Light heavyweight (80 kg), category winner Eumir Marcial will lead the Philippines to Paris Olympics next year after the epic 2nd round knockout vs Ahmad Ghousoon of Syria last October 4, 2023.
Olympic gold is the ultimate dream of Manny Pacquaio ever since. However, he pursued a professional boxing career thus he missed the Olympics.
The athletes’ who can compete at the Paris Games relies on National Olympic Committee (NOC) who picks delegates for Paris 2024.
Unfortunately, only Marcial has secured a spot after his triumph in Asian games 2023.
Names already reported who are qualified like People’s Republic of China’s Tuohetaerbieke Tanglatihan, Thitisan Panmot of Thailand, Republic of Korea So Chonryong, Abdumalik Khalokov of Uzbekistan, Harada Shudai of Japan, and others.
As of this writing, Marcial will take over Manny.