ASSOCIATION of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) President Ricky Vargas told professional boxing promoters, including the group of Manny Pacquiao (MP Promotions), to stay away from Olympics-bound Eumir Felix Marcial. In a phone interview on ...
Vargas, who is also the Philippine Basketball Association chairman of the board of governors, revealed that he had gained his information from newspaper sources.
The APAP president is hoping that ‒ aside from middleweight Marcial and women’s flyweight Irish Magno ‒ other boxers, such as bantamweight Ian Clark Bautista and women’s world champion Nesthy Petecio, will qualify for the Tokyo Olympics, which has been rescheduled next year starting July 23 to Aug. 8.
In previous interviews, Marcial, a gold medalist in the Southeast Asian Games in Manila last December, said that he was not planning to go pro at the moment since his focus was to win the country’s first gold in the Olympics.tried to contact Marcial and Manny Pacquiao’s MP Promotions to get their side, but they were unavailable for comment.
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