Boxer Carlo Paalam Wins Second Olympic Silver Medal For The Philippines Tatler Asia


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Boxer Carlo Paalam Wins Second Olympic Silver Medal For The Philippines After boxers Nesthy Petecio and Eumir Marcial and weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz , it's not goodbye as Carlo Paalam brings home another silver medal for the Philippines, bringing the country's medal tally to four—the most they've managed to get in a single Olympics . While the Bukidnon native—who later moved to Cagayan de Oro—falls short of beating Great Britain's Galal Yafai, his journey to boxing and Olympic superstardom has been impressive and inspiring. He was born to an ordinary farming couple and worked as a scavenger at a landfill in...