Filipino boxer Aira Villegas advances to quarterfinals of Women’s 50KG at #ParisOlympics2024

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00:00Filipino Olympian boxer Aira Villegas secured a victory on her birthday advancing to the quarter

00:05finals of the women's 50 kilogram event at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The match which took place

00:11early this morning saw Villegas defeat Algeria's Romesa Buana. The 29-year-old from Tagloban city

00:17chalked up a unanimous decision from the judges with scores of 30-27, 29-28, 29-28, 29-28 and 30-27.

00:28Villegas advanced to the quarter finals while she will compete against home favorite Wasila

00:32Lakdiri this coming Sunday. Villegas now needs just one more win to secure a bronze medal for

00:38the Philippines. Alongside her Filipino boxing stars Carlo Paalam and Nesty Pateso are also in

00:44the medal hunt following their impressive performances at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.