Eumir Marcial

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Eumir Marcial
Eumir felix marcial KL 2017.jpg
Marcial with his gold medal at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games
Born
Eumir Felix De Los Santos Marcial

(1995-10-29) October 29, 1995 (age 29) [1]
Zamboanga City, Philippines [2]
NationalityFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Statistics
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [2]
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record [3]
Total fights5
Wins5
Wins by KO3
Losses0
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Event1st2nd3rd
Olympic Games 001
World Championships 010
Youth World Championships 100
2020 Asia & Oceania Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament 100
Asian Games 011
Asian Championships 011
Southeast Asian Games 400
Asian Youth Championships100
Total733
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Middleweight
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Yekaterinburg Middleweight
Youth World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2011 AstanaFlyweight
2020 Asia & Oceania Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Amman Middleweight
Asian Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Hangzhou Light heavyweight
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Middleweight
Asian Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Bangkok Welterweight
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Dubai Middleweight
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Singapore Welterweight
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Kuala Lumpur Middleweight
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Philippines Middleweight
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Hanoi Middleweight
Asian Youth Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2013 Subic BayLight-welterweight

Eumir Felix de los Santos Marcial (born October 29, 1995) is a Filipino boxer. While representing the Philippines as an amateur, he won a silver medal at the 2019 World Championships and bronze at the 2020 Summer Olympics, both in the middleweight division.

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Amateur career

Marcial won the 2011 International Boxing Association (amateur) Junior World Championships in three years after he took up training for the first time. He was awarded the Best Asia Youth Boxer of the Year in 2013. [2] Marcial won the gold medal in his weight class at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games, and earned a silver medal in the ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships." [4]

At the 2019 AIBA World Boxing Championships in Ekaterinburg, Russia, Marcial settled for silver in the middleweight category losing to Russian boxer Gleb Bakshi in the final bout. [5]

He failed to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. However he managed to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics [6] which was later postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

He qualified for the Middleweight event for the 2020 Summer Olympics. He faced off against Algerian boxer Younes Nemouchi on Round of 16 as he won the round easily by a TKO. [7] He advanced to fight Armenian boxer Arman Darchinyan by a KO after Darchinyan fell from Marcial's punch. [8] Marcial was able to advance to the semifinals against Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Khyzhniak and lost to a 3–2 split decision. Marcial brought home the first bronze medal for a Filipino boxer since 1992 by Roel Velasco.

Professional career

Marcial at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China Eumir Marcial - 19th Asian Games.jpg
Marcial at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China

As early as 2020, Marcial has been receiving major offers from professional boxing promoters, encouraging him to turn pro. Among the organizations that caught his interest is MP Promotions of Manny Pacquiao. [9] The offers are significant enough, which promises Marcial as much as "tens of millions of pesos" before even each match begins, to warrant a response from the Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines to appeal to promoters to allow him to compete in the 2020 Summer Olympics, something that Marcial promised to his father. [10] In July 2020, Marcial turned pro and signed in with MP Promotions although he has pledged to continue to represent the Philippines in international amateur competitions such as the Southeast Asian Games and the Summer Olympics. [11]

Marcial signed with the Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) and his professional match will be a four-round middleweight bout against Andrew Whitfield from Lewiston, Idaho. The bout will be part of a PBC event to be held on December 16, 2020 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. For two months prior to the fight, Marcial trained under Freddie Roach at Wild Card Boxing Club. [2] [12]

Professional boxing record

5 fights5 wins0 losses
By knockout30
By decision20
No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
5Win5–0Thoedsak SinamKO4 (8) 1:33Mar 23, 2024 Ninoy Aquino Stadium, Malate, Manila, Philippines
4Win4–0Ricardo Ruben VillalbaTKO2 (8) 0:48Feb 11, 2023 Alamodome, San Antonio, U.S.
3Win3–0Steven PichardoUD6Oct 8, 2022 Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, California, U.S.
2Win2–0Isiah HartTKO4 (4) 2:13Apr 9, 2022 Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
1Win1–0Andrew WhitfieldUD4Dec 16, 2020 Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Basketball career

Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup team Zamboanga Valientes has tapped Marcial. [13] Marcial made his basketball debut at the Fiesta Pilar PH Championship. [14]

Personal life

Marcial is the youngest among five siblings. [15] His father Eulalio is a boxing coach who trained him since the age of seven. His cousin Anthony Marcial is a professional boxer, who has also represented the Philippines at the 2006 Asian Games. His eldest brother Eliver died in October 2020. [2]

Marcial is married to Princess Jenniel Galarpe, a fellow boxer from Cagayan de Oro and of a family of boxers. They married after his stint in the 2021 Olympics. [16] In January 2025, Princess sued Eumir for abuse, infidelity, and manipulative behavior, saying that she had caught him with a mistress in October 2024. [17] [18]

Marcial on a 2021 stamp of the Philippines Eumir Marcial 2021 stamp of the Philippines.jpg
Marcial on a 2021 stamp of the Philippines

In 2021, Marcial made a virtual appearance in Pinoy Big Brother: Kumunity Season 10 when he gave a message of luck to the Celebrity housemates prior to their land swimming competition in the Pinoy Big Brother Games 2021. [19]

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