Five of the eight national boxers sent to the Korotkov Memorial came home with medals after more than a week in the chilly spring weather in Khabarovsk, Russia.

Eumir Felix Marcial, 22, 2011 Junior World Champion and two-time SEA Games gold medalist, walloped the opposition in the middleweight division. He knocked down several opponents on the way to the finals, including a fancied hometown boy. He decisioned a North Korean o the Finals.

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