INQUIRER.net: Petecio wins gold; Cantancio, Gabuco settle for silver in China Open

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Petecio wins gold; Cantancio, Gabuco settle for silver in China Open Jun 22nd 2013, 02:51 Lightweight Nesthy Petecio did not let her huge height disadvantage get in the way of her goal.   Petecio, at five-foot-three, defied the odds as she fashioned out a convincing victory over five-foot-11 Alexis Pritchard of New Zealand to earn the PLDT-ABAP Philippine team's lone gold medal in the China Boxing Open in Guiyang, China.   The 21-year-old Petecio had said she's familiar with fighting opponents taller than her and true enough, Petecio proved it with a win via unanimous decision as she unleashed a flurry of hooks, straights and uppercuts the moment she negated Pritchard's length by narrowing their gap. Pritchard wisely tried to make full use of her rea... Keep on reading: Petecio wins gold; Cantancio, Gabuco settle for silver in China Open Media files: Nesthy-Petecio.jpg (image/jpeg)

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