Eumir Marcial will receive 7 million pesos for his Olympic run

Team Philippines is doing great in the Tokyo Olympics. Last week, Hidilyn Diaz bringing home gold, followed by Nesthy Petecio landing silver a few days ago, and now Eumir Marcial secured a bronze. The boxer lost to Ukraine’s Oleksandr Khyzhniak during the men’s middleweight event.

During the boxing match at the Kokugikan Arena, Marcial and Khyzhiniak were both in an all-out brawl and landed heavy punches. The Filipino boxer sustained a cut on his head in the first round, while his opponent got a cut on his nose bridge during the second round. However, the judges decided to hand the final round to Khyziniak.

‘This is a very wonderful, very nice tournament, the decision is fair,’ said Marcial after his bout. He still expressed his gratitude to have achieved his goal of competing for an Olympic tournament.

‘I won the bronze medal, so I’m so proud of myself,’ he added. ‘But if they give me a chance again and the opportunity to compete in another Olympics, I’ll just grab the opportunity, and I’ll work again, hard, to win the gold medal.’

The quadrennial event’s official Twitter account also acknowledged that Marcial’s win is the country’s first men’s boxing medal since the 1996 Atlanta Games.

Eumir Marcial wins bronze in the men's #Boxing middleweight category!

It's #PHI's first men's boxing medal since 1996. @olympicphi pic.twitter.com/cYpGGphD70

— Olympics (@Olympics) August 5, 2021

Apart from the shiny bronze medal that Marcial undoubtedly deserves, he is also assured of bringing home at least 7 million pesos cash incentives from the government and donors from private companies. The breakdown of his prize can be seen below:

• P2 million from the Philippine Sports Commission, which is the required amount for bronze medalists according to Republic Act No. 10699  
• P2 million from the Manny V. Pangilinan Sports Foundation  
• P2 million from San Miguel Corp. President Ramon S. Ang 
• P1 million from Phoenix Petroleum, through the Siklab Atleta Pilipinas Foundation 

The Zamboanga-based boxer is also set to have 40,000 Mabuhay Miles per year for life from Philippine Airlines and two years of free flights from AirAsia.

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