Over the years, or even decades, boxing usually is the first sport that comes to mind every time there is one important international event coming. The Paris Olympics is no different. PH pugs Hergie Bacyadan, from left, Nesthy Petecio, Carlo Paalam, coach Ronald Chavez, Aira Villegas and...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. honored the exceptional talent of past and present Filipino Olympians who have brought glory to the country in a send-off ceremony on Friday night, June 21, in Intramuros, Manila. As the country celebrates 100 years of participation in...
Olympic-bound boxers Nesthy Petecio and Carlo Paalam were selected as the country’s flag-bearers for the upcoming 2024 Summer Games in Paris, France, the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) announced Monday, June 17. Olympic-bound boxers Nesthy Petecio, left, and Carlo Paalam Petecio and Paalam,...
The Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) has high hopes for the Paris-bound athletes who aim to deliver the country's first Olympic gold in the sport. (From left) Paris-bound boxers Hergie Bacyadan, Nesthy Petecio, and Aira Villegas The contingent, composed of Tokyo medalists...
The job is not yet done for the Philippine boxing team after it qualified five fighters to the 2024 Paris Olympics happening late next month. Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) secretary general Marcus Manalo said expectations are high for the Filipino pugs after managing to...
Carlo Paalam found himself reeling against the ropes but amazingly managed to squeeze out of his predicament and is now on his way to Paris. PHILIPPINE Olympic Committee president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino congratulates Carlo Paalam with his daughter Celestem who turns a year old this June 12....
Three years ago, Carlo Paalam vowed to do his best to return to the Olympics and clinch that gold medal he narrowly missed at the Tokyo Games. “I will not stop until I get that gold medal,” the Bukidnon-born boxer was quoted saying in Filipino after losing the gold-medal bout to a British rival...
It would be a reunion of sorts for Filipino boxers who won medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after Carlo Paalam became the latest fighter to qualify for the 2024 Paris Games. (From left) Carlo Paalam, Eumir Marcial and Nesthy Petecio will try again their luck for the Olympic gold medal in Paris....
Carlo Paalam found his way back to the Olympics after outclassing Sachin Siwach of India in the men’s 57kg semifinal at the 2nd World Boxing Qualification for Paris Games on Saturday night, June 1, in Bangkok, Thailand. Carlo Paalam, right, celebrates his qualification to Paris Olympics after...
Destiny awaits Carlo Paalam as he inched one win away from returning to the Olympics after arranging a semifinal bout against a dangerous Indian foe in the men’s 57kg of the 2 nd World Boxing Qualification for Paris Games late Friday, May 31, in Bangkok, Thailand. Carlo Paalam, right, moves...
Carlo Paalam moved two wins away from earning a Paris Olympics spot after surviving Armenia’s Artur Bazeyan with a split decision win to barge into the men’s 57kg quarterfinals of the 2nd World Boxing Qualification in Bangkok, Thailand, on Thursday, May 30. Carlo Paalam (ABAP) The Tokyo...
Carlo Paalam settled his unfinished business with Turkmenistan’s Shukur Ovezov by clobbering his rival on his way to a unanimous decision victory to advance to the Round of 16 in the 2 nd World Boxing Qualification for Paris Olympics on Tuesday night, May 29, in Bangkok, Thailand. Carlo...
