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    Nesthy Petecio in Asiad grudge match against top-seeded Taiwanese

    Lin Yu Ting has a score to settle against Petecio, who beat her in the Round of 16 at the Tokyo Olympics
    Sep 28, 2023
    PHOTO: AP

    HANGZHOU – A longtime rival awaits Nesthy Petecio in the ring on Friday when she finally makes her debut in the 19th Asian Games.

    The Tokyo Olympic silver medal winner faces top seed Lin Yu Ting of Chinese Taipei in an early clash between the top contenders in the women’s 57 kg class.

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    Winner in the 3 p.m. match at the Hangzhou gymnasium will book a berth in the quarterfinals.

    "Dito na magkaka-alaman,” said national coach Ronald Chavez of the highly-anticipated bout.

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      Meanwhile, Marjon Pianar was outclassed by reigning world champion Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev in their 63.5 kg class encounter late Thursday night.

      The Uzbekistan fighter scored a 5-0 win against Pianar, who was the only Filipino fighter who drew a bye in the opening round.

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      Pianar now joins Olympian Irish Magno, Aira Villegas, Aaron Jude Bado, and Mark Ashley Fajardo at the sidelines.

      Somnuek Thananya of Thailand meanwhile, won by walkover against Rizza Pasuit, who was not with the Philippine boxing team here, but was listed by Asiad organizers in the meet’s official website.

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      Petecio, 32, beat Lin during the Round of 16 of the Tokyo Olympiad by the skin of her teeth, 3-2, on her way to the finals, where she lost to Sena Irie of Japan.

      But the Asiad is an entirely new episode on the rivalry of the two.

      Whereas Lin already had a bronze medal tucked under her belt which she won during the 2018 edition of the quadrennial meet in Palembang while still fighting at 51 kg, an Asiad medal is the only one lacking in Petecio’s collection.

      “Lagi lang akong quarterfinals,” she said of the two previous stints she had in 2018 and 2014 (Incheon, South Korea), respectively. “(Kaya) sobrang challenging ito sa akin.”

      Petecio, also a gold medal winner in the 2019 World Championship, will be the last of the nine-man boxing team to see action for the first time heading to the weekend, where the quarterfinals and semifinals are going to be held.

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      Heavyweight John Marvin was the latest Filipino fighter to advance after scoring a Referee Stopped Contest (RSC) against Rabin of Nepal late Wednesday night.

      He joins Olympic medalists Carlo Paalam and Eumir Felix Marcial in the next round as they try to give Philippine boxing its first Asiad gold since Rey Saludar (flyweight) in the 2010 edition in Guangzhou, China.

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