FILIPINOS in the World Boxing Championships in Liverpool, England are falling like dominoes.
The most recent casualty was Ronald Chavez, Jr., who was shown the door by France’s Makan Traore following the latter’s emphatic 5-0 victory in their round-of-16 men’s 70-kilogram bout on Monday.
Mr. Chavez, whose father Ronald, Sr. and uncle Arlo are both Olympians, thus joined Tokyo Games silver medalist Carlo Paalam, Mark Ashley Fajardo and Junmilardo Ogayre out of the annual meet.
There’s still hope though for the lean but determined Philippine delegation as it has two more fighters left — Riza Pasuit and Jay Bryan Baricuatro.
Ms. Pasuit, a Southeast Asian Games silver winner, was tackling Brazilian Rebeca de Lima Santos in their round-of-16 women’s 60kg class bout while Mr. Baricuatro was battling Spaniard Martin Molina Salvador in their round-of-16 men’s 50kg duel. — Joey Villar
