Filipino boxer Eumir Marcial advanced to the 19th Asian Games men's 80kg quarterfinals in Hangzhou, China late Friday night, September 29.
This, after Marcial scored a unanimous decision win over Vietnamese Manh Cuong Nguyen in the round of 16 at the Hangzhou Gymnasium, putting himself on the cusp of winning a medal in the Asiad.
Dominant in the match, Marcial earned the scores of 30-24, 30-25, 30-26, 30-26, and 30-27 to repeat over Nguyen, whom he knocked out in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games in Manila.Marcial will face Weerapon Jongjoho of Thailand in the quarters on Wednesday and a win over the latter will secure the Filipino Olympian a bronze medal in the tourney.
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