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PETECIO DEFEATS ARIAS, ADVANCES TO MEDAL ROUND
By Dong Secuya
PhilBoxing.com
Wed, 28 Jul 2021
Nesthy Petecio of the Philippines defeated Yeni Marcela Arias of Columbia, 5-0, in their Tokyo 2020 Olympics quarterfinal women's featherweight bout at the Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo, Japan this morning to advance to the semifinals and is guaranteed to take home at least a bronze medal.
Petecio was all emotions when her name was called the winner, assuring the Philippines of another medal in addition to the gold won by Hidilyn Diaz Monday.
Arias came rushing in from the opening bell throwing a lot of punches but the world champion Petecio was more accurate in her delivery, timing the Columbian and countering effectively throughout the three rounds.
All judges gave the first round to Petecio, 10-9. In the second round three of the judges, saw Petecio ahead, 10-0 and in the final round, four of the judges gave the nod to Petecio.
Nesthy Petecio (R) of the Philippines connects with a right against Yeni Marcela Arias of Columbia during their Tokyo Olympics women's featherweight quarterfinal bout in Tokyo, Japan Wednesday.
At the end of the bout, Petecio was ahead in all of the judges' scorecards, 30-27, 29-28, 29-28, 29-28 and 30-27.
The judges were Roberto Servide from Argentina, Mariya Kavaklieva from Bulgaria, Yaroslav Renev from Russia, Zhang Guo from China and Maksim Sulejmani from Australia. The referee was Sidali Mokretari of Algeria.
Petecio earlier beat Marcelat Sakobi Matshu of the Democratic Republic of Congo, 5-0, in the round of 32. She then registered a huge upset victory against world No. 1 featherweight Lin Yu-Ting of Taiwan, 3-2, in the round of 16.
Petecio will now meet Irma Testa of Italy on Saturday, July 29 with the winner of that match fighting for the gold medal and the loser going home with a bronze medal. Testa defeated Caroline Veyre of Canada, 5-0, in their own quarterfinal match this morning.
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