 2006 he upset

Worapoj Petchkoom Worapoj Petchkoom ( th, วรพจน์ เพชรขุ้ม; ; born May 18, 1981) is a Thai boxer who competed in the bantamweight (54 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal losing to Cuban superstar Guillermo Rigo ...

and beat

Han Soon Chul Han Soon-Chul (; born December 30, 1984) is an Amateur boxing, amateur boxer from South Korea who won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and competed at the Boxing at the 2006 Asian Games, 2006 Asian Games in the Bantamweight, Bantamweig ...

of Korea national amateur boxing athletes, Korea in the final 21-10.2006 Asian bantamweight final results
/ref> At the World Championships 2007 he lost in the first round against

5:13. As of 2012, Tipon is now a full time trainer for people who wanted to play boxing. He stated that: "Gusto kong magustuhan ng tao ang paglalaro ng boxing kasabay nito ay ang Ibahagi sa kanila ang salita ng Diyos" ("I'd like people to enjoy the sport of boxing and at the same time Share with them the word of God ")

References

1982 births Living people Boxers from Negros Occidental Asian Games medalists in boxing Boxers at the 2006 Asian Games Filipino male boxers Asian Games gold medalists for the Philippines Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games SEA Games medalists in boxing SEA Games gold medalists for the Philippines Competitors at the 2005 SEA Games Bantamweight boxers {{Philippines-boxing-bio-stub