Filipina boxer Nesthy Petecio captured gold at the 2019 AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships over the weekend in Russia after defeating Russian fighter Liudmila Vorontsova in the featherweight division finals.
The Davao City native won by a slim 3-2 decision.
Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan and England’s Karriss Artingstall both took bronze./ASC, WDJ