SEA Games: Picson would be proud of PH boxers' performance, says ABAP exec

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Nesthy Petecio on her way to winning gold in the 32nd SEA Games. POC/PSC Media." src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/sports/05/14/05142023-nesthy-petecio.jpg"/><figcaption>Nesthy Petecio on her way to winning gold in the 32nd SEA Games. POC/PSC Media.</figcaption></figure></div>Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines secretary-general Marcus Jarwin Manalo believes the national boxing team made the late Ed Picson proud after bringing home four gold, five silver, and one bronze medal from the Cambodia 32nd Southeast Asian Games.Only two of the 12 boxers sent to the games in Phnom Penh failed to win a medal.“They’re really motivated to begin with. I told them if we can put up a performance that Sir Ed will be very proud of, we should show that,” said Manalo. “I think Sir Ed will be happy with this performance.”<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/05/14/23/seag-paalam-schools-indonesian-to-clinch-boxing-gold">SEA Games: Paalam, Bascon add to PH&#x27;s gold medal count</a></li></ul>Picson, ABAP president, died last April just as the national boxing team ramped up its preparations for the SEA Games.Refusing to let the late boxing chief down, nine boxers reached the finals in the biennial meet, with four coming out triumphant in their respective weight classes.Olympic silver medalists Nesthy Petecio (women’s 57kg) and Carlo Paalam (men’s 54kg) powered the Philippines’ gold-medal charge, together with Ian Clark Bautista (men’s 57kg) and Paul Julyfer Bascon (men’s 60kg).Rogen Ladon (men’s 51kg), Irish Magno (women’s 54kg), Norlan Petecio (men’s 67kg), Riza Pasuit (women’s 63kg), and John Marvin (men’s 80kg) delivered silver medals.Basketball player-turned-boxer Markus Tongco added a bronze medal in the men’s 92kg class.“Overall, we’re satisfied with the results,” said Manalo. “I feel like we could have probably won one more gold. But I can’t really complain with 10 medals.”<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/05/14/23/sea-games-nesthy-petecio-reclaims-sea-games-gold">SEA Games: Nesthy Petecio reclaims SEA Games gold</a></li></ul>As Filipino sluggers gear up for the “big one” – the Asian Games, where spots in the 2024 Paris Games are up for grabs – Manalo said the team needs fine-tuning.“There are obviously a lot of areas for improvement with the team and we’ll keep working on that. We saw a lot that we could address. We also need to be younger in terms of our lineup. We’ll start exposing our younger boxers in the coming tournaments to give them a shot.” <div> For more stories on the 32nd Southeast Asian Games, click <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/seagames2023">here</a>.</div>

ABAP secretary-general Marcus Jarwin Manalo believes the national boxing team made the late Ed Picson proud after winning 4 golds in the SEA Games.

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SEA Games: Picson would be proud of PH boxers' performance, says ABAP exec

SEA Games: Picson would be proud of PH boxers' performance, says ABAP exec

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Published May 17, 2023 06:03 PM PHT

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