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BAC NINH, Vietnam Eumir Felix Marcial tries to put more emphasis on his lofty billing when he shoots for his fourth consecutive boxing gold medal at the 31st Southeast Asian Games. Standing in the way of the Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist for the men’s middleweight title is Timor Leste’s Delio Anzaqeci…
Eumir Felix Marcial (File photo) BAC NINH, Vietnam - Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist Eumir Felix Marcial rocked his opponent from Thailand while Rogen Ladon survived a tough battle as both Filipinos entered the finals of their respective divisions in the 31st Southeast Asian Games boxing competitions on Thursday at the Bac Ninh Stadium. Marcial, 26, gave 21-year-old Peerapat Yeasungnoen of Thailand a beating of a lifetime and scored a second-round RSC (referee stopped contest) win in their men's middleweight semifinals bout. The now professional boxer Marcial fights Timor Leste's Delio Anzaqeci Mouzinho in the gold medal bout on Sunday. Ladon, of Bago City in Negros Occidental, barely beat Thanarat Saengphet of Thailand through a split decision to move to the finals in the men's flyweight category. The three-time SEA Games champion Marcial delivered heavy combinations to the body and head of Yeasungnoen, urging the referee to stop the fight at the 1:54 mark of the second rou