Eumir Marcial cruises in mild heavy debut, braces for more durable competitors

Eumir Marcial scores a convincing win in his opening bout on the Asian Video games in Hangzhou, China.–ASIAN GAMES POOL PHOTO

HANGZHOU, China – Eumir Marcial got here by way of with a dominant displaying in his mild heavyweight debut, however Irish Magno bowed out of competition as the 2 Olympians suffered contrasting fates at the beginning of the boxing competitions within the 19th Asian Games.

Marcial, 27, scored an amazing 5-0 victory over Dalai Gadzorig of Mongolia on the Hangzhou gymnasium to advance within the Spherical of 16 of the boys’s 80 kg class.

The Filipino professional boxer went up in weight from being a middleweight, the place he gained a bronze medal in final 12 months’s Tokyo Olympics.

Whereas he felt good in his first bout, Marcial has but to totally decide if he’s actually match to combat as a light-weight heavyweight.

Eumir Marcial on the Asian Video games in Hangzhou, China.–ASIAN GAMES POOL PHOTO

“Okay naman yung galaw ko, pero yung combating weight ko talaga middleweight. Mas komportable talaga ako dun,” stated Marcial.

(I believe I used to be transferring okay however my combating weight is de facto middleweight. That’s the place I’m most comfy.)

“Hindi pa natin alam. Yung mga susunod na laban natin, pabigat na ng pabigat yung mga kalaban,” added the native of Zamboanga Metropolis.

(I can’t actually gauge my efficiency but at mild heavyweight. Possibly in my coming fights the place the competitors will get more durable and more durable.)

Earlier, the 32-year-old Magno was outclassed by her youthful foe in Nigina Uktamova of Uzbekistan, 5-0, within the girls’s 54 kg class.

“Pinaghandaan talaga namin kung ano yung combat plan, pero hindi tayo pinalad,” stated the Tokyo Olympian of Uktamova, a former gold medal winner within the World Youth Boxing Championship, who clinched a berth within the quarterfinals.

(We ready actually onerous and thought of our combat plan however we weren’t lucky to win.)

The lack of Magno and Aira Villegas left Olympic silver medalist Nesthy Petecio to hold the combat for the ladies’s boxing crew. The previous world champion is about to see motion on Sept. 29 towards prime seed Lin Yu Ting of Chinese language-Taipei within the 57 kg class.