ONYOK TRAINING FOR ASIAD
Manila, Jan. 8, 1998 - Olympic silver medallist Mansueto "Onyok" Velasco is Baguio-bound this weekend for rigorous training in preparation for the Mayor's Cup International Boxing Tournament in Bacolod City Feb. 23 - March 3.
But Onyok is looking beyond the Mayor's Cup and hopes to represent the Philippines anew in the Asian Games 1998 which will be held in Bangkok. Onyok won gold in the 1994 Asiad in Hiroshima on his way to winning silver in the Atlanta Olympics against Bulgarian Daniel Bojilov.
He could not resist offers to star in a movie about his own life, which did quite well in the box office but which left him out of shape.
At the Mayor's Cup, he will be going up against his brother Roel, a 1992 Olympic bronze medallist himself.
Reported by: Sol Jose Vanzi
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