By NICK GIONGCO
Eumir Marcial shows his “ticket” to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Middleweight Eumir Felix Marcial stopped Mongolia Byamba-Erdene Otgonbaatar in the third round on Sunday to secure a slot to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Seeing action in the Asia-Oceania Olympic qualifying tournament in Amman, Jordan, Marcial, the 2019 world championships silver medalist and Southeast Asian Games champion, had his Mongolian rival in trouble after landing a right, forcing the referee to step in.
Marcial had rocked him time and again and it was simply a matter of time before the third man was going to issue a mercy halt to their middleweight matchup.
Marcial became the third Filipino to make the Olympic grade after pole vaulter EJ Obiena and gymnast Carlos Yulo.
Four other Filipino punchers are in the running for Olympic slots and they are all going to try and book berths on Monday.
Source: Manila Bulletin
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