The 2022 Asian Women's & Men's Elite Boxing Championships are being held in Amman, Jordan. There are 10 male and female contestants from Taiwan. Taiwan's "Queen of Boxing" Chen Nian-chin has entered the women's 70kg final. In addition, Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist Huang Hsiao-wen and another female boxer Wu Shih-I both won bronze medals. Male boxer Lai Chu-en also took home a bronze medal in the men's light welterweight (63.5kg) division.
In the men's 63.5kg semi-finals at the Asian Elite Boxing Championships, Taiwanese Lai Chu-en faced off against Uzbekistan's young boxer Ruslan Abdullayev. Lai took the initiative to attack in the first round, but was unable to break through the opponent's defense and was forced to the corner many times.
Lai lost 0:5 in the first round. Abdullayev did not change his tactics in the second and third rounds and Lai lost both rounds. The final score was 0:5 as Lai won the bronze medal for his efforts. This bronze medal ended Taiwan's 11-year medal drought for male boxers at the Asian Championships. Although there is a five-hour time difference between Taiwan and Jordan, Lai and his coach Lo Shang-che shared their thoughts at 6 a.m. local time.
Lo Shang-che, Taiwan Team Coach: “This medal is extremely important to help promote Taiwanese men's boxing. It proves our Taiwanese male boxers can stand on their own in Asia and look toward the Olympics.”
The Chinese Taipei Boxing Association pointed out that international competition in men's boxing is very fierce. It is really not easy for Taiwanese boxers to stand out. This time, Lai won three matches in a row and won the bronze medal. The association hopes that men's boxing will be more valued and more funds will be invested.
拳擊亞錦賽男子63.5公斤四強賽藍角選手，我國的賴主恩，對上紅角烏茲別克歲新生代優秀拳手阿卜杜拉耶夫。首回合賴主恩主動攻擊，卻無法突破對方防守，多次被逼到角落。
第一回合賴主恩0比5居於下風，第2回合和第3回合阿卜杜拉耶夫沒改變戰術，賴主恩處於劣勢居多，兩回合的裁判給分都落後，最終0比5吞敗，獲得銅牌。但這面銅牌終結台灣男子選手在亞錦賽11年的獎牌荒。雖然台灣和約旦有5小時時差，賴主恩和教練羅尚策在當地早上6點，越洋分享此次收獲。
中華隊教練羅尚策表示：「這面獎牌在台灣男子拳擊運動的推廣上極為重要，這面獎牌證明了我們台灣男子拳擊運動員，也可以站上亞洲、放眼奧運的。」
拳協指出男子拳擊的國際競爭非常激烈，台灣選手要出頭真的不容易，這次賴主恩連贏3場奪下銅牌，希望男子拳擊更被重視，也有更多經費挹注。
