Turkey’s Buse Naz Cakiroglu and The Philippines’ Aira Villegas (Blue) compete in the women’s 50kg semifinal boxing match during the Paris Olympics 2024 at the Roland-Garros Stadium, in Paris on August 6, 2024. (Photo by Mauro PIMENTEL / AFP) MANILA, Philippines—Team Philippines’ Aira Villegas capped off her Olympic debut with a bronze medal in the … Read more
Philippines’ Aira Villegas (Blue) receives instructions from the coach during the break while competing against Turkey’s Buse Naz Cakiroglu in the women’s 50kg semifinal boxing match during the Paris Olympics 2024 at the Roland-Garros Stadium, in Paris on August 6, 2024. (Photo by Mauro PIMENTEL / AFP) Aira Villegas ran into an accurate-punching opponent and … Read more
Philippines’ Nesthy Petecio celebrates after defeating China’s China’s Xu Zichun in their women’s 57 kg quarterfinal boxing match at the Paris Olympics 2024, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/John Locher) There was a sea of difference in boxing mastery in the first two rounds. Nesthy Petecio was all over Xu Zichun in … Read more