LONDON -- Boxing accounts for eight of the 14 medals won by the Philippines at the Olympics, but there has yet to be a gold. Five of the country's 22 athletes competing in Paris in July and August are boxers, and if one can take the middle spot on the podium, it would not only spark huge national celebration but would also give the sport a boost in the post-Manny Pacquiao era.
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Post-Pacquiao, Philippines chases first Olympic boxing gold in Paris
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Philippines' Nesthy Petecio, right, in action against Indonesia's Ratna Sari Devi in the women's 57kg category at the Southeast Asian Games in Phnom Penh on May 14. © Reuters
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