Filipino boxers set out to nail Olympic slots
By: Jasmine W. Payo
Thirteen more Filipino boxers aim for Olympic slots as the Asian men’s and women’s qualifiers roll off starting April.
Thirteen more Filipino boxers aim for Olympic slots as the Asian men’s and women’s qualifiers roll off starting April.
An undefeated Filipino boxer has died after sustaining head injuries during a fight and falling into a coma, a hospital official said Saturday.
Boxer Karlo Maquinto passed away Friday, five days after falling into a coma because of a blood clot in his brain after a bout in Caloocan City. He was 21.
The country will qualify more athletes for the London Olympics.
Egged on by the hometown crowd, boxers from Davao del Norte bagged 11 gold medals in the PLDT-Abap Mindanao tournament at the New Pandan covered court here.
Host Davao del Norte sent 11 boxers while chief rival Misamis Oriental put eight bets to the finals of the PLDT-ABAP Mindanao tournament Thursday at the A.R. Floirendo covered court here.
The drive to give the country its first Olympic gold is as strong as ever, but Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines president Ricky Vargas feels the country needs to send more qualifiers to the world’s greatest sporting event.
The fourth and biggest boxing gold medal bagged on Sunday also qualifies as the biggest sob story for Team Philippines in this colorful city.
Team Philippines came up with its most productive harvest of nine golds from various fronts Monday but failed to lift the country out of the doldrums in the 26th Southeast Asian Games here.
With two gold medals won on Saturday, and two more up for grabs Monday, the head of the Philippine boxing delegation here said the Filipino fighters are well on track, with the competition coming to an end.
A two-gold haul from the women boxers and another golden double from softball put some sparkle on Team Philippines’ gloomy campaign Saturday in the 26th Southeast Asian Games here.
Paddler Nestor Cordova prevented Team Philippines from plunging deeper in the standings of the 26th Southeast Games Wednesday when he captured the gold medal in the men’s singles sculls on Wednesday at the Lake Cipule in West Java.
Cue master Dennis Orcollo lived up to his lofty billing while wrestler Margarito Angana and the debuting men’s bridge team pulled off suprise victories that injected life to the Philippine campaign in the 26th Southeast Asian Games here.
