: Tokyo 2020, boxing draw: Tough tests lie in wait, Amit Panghal & three others get first-round byes #IndiaNEWS Top seed and world no.1 Amit Panghal (52kg) was among four Indian boxers who got byes into

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Tokyo 2020, boxing draw: Tough tests lie in wait, Amit Panghal & three others get first-round byes #IndiaNEWS
Top seed and world no.1 Amit Panghal (52kg) was among four Indian boxers who got byes into the Olympic Games pre-quarterfinals as the country’s pugilists geared up for a tough campaign going by the draws unveiled on Thursday.An unprecedented nine Indian boxers would be vying for medals at the showpiece, where none could secure a podium finish in the 2016 edition.Panghal will step into the ring on July 31 in the last-16-stage against the winner of the contest between Botswana’s Mahommed Rajab Otukile and Colombia’s Herney Rivas Martinez.In the women’s competition, six-time world champion MC Mary Kom (51kg) will square off against Dominica’s Miguelina Hernandez on July 25 and up next for her would be Colombian third seed Lorena Victoria Valencia as she pursues a second Olympic medal.Also getting a bye was former Asian Games bronze-medallist Satish Kumar (+91kg), who is the first super heavyweight from India to make the Olympic cut.He will face Jamaica’s Ricardo Brown in the pre-quarters and if he wins, the Armyman will run into top seed Bakhodir Jalolov of Uzbekistan. Jalolov is the reigning world champion besides being a three-time Asian champion.Debutant Ashish Chaudhary (75kg) will be up against China’s Erbieke Touheta in his Games opener.Commonwealth Games silver-medallist Manish Kaushik (63kg), also...Read more

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