Featherweight Carlo Paalam and lightheavyweight Eumir Marcial are the last two warriors in contention from the Philippine boxing team of nine with the chance of qualifying for the Paris Olympics still on the table at the Hangzhou Asian Games. The finalists of the 57kg featherweight and 80kg lightheavyweight classes advance to Paris where the competition will be in 13 divisions, seven for men and six for women.
Paalam, 25, is a win short of barging into the semifinals and securing a sure bronze. He’ll go for it against Uzbekistan’s reigning world champion Abdulmalik Khalokov in the quarterfinals at the Hangzhou Gymnasium today. The Tokyo Olympic flyweight silver medalist has so far won two bouts, outpointing Jordan’s Mohammad Abu Jajeh, 5-0 and Kyrgyzstan’s Munarbek Uulu Seiitbek, 4-1.
After winning the Asian Games gold medal in record fashion last Saturday, EJ Obiena will get something he truly deserves:...The Filipinas have no reason to frown after an 8-1 loss at the hands of the Japanese last Saturday cut short their drive at... It’s not often that athletes like Manny Pacquiao, Hidilyn Diaz, Caloy Yulo and EJ Obiena emerge in the same lifetime.
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