Pinoy boxer Eumir Marcial earns silver at world championships

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The Philippines&#x27; Eumir Marcial secured a silver medal after he lost to a hometown fighter in the middleweight final of the 2019 AIBA World Boxing Championships in Yekaterinburg, Russia Saturday.Bakshi Gleb won 5-0 over Marcial, who got decked with a counter left hook in the second round.Marcial reached the gold-medal match after dominating Kulakhamet Tursynbay of Kazakhstan on Friday.He became the third Filipino to win a silver at the worlds after light-flyweights Roel Velasco (1997) and Harry Tañamor (2007).Tañamor also won 2 bronze medals (2001 and 2003) while Rogen Ladon, another 106-pound boxer, secured one in 2015, the most recent Filipino fighter to land a podium finish at the worlds.Brian Viloria won a gold in 1999, but he represented the United States.With his recent feat, Marcial, 23, has won at the regional, continental and world levels, following a gold-medal finish in the 2017 Southeast Asian Games and a bronze in the 2018 Asian Games.He won gold in the 2011 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships.The Zamboanga-raised Marcial is expected to spearhead the country’s campaign in boxing in the 2019 SEA Games.For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="https://sports.abs-cbn.com/">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.

Marcial secured a silver medal after he lost to a hometown fighter in the middleweight final of the 2019 AIBA World Boxing Championships in Russia Saturday.

Marcial secured a silver medal after he lost to a hometown fighter in the middleweight final of the 2019 AIBA World Boxing Championships in Russia Saturday.

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Pinoy boxer Eumir Marcial earns silver at world championships

Pinoy boxer Eumir Marcial earns silver at world championships

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Published Sep 21, 2019 11:41 PM PHT

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Updated Sep 22, 2019 12:16 AM PHT

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