Paris--Nesthy Petecio handily beat a taller Jasmine of India, 5-0, not only to kickstart her campaign for gold but to help jumpstart the Philippine boxing team to a 2-0 start in the Paris Olympics.
Paris–Nesthy Petecio handily beat a taller Jasmine of India, 5-0, not only to kickstart her campaign for gold but to help jumpstart the Philippine boxing team to a 2-0 start in the Paris Olympics.Pitted against an opponent who’s a head taller and with an obvious reach advantage ala-Viktor Wembanyama, Petecio used her quickness and savvy to run rings around the Indian while occasionally landing solid overhead and body punches to the delight of dozens of Filipino fans at the Paris North Arena.
Cheers of “Laban Nesthy Laban!” reverberated in the arena located 35 kms north of city center, but Petecio said she felt deaf to those cheers. “What inspires and motivates me is when I hear the crowd shout ‘Pilipinas!” she told reporters, almost close to tears, at the Mixed Zone interview. “That’s reason why we are here … why I am here,” said the silver medalist at Tokyo 2020 while pointing to the Philippine card on the left chest of her competition jersey.Flyweight Aira Villegas opened the boxing campaign with a 5-0 victory over Yasmin Mouttaki of Morocco on Sunday night.
Tokyo bronze medalist Eumir Felix Marcial was scheduled to fight Uzbekistan’s Turabek Khabibullaev later Tuesday.
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