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WORLD boxing icon Manny Pacquiao isn’t through being an athlete—he wants to extend his legendary ring career to next year’s Paris Olympics. This was bared on Wednesday by Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Rep. Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino who said that Pacquiao’s camp reached out to know how the former eighth-division…
OLYMPIC bronze medalist Eumir Felix Marcial assures readiness on Sunday than his pro debut almost two years ago. The 26-year-old Marcial battles American Isiah Hart in a four-round non-title middleweight battle at the Virgins Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Marcial scored a unanimous decision win over another American Andrew Whitfield…
FOUR days before his second professional fight and Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist Eumir Felix Marcial is ready and relaxed as he mixes rigid tactical training with wife Princess by his side in the US. “All healthy meals,” Marcial told BusinessMirror on Wednesday after gorging on a fish diet prepared by…
Eumir Felix Marcial is set to make a comeback in the ring against American foe Isiah Hart, marking his second appearance in the professional scene after a successful debut last December 2020.
Eumir Felix Marcial (left) and American Andrew Whitfield strike for a pose after slugging it out in their
TOKYO Olympics bronze medalist Eumir Felix Marcial faces American Isiah Hart on April 9 in a middleweight bout for his second professional fight at the Virgins Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. MP Promotions President Sean Gibbons made the announcement on Tuesday adding that Hart, of Atlantic City, New Jersey, is…
TOKYO Olympics bronze medalist Eumir Felix Marcial will fly to the US on Saturday to resume his pro career, but not before supervising the start of construction of his dream boxing gym just behind his new home in Tagaytay City. “As a professional boxer, I really need my own boxing…
TOKYO Olympics bronze medalist has to wait at least three more months before climbing the ring as a pro fighter for the second time. Marcial told reporters on Sunday that MP Promotions president Sean Gibbons informed him that he will be fighting in March either in Los Angeles or Las…
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CASH INCENTIVES. (L-R) Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist Eumir Marcial and silver winners Nesty Petecio and Carlo Paalam pose with San Miguel Corporation (SMC) president Ramon S. Ang (2nd from right) after receiving their financial incentives in this undated photo. Ang also offered the three boxers with any SMC business of their choice that they can put up in their respective home provinces. (Contributed photo) MANILA - San Miguel Corporation (SMC) president Ramon S. Ang wished Tokyo Olympic medalists Eumir Marcial, Carlo Paalam and Nesthy Petecio the best as they gun for the Philippines' first Olympic gold in boxing in the Paris Olympics three years from now, which also marks the country's 100th year of participation in the quadrennial meet. This, as Ang personally handed his PHP2 million incentive to Marcial for his bronze medal feat while Carlo Paalam and Nesthy Petecio received PHP5 million each for winning silver medals. Aside from the cash incentives, Ang said San Miguel Corporation (SMC) will provide the three boxers with any SMC business of their choice that they can put up in their respective home provinces. All three boxers are from Mindanao. Marcial is from Zamboanga City while Paalam and Petecio hail from Cagayan de Oro and Davao del Sur, respectively. "At a time when our country is seeing the initial signs of hope to recover from the pandemic, our Olympic medalists continue to inspire us to do our best and rise above all difficulties. As we wish them further success in boxing in the coming Olympics and in Eumir's case, his next professional bout, we also taking steps to further secure their future with the San Miguel businesses of their choice,"Ang said in a news release on Wednesday. Ang said the country's first Olympic gold, courtesy of weightlifter Hidllyn Diaz in the Tokyo Olympics would serve to inspire the three Olympic boxers to vie for the gold in one of the Filipinos' favorite sport, where Anthony Villanueva and Mansueto "Onyok" Velasco went as far as a silver finish in 1964 in Tokyo and 1996 in Atlanta, respectively. Earlier, Ang also gave a PHP10 million incentive to weightlifter Diaz, who won the gold in the Tokyo Olympics. Ang also sees middleweight Marcial, who turned pro last year, as one of the brightest spots in Philippine boxing as he beat American Andrew Whitfield in his professional debut last December before becoming the first Filipino pro boxer to compete and win a medal in the Olympics. "Eumir's first bout is impressive, considering that he turned pro and fought his first pro bout following a long layoff due to the pandemic. I see him reaching the greater heights like great boxers Flash Elorde and Manny Pacquiao, who have long been associated with San Miguel during and even after their professional careers," Ang said. "If he becomes a champion in his division in the coming years and also wins a gold medal in the Paris Olympics in 2024, then he will have the unique distinction of being the first one to do so," he added. He also congratulated Marcial who got married to longtime girlfriend Princess Jenniel Cabradilla Galarpe, an amateur boxing national champion from Cagayan de Oro City last Oct. 28. San Miguel, a longtime supporter of Philippine sports, backed the Philippine team that won 149 gold medals, 117 silvers, and 121 bronzes in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games. During the 2005 Southeast Asian Games, SMC also supported the Philippine team that also won the overall championship with 112 golds, 85 silvers, and 93 bronzes. SMC also owns a three professional basketball teams, namely San Miguel Beer, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel, and Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). (PR) }