: Tokyo 2020, boxing: India’s Satish Kumar through to heavyweight quarter-finals on debut Olympics #IndiaNEWS India’s first super heavyweight (+91kg) boxer to compete in the Olympics, Satish Kumar,

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Tokyo 2020, boxing: India’s Satish Kumar through to heavyweight quarter-finals on debut Olympics #IndiaNEWS
India’s first super heavyweight (+91kg) boxer to compete in the Olympics, Satish Kumar, eased into the quarter-finals of his debut Games, defeating Jamaica’s Ricardo Brown in his opening bout in Tokyo on Thursday.In the battle of the debutants, the 32-year-old Satish prevailed 4-1, a comfortable win for him despite the split verdict.The two-time Asian Championships bronze-winner Indian, who has been a multiple-time national champion, was helped by Brown’s poor footwork throughout the bout though he did end up sustaining two cuts – one on his forehead and the other on his chin.“He got cuts because of three head butts during the bout. But it was a very measured performance by Satish, he could have been in trouble had Brown connected because he was huge and powerful,� Indian boxing’s High Performance Director Santiago Nieva told PTI.Next up for Satish is Uzebkistan’s Bakhodir Jalolov, the reigning world and Asian champion. Jalolov out-punched Azerbaijan’s Mahammad Abdullayev 5-0 in his last-16 bout.“He is not unbeatable. Although Satish has never won against him but the last time they fought in the India Open, it was split verdict. He ran him close,� Nieva said.Satish, also a 2018 Commonwealth Games silver-medallist, dominated with his right hand and allowed Brown to repeatedly make the...Read more

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