Tokyo Olympics: Eumir Marcial battles Armenian for podium finish

Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/reuters/07/29/oly_box_marcial-r16.jpg"/></figure></div><p>Eumir Felix Marcial takes on dangerous Arman Darchinyan of Armenia at the Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo for a medal finish in the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday.</p><p>Marcial will battle Darchinyan at 11:36 a.m. (Manila time) in the men’s middleweight quarterfinals following his stoppage victory over Algeria’s Younes Nemouchi.</p><p>The 25-year-old booted Nemouchi out via Referee Stopped Contest-Injury (RSC-I) with 19 seconds remaining in the first round to advance to the quarterfinals of the category where he’s the No. 1 seed.</p><p>He is now facing Darchinyan, an opponent he defeated three years ago in Russia.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/07/29/21/tokyoolympics-boxing-manny-pacquiao-eumir-marcial">&#x27;One win away from medal&#x27;: Pacquiao delighted for Eumir Marcial</a></li></ul><p>“I beat him (Darchinyan) in 2018 in Russia [world championships], but the Olympics are another story,” Marcial said. “Everyone here prepared hard for their matches.”</p><p>Darchinyan mauled Slovak Andrej Csemez for a 5-0 win to set a face-off with Marcial.</p><p>Marcial turned pro in September last year and trained at Freddie Roach’s Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles for four months. </p><p>A win by Marcial would assure the Philippines its second boxing medal after women’s featherweight Nesthy Petecio advanced to the gold medal round via a split-decision win over Italy’s Irma Testa on Saturday.</p><p>If Marcial wins, it will equal the most medals won by the Philippines in a single Olympiad. </p><p>In the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, the Philippines won 3 bronze medals courtesy of Simeon Toribio (high jump), bantamweight boxer José Luis Villanueva, and swimmer Teófilo Yldefonso (200m breaststroke).</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/07/29/21/tokyoolympics-boxing-eumir-marcial-result">Olympics: Marcial through to quarterfinals after dominant win</a></li></ul><p>Boxing analyst Nissi Icasiano said Marcial enjoys the edge in terms in terms of experience.</p><p>&quot;Marcial has the mental edge. Out of the four [Filipino] boxers, Marcial initially is the one favored to land a podium finish in Tokyo,&quot; he said. &quot;His credentials speak for himself. A runner-up in the world championships, topped the qualifiers and won his professional debut.&quot;</p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s not going to be an easy fight, but the edge is with Eumir Marcial. &#x27;Yung galaw niya mas pulido.&quot;</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1737046" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><div><em>For breaking news and latest developments on the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, visit <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/tokyo-olympics">https://news.abs-cbn.com/tokyo-olympics</a></em></div>

<p>Eumir Felix Marcial takes on dangerous Arman Darchinyan of Armenia at the Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo for a medal finish in the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday.</p>

Eumir Felix Marcial takes on dangerous Arman Darchinyan of Armenia at the Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo for a medal finish in the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday.

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Tokyo Olympics: Eumir Marcial battles Armenian for podium finish

Tokyo Olympics: Eumir Marcial battles Armenian for podium finish

Dennis Gasgonia,

ABS-CBN News

Published Aug 01, 2021 02:44 AM PHT

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