With his fifth professional fight called off and the new date set running smack into the Hangzhou Asian Games, Eumir Marcial will train his sights solely on the Asiad, seeing the event as his last chance to make the 2024 Paris Olympics.
“It’s now or never,” the 27-year-old from Zamboanga City, unbeaten in four pro fights, said as he is now slated to join the Philippine Team in Canberra, Australia where it is holed up to train for the Asiad slated Sept. 23 to Oct. 8.
“Eumir will be coming home from the US as soon as possible and work on his Australian visa,” said Philippine Olympic Committee president Bambol Tolentino, who brokered the pug’s availability with managemen…
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