Seven-man PH boxing team completes 14-day home quarantine — ABAP

By Waylon Galvez

The seven-man national boxing team that participated in the 2020 Asia and Oceania Boxing Olympic Qualifying Tournament last month in Amman, Jordan has recently completed the required 14-day self-quarantine being implemented in the country’s fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19).

And everyone is in good health, said Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines secretary-general Ed Picson Friday.

Picson, who headed the PH delegation, himself went into self-quarantine.

Leading the boxers are Olympic-bound Eumir Felix Marcial and Irish Magno.

“Kung 14-days, tapos na for sure yung quarantine period ng mga boxers natin,” Picson told the Manila Bulletin.

Still, Picson preaches caution.

“We’re trying to be careful kaya just like us, they are following the ECQ (Enhanced Community Quarantine) being implemented by the government to be on the safe side.”

Marcial, silver medalist in the previous World Championships, booked a place in the Tokyo Olympics with a gold medal finish in the Jordan OQT in the middleweight category, while Magno claimed a spot in the women’s flyweight division.

Completing the national team in Jordan are women’s world champion Nesthy Petecio and Riza Pasuit, as well as men’s pugilists Carlo Paalam, James Palicte and Ian Clark Bautista.

According to Picson, upon their arrival Marcial did his home quarantine in Imus, Cavite, while Palicte and Paalam were both able to fly home to their respective provinces, Bacolod City and Cagayan de Oro City.

Magno, on the other hand, is staying with Pasuit and Bautista at the team’s temporary quarters at The Cooyeesan Hotel in Baguio City, while Petecio is in her boarding house a short distance away.

As for the rest of the entire national team, Picson said that they are monitoring everybody, especially the health as the country continues to fight and hopefu lly end the spread of the virus.

“So far ok naman ang mga boxers natin. We stay connected with them, inaalam namin yung condition nila and we keep on reminding them about the guidelines to prevent COVID-19,” said Picson.

Source: Manila Bulletin