The Philippines will have to be content with two boxers in the Rio Olympics as the last hope for another athlete in boxing, Eumir Felix Marcial, bowed to Abbas Baraou of Germany in the AIBA World Olympic Qualifying Event at the Sardachi Oklympic Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan.

It was a split decision as the judges from Algeria and Azerbaijan gave the German rounds one and three (28-29) while the Iranian judge awarded rounds one and two to Marcial (29-28).

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