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Nesthy Petecion stamped her superiority in her first fight at the Aichi-Nagoya 20th Asian Games with a Referee Stopped Contest (RSC) victory over Jordan’s Mays Alreem Abukhadijah in women’s 60 kgs class of boxing at the Nishio City General Gymnasium on Saturday.
Referee Lukman Wekadapola stopped the fight in the 1:51 mark of the second round.
The featherweight silver medalist at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paris 2024 asserted her dominance right from the opening bell to get the judges nod, 10-9.
The Filipina boxing star then unleashed her sheer power in the second round, scoring two devastating knockdowns against her Jordanian opponent that left the referee with no choice but to wave off the fight.
Petecio joined fellow Tokyo silver medalist Carlo Paalam in the quarterfinals—Paalam defeated Commonwealth Games silver medalist Jadumani Mandengbam of India via a 3-0 split decision earlier on Saturday.
"Good day today for us as two Olympic medalists Carlo (Paalam) and Nesthy joined (Junmilardo) Ogayre to make it three boxers in the quarterfinals," Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines president Marcus Manalo said.
The ABAP chief outlined the crucial upcoming bouts, noting that the national team is now just one victory away from securing podium finishes.
In the quarters, Petecio will face Chengyu Yang of China, Ogayre is pitted against Uzbek Abdumalik Khlakov in men's 60 kgs and Paalam will go up against China’s Jiaomao Zhang in the men's 55-kg.
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