Eumir Marcial reaches Asian Elite Boxing semis as foe pulls out | Inquirer Sports

Eumir Marcial reaches Asian Elite Boxing semis as foe pulls out

By: - Reporter / @BLozadaINQ
/ 06:05 PM May 27, 2021

Eumir Marcial Tokyo Olympics

Eumir Marcial in the Asia/Oceania boxing Olympic qualifiers. ABAP PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines—Eumir Marcial reached the semifinals of the ASBC Asian Elite Men’s and Women’s Boxing Championships without breaking a sweat after his opponent failed to make it to their scheduled bout Wednesday.

Mongolia’s Otgonbaatar Byamba-Erdene didn’t make it to their middleweight bout at Le Meridien Hotel in Dubai after he suffered an injury in his fight against Iraq’s Ridha Talib Jabbar in the preliminaries.

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Marcial, who received a bye to the knockout stages, is thus assured of at least a bronze medal in the continental tournament.

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Already set to go the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Marcial will next face Jafarov Saidjamshid of Uzbekistan who is coming off a dominating 5-0 win over Kyrgyzstan’s Omurbek Bekzhigit.

Marcial is the top-seeded middleweight in the tournament and is just one of four Filipinos who have advanced to the semifinals.

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Light flyweight Mark Lester Durens and bantamweight Junmilardo Ogayre are already in the medal rounds after their victories over Mansour Khalefah and Rukmal Prassana, respectively.

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Former World champion Josie Gabuco, who earned a bye to the quarterfinals, will face Uzbekistan’s Gulasal Sultonalieva in the semifinals.

Marcial, who has one professional fight under his belt, is preparing for his first Olympic stint in July.

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