Violito Payla

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Violito Payla
Personal information
Full nameViolito Payla
Nationality Philippines
Born (1979-01-08) January 8, 1979 (age 42)
Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classFlyweight
Medal record
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Doha Flyweight
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Puerto Princesa Flyweight
SEA Games
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Negeri Sembilan Flyweight

Violito Payla (born 8 January 1979 in Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental) is an amateur boxer from the Philippines best known to win the Asian Games 2006 at flyweight.

At the 2002 Asian Games he beat Tulashboy Doniyorov but lost to Noman Karim. He competed at the 2004 Athens Olympics in the Flyweight (– 48 kg) division but lost his bout in the round of 32 to Tulashboy Doniyorov of Uzbekistan, 36-26. Payla qualified for the Athens Games by winning the gold medal at the 2004 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships in Puerto Princesa, Philippines. In the final he defeated South Korea's Kim Ki-Suk.

At the 2006 Asian Games he won the gold medal in the Flyweight division. He beat Yang Bo (boxer) who had beaten world champ Lee in the semis and upset 2003 world champion Somjit Jongjohor of in the final 31-15.[1]

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