Filipino Olympian profile: For boxer Petecio, Tokyo stint completes boxing career

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Nesthy Petecio once wanted to give up boxing, but she stayed and fought on. The prize for being steadfast? An Olympic dream fulfilled.

Petecio said her father Teodoro, who served as her first coach, used to box but wasn't able to reach the Olympic level.

Petecio said she took up boxing at a young age when her father taught her the rudiments of the sport at the age of 11. Back then, it was only meant for self-defense, she said. She also bagged a bronze medal in the 2012 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and a silver in the 2014 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships in Jeju City, South Korea.

 

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