Marcial amoy gold medal sa AIBA finals

Marcial amoy gold medal sa AIBA finals

Marcial amoy gold medal sa AIBA finals

Marcial amoy gold medal sa AIBA finals

Pasok si Filipino national boxer Eumir Felix Marcial  sa kampeonato ng AIBA World Elite Men's Boxing Championships sa Ekaterinburg, Russia Biyernes matapos ang impresibong panalo kay 3rd-seeded Tursynbay Kulakhmet ng Kazakhstan.

Tinuldukan ni Marcial, kaliwete, ang 5-0 victory sa paghapit ng rumaragasang knockdown kasunod ng right-left sa  kalagitnaan ng unang round.

Ang 23 year old Philippine Air Force man ay naitutok ang kanyang birada at saklitin ang tagumpay na tulad niya ay nanalo ng gold medal noong 2013 Asian Junior Championships sa Subic.

Si Kulakhmet ay nanalo din sa middleweight division, habang si  Marcial ang champion sa light welterweight (64 kg) class.

Dalawang taon ang nakalipas  (2011), ang 15-year-old boy mula Zamboanga ay nanalo sa AIBA World Junior Championships sa 52 kg class sa Astana, Kazakhstan.

Makakaharap ni Marcial si hometown boy Gleb Bakshi ng Russia sa pang- Sabadong  75 kg (Middleweight) Finals.

Tanging siyam na bansa ang umusad sa Finals: Uzbekistan (4), Russia (3), Cuba (2) Kazakhstan (2) at tig-isa mula Ecuador, England, India, Philippines at United States.

Sinabi ni ABAP president Ricky Vargas: “this is a happy development for our preparations for the SEA Games and the Olympics. We wish Eumir well and hope for a favorable outcome. I congratulate the coaching staff for their outstanding work and I would like to make special mention of the support of the Philippine Sports Commission for making our participation in this World Championships possible.” ( Louis Pangilinan)