Boxers regain overall title after winning 7 golds

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2019 21:05:49 +0000

BY JONAS TERRADO

Eumir Felix Marcial and Nesthy Petecio capped off the Philippines’ gold medal harvest in 30th Southeast Asian Games boxing competitions with smashing wins Monday night at the PICC Forum.

Marcial needed just 71 seconds to score a knockout win over Vietnam’s Manh Cuong Nguyen and rule the men’s middleweight category while Petecio finally bagged her first SEAG gold with a unanimous decision victory over Myanmar’s Nwe Ni Oo in the women’s featherweight class.

NESTHY Petecio

Charly Suarez and Riza Pasuit also won their final bout to give the Philippines seven boxing golds, edging arch rival Thailand which produced five.

Suarez defeated Thailand’s Khunatip Pidnuch via unanimou
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