Besides two gold medals in Carlos Yulo's gymnastics, Philippines sports are witnessing the great success in Boxing. At the end of the quarterfinals, the Philippines boxing has two representatives in the next round, which means that there is certainly the Paris Olympic Medal.
The first person to win tickets to the semi -finals for the Philippine boxing is Aira Villegas. The female boxer born in 1995 was one of the last people who had tickets to attend the Olympics, but she played very impressed. Villeegas won 3 consecutive games, including hosts of Wassila Lkhadiri.
After Aira Villegas, Boxing Philippines continued to have a face in the semi -finals. It was Nesthy Petecio, the veteran face playing in the 57kg weight class. Entering the Paris Olympic Games with the position of the runner -up, Nesthy Petecio soon showed her superior level compared to other boxers.
Nesthy's opponent in the quarterfinals was Chinese boxer Xu Zi Chun. With the outstanding experience and level of the reigning runner-up Olympic runner-up, Nesthy won convincingly 5-0 (30-27, 29-28, 30-27, 30-27, 30-27), thereby gaining the right to the semi-finals.
Nesthy's opponent in the semi -final will be the winner between the Ashleyann Lozada match (Puerto Rico) and Julia Szeremeta (Poland). In this fight, Nesthy is expected to reach the final, where her opponent is likely to be Lin Yu Ting (Taipei China), who is suspected of gender.