National boxers Rogen Ladon, Eumir Felix Marcial, Irish Magno and Ian Clark Bautista gun for the gold on Sunday, May 22, in the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Eumir Felix Marcial in red (MB File Photo)
Ladon, Marcial and Magno—all Olympic veterans—and Bautista remain in...
Nesthy Petecio failed to defend her Southeast Asian Games title and absorbed a controversial loss against home bet Tran Thi Linh of Vietnam in the 31st SEA Games at the Bac Ninh Gymnasium in Hanoi, Vietnam Friday night, May 20.
Irish Magno in file photo (AFP)
Petecio, Tokyo Olympic silver...
Tokyo Olympics silver medal winner Nesthy Petecio finally got her P5 million incentives from the MVP Sports Foundation (MVPSF) in a simple turnover ceremony held Saturday, Aug. 28 at the Meralco Lighthouse Restaurant in Pasig City.
MVP Sports Foundation (MVPSF) chairman Manny V. Pangilinan,...
Fresh from their successful stint at the recently concluded Tokyo Olympics, national athletes Carlo Paalam and Irish Magno made another milestone in their boxing careers as enlisted personnel of the Philippine Navy (PN).
Olympian boxers Carlo Paalam (left) and Irish Magno take oath as enlisted...
The rest of the bemedalled Filipino athletes from the just-concluded Tokyo Olympics--all from the boxing team--have arrived home.
BEMEDALLED BOXERS--Irish Magno, Carlo Paalam, Nesthy Petecio, Eumir Marcial pose with their medals upon their arrival at NAIA on Aug. 9, 2021 (Ali Vicoy/ MANILA...
President Duterte has pledged to give all Filipino athletes who competed in the recently concluded Tokyo 2020 Olympics additional cash incentives, regardless if they won in their respective events or not.
President Duterte congratulates Tokyo 2020 Olympics Silver medalists Carlo Paalam and...
The Philippine boxing team who competed in the recently concluded 2020 Tokyo Olympics has arrived in the country Monday, Aug. 9.
Olympic boxers (from left) Irish Magno, silver medalists Carlo Paalam and Nesthy Petecio, and bronze medalist Eumir Felir Marcial strike a pose at the NAIA...
Algeria's Younes Nemouchi (red) and Philippines' Eumir Marcial fight during their men's middle (69-75kg) preliminaries round of 16 boxing match during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo on July 29, 2021. (Photo by Luis ROBAYO / POOL / AFP)
TOKYO —Blood from an...
Irish Magno bid farewell to her Olympic campaign after suffering a unanimous decision loss at the hands of Thai foe Jitpong Jutamas in their Round of 16 women's boxing flyweight match in the 2020 Tokyo Games at the Tokyo International Forum Thursday, July 29.
Philippines'...
Filipino boxer Nesthy Petecio, right, with women's boxing national team coach Nolito "Boy" Velasco prior to her Round of 16 match. (Photo from Jeaneth Aro Facebook)
As three of the four Filipino boxers enter the next round of boxing competition in the Tokyo Olympics, veteran mentor Nolito...
Filipino boxer Irish Magno (red) and Kenya's Christine Ongare fight during their women's fly (48-51kg) preliminaries boxing match during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo on July 25, 2021. (Photo by Luis ROBAYO / various sources / AFP)
TOKYO — Team Philippines...
Irish Magno made easy work of Kenyan foe Christine Ongare, handily scoring a unanimous decision win at the women's flyweight boxing Round of 32 in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics at the Kokugikan Arena in Japan Sunday, July 25.
Philippines' Irish Magno (red) and Kenya's Christine Ongare fight during...
