Nesthy Petecio of the Philippines defeated Lin Yu-Ting of Chinese-Taipei 3-2 in women's featherweight action to advance to the quarterfinals in Olympic boxing in Tokyo on Monday.

Lin, a 2018 bantamweight world champion, recovered in the second round after an opening that went in Petecio's favor at Kokugikan Arena.

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But Petecio, the reigning world champ in her weight class, closed out Lin to gain a last-8 ticket, where a win there would assure her of a bronze.

Petecio will next face Yeni Marcela Arias Castaneda of Colombia in a 10 a.m. match on Wednesday, July 28.

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In her opening bout, Petecio defeated Marcelat Sakobi Matshu of Democratic Republic of Congo 5-0 on Saturday.

The two other Filipino boxers who have seen action remained in contention.

Earlier on Monday, Carlo Paalam won 4-1 in his flyweight opener against Iran's Brendan Irvine.

Flyweight Irish Magno, who got past her first bout on Sunday, takes the ring on Thursday, July 29, for a Round-of-16 fight against Thailand's Jitpong Jutamas.

Eumir Marcial, who drew a bye in the middleweight division, debuts in the Round of 16 on Thursday, too.

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