Filipino boxer Eumir Marcial has secured his ticket to next year's Olympic Games in Paris after another knockout win in the 19th Asian Games, Wednesday.
Filipino boxer Eumir Marcial has secured his ticket to next year's Olympic Games in Paris after another knockout win in the 19th Asian Games, Wednesday in Hangzhou, China.
By advancing to the finals of the division, he not only has a chance to fight for the Asian Games gold -- he also clinched his place in the Paris Olympics. This will be Marcial's second straight Olympics. He won a bronze while fighting as a middleweight in the Tokyo Games in 2021.
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