Baricuatro and Jara secure gold-medal fights at SEA Games boxing
Filipino boxers Jay Brian Baricuatro and Flint Jara booked their spots in the gold-medal matches at the 33rd SEA Games following decisive victories in their semifinals bouts.
Filipino boxers Jay Brian Baricuatro and Flint Jara booked their spots in the gold-medal matches at the 33rd SEA Games following decisive victories in their semifinals bouts.
Ofelia Magno and Riza Pasuit fell in the semifinals at the 33rd SEA Games, leaving the Philippine boxing team with five bronze medals and only Aira Villegas still in contention for gold.
Filipino pro boxers Eumir Felix Marcial and Weljon Mindoro will compete for finals slots in the 33rd Southeast Asian Games, joined by Paris Olympian Aira Villegas in the women’s flyweight semifinals.
Mark Ashley Fajardo secured a bronze medal after falling to Thailand’s Bunjoing Sinsiri in the men’s 69kg boxing semifinals at the 33rd SEA Games, finishing his campaign with pride despite the loss.
The Association of Boxing Alliances of the Philippines criticized officiating and judging at the 33rd Southeast Asian Games after Olympians Nesthy Petecio and Hergie Bacyadan were eliminated in the semifinals.
Philippine boxing found renewed momentum at the SEA Games as Flint Jara fought through adversity to advance, even as Olympian Nesthy Petecio bowed out in a narrow defeat in Bangkok.
Mark Ashley Fajardo secured a spot in the 33rd SEA Games boxing semifinals after his Indonesian opponent retired early, ensuring Team Philippines another medal while teammates Hergie Bacyadan and Junmilardo Ogayre fell to Thai fighters.
Jay Brian Baricuatro’s dominant quarterfinal win pushed the Philippines to eight assured boxing medals at the 33rd SEA Games in Bangkok.
The Philippine Sports Commission and the Bukidnon provincial government formalized a partnership to establish a regional training center for national boxers in Malaybalay.
Eumir Marcial marked a defining moment in his professional career by earning the WBC International Middleweight Title, delivering a gritty comeback win on the same stage that shaped Philippine boxing history.