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THE Philippine boxing team refused to guarantee winning the sport’s first-ever Olympic gold in Paris, but assured it is sending the best unit capable of matching, if not surpassing, the gains it made during the Tokyo Olympiad four years ago.
While personally Manalo felt the quintet of two-time Olympians Petecio , Paalam , and Marcial , along with first timers Aira Villegas and Hergie Bacyadan , have the best chance of finally delivering the first ever gold for Philippine boxing, the five boxers would rather let their fists do the talking, aware of how tough the competition will be in Paris.
PSC Chairman Richard Bachmann briefly joined the boxing team and wished them well in their Olympic campaign.“Hindi naman talaga basta-basta ‘yung makakalaban namin du’n. Kaya sa akin kailangan ko pang mapunan kung ano yung kakulangan ko para prepare ako pagdating sa Paris,” said the 28-year-old Bacyadan, a world vovinam champion.
“It’s great to have these three medalists from the last Olympics join this team. And as far as the preparations and competitions that they’ve joined this year, their performances have been great,” Abnett said.
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