Eumir Felix de los Santos Marcial (born October 29, 1995) is a Filipino boxer. While representing the Philippines as an

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, he won a silver medal at the 2019 World Championships and bronze at the

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, both in the

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division.

Amateur career

Marcial won the 2011

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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. Marcial won the gold medal in his weight class at the

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, and earned a silver medal in the ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships." At the 2019 AIBA World Boxing Championships in

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, Marcial settled for silver in the middleweight category losing to Russian boxer

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in the final bout. He failed to qualify for the

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in Rio de Janeiro. However he managed to qualify for the

which was later postponed to 2021 due to the

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. He qualified for the

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event for the

. He faced off against

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on Round 16 as he won the round easily by a TKO. He advanced to fight

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by a KO after Darchinyan fell from Marcial's punch. Marcial was able to advance to the Semi-Finals against

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and lost to a 3–2 split decision. Marcial brought home the first Bronze Medal for a Filipino Boxer since

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Professional career

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

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. 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

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to appeal to promoters to allow him to compete in the 2020 Summer Olympics, something that Marcial promised to his father. 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. Marcial signed with the

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(PBC) and his professional match will be a four-round middleweight bout against Andrew Whitfield from Lewiston,

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. The bout will be part of a PBC event to be held on December 16, 2020 at the

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. For two months prior to the fight, Marcial trained under

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at Wild Card Boxing Club.

Professional boxing record

Personal life

Eumir Marcial 2021 stamp of the Philippines

Marcial is the youngest among five siblings. 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

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. His eldest brother Eliver died in October 2020. Marcial is married to Princess Jenniel Galarpe, a fellow boxer from Cagayan de Oro belonging to a family of boxers, whom he tied the knot after his stint in the 2021 Olympics.

In popular media

In 2021, Marcial made a virtual appearance in ''

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: 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''.

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