Eumir Marcial

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is de los Santos and the surname or paternal family name is Marcial.

Eumir Felix de los Santos Marcial (born October 29, 1995) is a Filipino boxer. While representing the Philippines as an amateur, he won a silver medal at the 2019 World Championships and bronze at the 2020 Summer Olympics, both in the middleweight division.

Eumir Marcial
Marcial with his gold medal at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games
Born	Eumir Felix De Los Santos Marcial (1995-10-29) October 29, 1995 (age 29)[1] Zamboanga City, Philippines[2]
Nationality	Philippines
Statistics
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record[3]
Total fights	6
Wins	6
Wins by KO	4
Losses	0
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing  Philippines Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 0 1 World Championships 0 1 0 Youth World Championships 1 0 0 2020 Asia & Oceania Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 0 0 Asian Games 0 1 1 Asian Championships 0 1 1 Southeast Asian Games 4 0 0 Asian Youth Championships 1 0 0 Total 7 3 3 Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Middleweight World Championships 2019 Yekaterinburg Middleweight Youth World Championships 2011 Astana Flyweight 2020 Asia & Oceania Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament 2020 Amman Middleweight Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Light heavyweight 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Middleweight Asian Championships 2015 Bangkok Welterweight 2021 Dubai Middleweight Southeast Asian Games 2015 Singapore Welterweight 2017 Kuala Lumpur Middleweight 2019 Philippines Middleweight 2021 Hanoi Middleweight Asian Youth Championships 2013 Subic Bay Light-welterweight

Amateur career

Marcial won the 2011 International Boxing Association (amateur) Junior World Championships in three years after he took up training for the first time. He was awarded the Best Asia Youth Boxer of the Year in 2013.^[2] Marcial won the gold medal in his weight class at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games, and earned a silver medal in the ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships."^[4]

At the 2019 AIBA World Boxing Championships in Ekaterinburg, Russia, Marcial settled for silver in the middleweight category losing to Russian boxer Gleb Bakshi in the final bout.^[5]

He failed to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. However he managed to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics^[6] which was later postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

He qualified for the Middleweight event for the 2020 Summer Olympics. He faced off against Algerian boxer Younes Nemouchi on Round of 16 as he won the round easily by a TKO.^[7] He advanced to fight Armenian boxer Arman Darchinyan by a KO after Darchinyan fell from Marcial's punch.^[8] Marcial was able to advance to the semifinals against Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Khyzhniak and lost to a split decision. Marcial brought home a bronze medal as a result.^[9]

Professional career

Marcial at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China

As early as 2020, Marcial has been receiving major offers from professional boxing promoters, encouraging him to turn pro. Among the organizations that caught his interest is MP Promotions of Manny Pacquiao.^[10] The offers are significant enough, which promises Marcial as much as "tens of millions of pesos" before even each match begins, to warrant a response from the Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines to appeal to promoters to allow him to compete in the 2020 Summer Olympics, something that Marcial promised to his father.^[11] In July 2020, Marcial turned pro and signed in with MP Promotions although he has pledged to continue to represent the Philippines in international amateur competitions such as the Southeast Asian Games and the Summer Olympics.^[12]

Marcial signed with the Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) and his professional match will be a four-round middleweight bout against Andrew Whitfield from Lewiston, Idaho. The bout will be part of a PBC event to be held on December 16, 2020 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. For two months prior to the fight, Marcial trained under Freddie Roach at Wild Card Boxing Club.^[2][13]

Marcial is scheduled to face Bernard Joseph in an eight-round welterweight bout at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, on July 19, 2025. Marcial KO'd Bernard Joseph in the 3rd Round.^[14][15][16]

Professional boxing record

6 fights	6 wins	0 losses
By knockout	4	0
By decision	2	0

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
6	Win	6–0	Bernard Joseph	TKO	3 (8), 1:55	Jul 19, 2025	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
5	Win	5–0	Thoedsak Sinam	KO	4 (8), 1:33	Mar 23, 2024	Ninoy Aquino Stadium, Manila, Philippines
4	Win	4–0	Ricardo Ruben Villalba	TKO	2 (8), 0:48	Feb 11, 2023	Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
3	Win	3–0	Steven Pichardo	UD	6	Oct 8, 2022	Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, California, U.S.
2	Win	2–0	Isiah Hart	TKO	4 (4), 2:13	Apr 9, 2022	Virgin Hotels, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
1	Win	1–0	Andrew Whitfield	UD	4	Dec 16, 2020	Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Basketball career

Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup team Zamboanga Valientes has tapped Marcial.^[17] Marcial made his basketball debut at the Fiesta Pilar PH Championship.^[18]

Personal life

Marcial is the youngest among five siblings.^[19] His father Eulalio is a boxing coach who trained him since the age of seven. His cousin Anthony Marcial is a professional boxer, who has also represented the Philippines at the 2006 Asian Games. His eldest brother Eliver died in October 2020.^[2]

Marcial is married to Princess Jenniel Galarpe, a fellow boxer from Cagayan de Oro and of a family of boxers. They married after his stint in the 2021 Olympics.^[20] In January 2025, Princess sued Eumir for abuse, infidelity, and manipulative behavior, saying that she had caught him with a mistress in October 2024.^[21][22] Eumir denies the claim insisting that he was the abuse victim and has been estranged with his wife before the 2024 Summer Olympics and that the alleged mistress is merely a friend.^[23]

In popular media

Marcial on a 2021 stamp of the Philippines

In 2021, Marcial made a virtual appearance in Pinoy Big Brother: Kumunity Season 10 when he gave a message of luck to the Celebrity housemates prior to their land swimming competition in the Pinoy Big Brother Games 2021.^[24]