A Philippine delegation made up of four male and two female fighters will compete in the World Boxing Cup in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
The event will be the third World Boxing Cup this year, following tournaments in Sheffield, England in January and Colorado last April, with points awarded leading to the WC Finals in Sheffield later.
The four-day competition is the first World Boxing Cup event to be held in Asia and is organized by the Mongolian Boxing Federation and World Boxing.
Raising the Philippine flag in Ulaanbaatar are Aaron Jude Bado in the 51kg division, Ian Clark Bautista (57kg), Mark Ashley Fajardo (63.5kg), Tyler Tanap (71kg), Ofelia Magno (50kg) and Riza Pasuit (60kg).
“After the Paris Olympics where our boxers did their all and delivered two bronze medals courtesy of Nesthy Petecio and Aira Villegas, ABAP resumes its mission to bring more honor and glory to our country,” said ABAP chairman Ricky Vargas.
“We at ABAP salute the host Mongolian Boxing Federation and World Boxing for putting together this tournament. Our six boxers have vowed to put everything on the line for the Filipino people, and we wish them only the best.”
Coaches accompanying the roster from the Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines are Olympic bronze medalist Roel Velasco and Asian Games bronze medal winner Mario Fernandez while serving as team manager is Rafael Reyes III.
ABAP’s Karina Picson has been named technical delegate in the event.
The official draw is set on Sept. 22 with the opening ceremony scheduled between two preliminaries the next day.
