Doubts of Olympic return crushed as Eumir Marcial KOs way to Paris Games

Organizers for the 2024 Paris Games in France scrapped his original weight class of men’s 75kg, where he won an

“I already lost hope,” an emotional Marcial told reporters in Filipino, as posted by One Sports. “My division got removed from the Olympics. I thought the Olympics is not for me anymore.” But after much convincing from his family, especially his wife Princess, Marcial opted to move up in weight and gave his Olympic dreams another shot by seeing action in the Asian Games.That decision bore fruit as the Zamboangueño slugger demolished all of his foes on the way to the gold-medal match, where he will face China’s Tuohetaerbieke Tanglatihan on Thursday, October 5.

Packing lethal power in his right hook, Marcial scored a second straight stoppage win as he floored Ghousoon to reach the final – a feat that merits an outright berth in Paris.

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