Injured Eumir Felix Marcial fell short to qualify for Rio Oympics.

Marcial enters the bronze box-off with swollen left hand after suffering an injury in his semifinal loss last Thursday, Felix Eumir Marcial fell short against Byamba Tuvshinbat of Mongolia via Unanimous Decision (28-29 on all 3 score cards) in bronze medal box-off at the Asia-Oceania Olympic qualification tournament at Tangshan Sports Centre in Qian'an, China.

Marcial clearly dominated the first two rounds but all three judges favored the Mongolian (20-18) 3X.
The Filipino amateur Welterweight boxer captured bronze medal despite of his defeat and still have a chance to enter Rio Olympics in Baku,Azerbaijan. 2016 AIBA World Olympic Qualifiying Tournament. The last Olympic qualifying meet wherein top 5 will earn tickets to Rio.

by Ian Melodillar