Philippines Eumir Felix Marcial in blue consolation Syria’s Ahmad Ghousoon after defeating him within the Boxing Males’s 71-80Kg Semifinal bout for the nineteenth Asian Video games in Hangzhou, China, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. (AP Picture/Aijaz Rahi)
Eumir Marcial isn’t in a rush to leap right into a mega-buck combat anytime quickly.
He has the Paris Olympics to sit up for.
And with that being stated, Marcial will now be utilizing his future professional fights to sharpen up for his quest for the gold medal that issues most subsequent 12 months.
“I’ve one 12 months to plan and put together. I don’t have any scheduled [professional] combat but, however I feel I’ll acquire extra expertise by combating professionally,’’ Marcial stated in Filipino after securing a slot within the light-heavyweight division of males’s boxing within the Olympics on Wednesday in scintillating style within the nineteenth Asian Video games in Hangzhou, China.
Marcial grew to become the fourth Filipino to clinch a berth within the Summer season Video games after knocking out Syria’s Ahmad Ghousoon within the second spherical of their semifinal bout within the males’s 80-kilogram division, giving the PH contingent a shot at a second gold medal right here.
And it appears that evidently Paris is all that issues in the mean time, although Marcial is ready to collide with China’s Tanglatihan Touhetaerbieke for the gold medal on Thursday night.
“I’ll get to know a number of coaches and be taught a number of extra methods within the professionals. That may assist me polish my expertise as soon as I put together for the Olympics,’’ stated Marcial.
Already reserving slots to Paris are gymnasts Caloy Yulo and Aleah Finnegan and world No. 2 pole vaulter EJ Obiena, who final Saturday received the nation’s first gold medal in these Video games after resetting the meet file to five.95 meters.
With Carlo Paalam and Nesthy Petecio, Tokyo Video games medalists like Marcial bowing out earlier, all of PH boxing’s hopes now rests on Marcial’s shoulder.
And he might hit two birds with one stone by turning again Touhetaerbieke, as Marcial had stated that this occasion might be his final when it comes to chasing a Paris slot.
“I knew it will be troublesome, and I assumed the Olympics wasn’t for me anymore,” a teary-eyed Marcial stated. “However individuals continued to consider in me, telling me to to forge forward, particularly my spouse.’’
The setup left
Marcial sneaked in a stable left to Ghousoon’s mid-section early within the second spherical that decked the Syrian for an eight depend. Smelling blood, Marcial then went for the kill and landed that killer proper hook that gave Ghousoon no probability of getting on his ft once more on time.“He was damage. So once I hit him with a proper, I knew he wouldn’t get up once more,’’ stated Marcial.
With that accomplished, Marcial and his workforce might be plotting a recreation plan to beat the house guess.
“Our primary technique in opposition to China could be to attain as many factors and widen the hole as early as attainable,” nationwide coach Ronald Chavez stated in Filipino when requested of the battle plan in opposition to Touhetaerbieke. “It’s the host nation that we’ll be up in opposition to.
“We might be actually fortunate if he scores one other knockout,” Chavez added. “We’ve seen his (Touhetaerbieke) movies earlier than we got here right here. We are going to research how he received in opposition to the Uzbek.’’
Touhetaerbieke defeated Uzbekistan’s Turabek Khabibullaev within the different semifinal. Taking his probability in unfamiliar territory on the light-heavy division, Marcial is bracing for a tougher path to the gold medal within the Olympics.
“You’ll be able to see that the opponents listed here are greater, particularly for those who combat in opposition to the Europeans, Cubans, People and South People on this division,’’ stated Marcial.
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“They’re all taller as a result of it’s their regular weight. I’ve one 12 months to organize for them,’’ added Marcial.