National boxers swap holidays for training as big tourneys loom

At the Association of Boxing Alliance of the Philippines training hub in Baguio City, around 30 boxers are currently in the thick of preparations for a busy calendar next year, which will include the Southeast Asian Games and a qualifying tournament or two for the Olympics. "They basically have no Christmas break because of the schedule of tournaments early next year," Abap president Ed Picson told the Inquirer on Saturday. Amid the threat of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to suspend boxing competitions in the 2024 Paris Olympics, however, it would have been understandable if the boxers' morale would be at an extreme low, considering they are far from their families duri...

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