Eumir shifts focus on Paris

MANILA, Philippines — When Eumir Marcial missed out on achieving his Olympic gold dream in the Tokyo Games two years ago, he vowed to do everything in pursuit of this quest.

And he is not about to renege on it.

With his fifth professional fight initially set late this month cancelled, Marcial can now solely focus on his pursuit of another Olympic journey starting with next month’s Hangzhou Asian Games where he hopes to book a ticket to next year’s Paris Games.

“Eumir (Marcial) will be coming home from the US as soon as possible and to join the national boxing team and work on his Australian visa,” said Philippine Olympic Committee president Abraham Tolentino.

The Tagaytay City mayor was referring to the national team training camp unfurling Sept. 1 in Canberra where Marcial will join a team including Tokyo silver winners Nesthy Petecio and Carlo Paalam.