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.
Agatha Wong added another SEA Games gold to her collection, winning the women’s taijijian and taijiquan events at the 33rd Southeast Asian Games in Bangkok.
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.
PFL Lyon delivered a championship-filled spectacle at the LDLC Arena as four fighters captured world and tournament titles, highlighted by Vadim Nemkov’s dominant heavyweight coronation.
Kenneth Riley Buenavides and Merica Lilyn Chan earned silver medals as the Philippine taekwondo team wrapped up the 33rd Southeast Asian Games, contributing to a six-silver finish alongside two golds and six bronzes.
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.
All bouts are official after successful weigh-ins ahead of PFL Lyon, with Vadim Nemkov and Renan Ferreira set for the heavyweight crown and Cris Cyborg cleared for another title defense.