Boxing’s First Filipino Olympic Gold Medalist is from England? | Tom Welland

Leo Antell captures the story of Tom Welland, an amateur boxer who’s embarking on a journey to become the first Filipino Olympic gold medalist in boxing. Tom 3 weeks out from his big move to the Philippines when we started filming. Everything he did was gearing up to him going out there to prove himself as an elite amateur boxer, and potentially a future olympian. Tom believes that England Boxing should’ve chosen him, and that he wasn’t given the opportunity to prove himself as a candidate to represent them on an international level.. The Documentary uncovers how he was able to become part of the Philippines Olympic Squad in response to not being chosen by his home country. He flipped the script on anyone who doubted him. The Philippines have been longing for an Olympic gold medal ever since 1996 when Onyok Velasco returned to his home country with a silver medal.. They believed he was robbed.. Since then, you’ve had so much promising talent coming out of the country, an