With its chances of capturing an Olympic gold medal heightened, the Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines must be doing something right.
From just one Olympic qualifier in the 2012 London and two in 2016 Rio De Janeiro, the national boxing team will be able to bring in four to the forthcoming Tokyo Summer Games.
“We cannot lower our projections, we are aiming no less than the top plum,” said Abap secretary general Ed Picson during the Philippine Sportswriters Association forum on Tuesday.
Boxers Irish Magno and Eumir Marcial qualified for Tokyo via the Asia Oceania Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan last year while Nesthy Petecio and Carlo…
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