September 5, 2025 | 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine crew was decreased to 6 fighters with Ofelia Magno scratched from the ladies’s 48kg lineup as a result of lack of time to substantiate outcomes of her intercourse check because the World Boxing Championships acquired underway in Liverpool yesterday. Carlo Paalam opened the Philippine marketing campaign towards Chinese language-Taipei’s Hsu Chao-Chun within the 55kg division final night time (Manila time) whereas Junmilardo Ogayre was set to tackle Chinese language-Taipei’s Lai Chu-En within the 60kg class early this morning (Manila time).
Ronald Chavez Jr. and Riza Pasuit are subsequent in line to see motion tomorrow. Chavez battles Eire’s Matthew McCole within the 70kg class the place 41 fighters are entered. Pasuit faces Saudi Arabia’s Ragad Alnaimi within the ladies’s 60kg division with 29 contenders. Mark Ashley Fajardo battles Ukraine’s Elvin Aliev within the 65kg class on Sunday. Jay Bryan Baricuatro, who drew a bye, meets the winner of the primary spherical match between Bulgaria’s Ergyunal Sebahtin and Spain’s Martin Molina Salvador in a 60kg bout on Tuesday.
ABAP secretary-general Marcus Manalo stated Magno was amongst a number of ladies boxers who had been pulled out as a result of their generic intercourse check outcomes to detect the SRY gene weren’t launched in time for Wednesday’s draw. “We needed to get her check finished in Liverpool upon arrival as a result of no check is obtainable within the Philippines,” stated Manalo. “Organizers organized for it. World Boxing must be strict with the coverage as a result of the controversial Algerian boxer Imane Khelif appealed to the Courtroom of Arbitration for Sport concerning intercourse testing.”
Manalo stated withdrawing Magno was a misplaced alternative. “Clearly, we’re upset and folks had been upset in regards to the boxers pulled out,” he stated. “However good factor is there are many sparring companions in Liverpool so Magno will proceed to get higher through the competitors.”
Baricuatro and Fajardo are the youngest within the crew as they’re each 20. Baricuatro’s greatest feat was bagging the silver on the World Boxing Cup in Kazakhstan this 12 months. Fajardo introduced dwelling bronzes from the Thailand Open and Asian U22 Championships in Bangkok, additionally this 12 months. Ogayre, 26, took the bronze on the Asian Elite Championships in Dubai in 2021. Chavez, 26, claimed the bronze on the 2018 President’s Cup. His father Ronald, Sr., is with the ABAP teaching workers. Their mixture is the primary father-and-son pairing since Cely and Anthony Villanueva on the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Pasuit, 32, has received silver and bronze in two SEA Video games. Paalam, 27, is essentially the most bemedalled within the delegation with two SEA Video games golds, Asian Championships gold, Tokyo Olympic silver and Asian Video games bronze.
