Three Filipino boxers scored victories in their respective first-round matches to advance to the next round of the 2017 President’s Cup - Elite International Boxing Championship being held in Astana, Kazakhstan.

Veteran international campaigner Joel Bacho, who won a bronze medal in the Thailand International Invitational Tournament in April, led the onslaught of the Philippines as he ousted Lee Seung Hyeon of South Korea in the men’s welterweight class.

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