A long-time rival awaits Nesthy Petecio at the other end of the ring on Friday, Sept. 29, when she finally makes her debut in the 19th Asian Games.
The Tokyo Olympic silver medal winner faces top seed Lin Yu Ting of Chinese Taipei in an early clash between the top contenders in the women’s 57 kg class.“Dito na magkaka-alaman,” said national coach Ronald Chavez of the highly-anticipated bout.
“Lagi lang akong quarterfinals,” she said of the two previous stints she had in 2018 and 2014 , respectively.Petecio, also a gold medal winner in the 2019 World Championship, will be the last of the nine-man boxing team to see action for the first time heading to the weekend, where the quarterfinals and semifinals are going to be held.
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