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Indian boxer Ashish Chaudhary (75kg) paid for an underwhelming begin as his maiden Olympic look ended with an opening-round loss to China’s Erbieke Touheta right here on Monday.
The 27-year-old former Asian silver-medallist went down 0-5 within the bout, which may have been means nearer had he turned it up slightly bit earlier.
The boxer from Himachal Pradesh was caught on the back-foot within the opening spherical and misplaced it unanimously to the busy Chinese language, who used his jab to good impact.
Ashish raised his recreation within the second spherical to offer a greater account of himself with extra assaults however the Chinese language excelled in dodging him on most events, claiming this one unanimously too.
Touheta’s mixture punches additionally related higher.
Ashish went all out within the ultimate three minutes and managed to bother Touheta regardless of a minimize beneath his left eye.
The judges additionally scored unanimously in his favour however the Chinese language had the decisive lead which gave him the victory.
Touheta will subsequent face Brazil’s third-seeded Herbert Sousa, who’s a world championships bronze-medallist.
Ashish is the third Indian boxer to bow out of the mega-event after Vikas Krishan (69kg) and Manish Kaushik (63kg) additionally exited with opening-round losses. PTI
