Published March 14, 2021, 4:58 PM
The Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) managed to send two Filipino boxers to the Tokyo Olympics just in time before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the world of sports last year.
Middleweight Felix Eumir Marcial and flyweight Irish Magno booked berths in the 2020 Olympiad during their campaigns in the Asia and Oceania Boxing Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan, with Marcial even bagging the gold medal in the 75 kg division.
The boxing body headed by President Ricky Vargas is keeping its fingers crossed two more will be able to qualify once the International Olympic Committtee Boxing Task Force (BTF) comes out with its final list of qualified boxers to the Tokyo Games after the scheduled final qualification tournament set in Paris this May was officially cancelled.