Marcial stops foe in 1st round

By LITO DELOS REYES

DAVAO CITY (July 29) – Debuting Eumir Felix Marcial of Zamboanga City stopped Younes Nemouchi of Algeria in 2:41 of the 1st round to barge into the round of 16 of the Olympics men’s middleweight (69-75 kg) today at the Kokugikan Arena in Japan.

The 25-year-old Marcial (69W-18L-0D, 16KOs) will now face Arman Darchinyan of Armenia on Aug. 1 for their quarterfinal bout.

Darchinyan, a nephew of former world champion Vic Darchinyan, earlier defeated Andrej Csemez of Slovakia, 5-0, in the round of 16. A win over Darchinyan will assure Marcial of a medal finish.

Meanwhile, Filipina Irish Magno lost to Thai Jutamas Jitpong in their Women’s Flyweight round of 16 matches.

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