Beijing Olympics : India's Boxers Akhil Kumar And Jitender Kumar In Pre-Quarter Finals

Men's Bantam Weight Division (54kg) : Round of 32

Akhil Kumar (India) defeated Ali Hallab (France) 12 -5




Scores by Rounds

Ali Hallab : Akhil Kumar

Round 1

2 : 4

Round 2

1 : 4

Round3

1 : 2

Round4

1 : 2

Akhil Kumar will now face Sergey Vodopyanov of Russian Federation in Round of 16.


Men's Fly Weight Division (51kg) : Round of 32

Jitender Kumar (India) defeated Ulas Furkan Memis (Turkey) 12-3, before Memis threw in the towel just a few seconds into the 3rd round of the lopsided bout.

Scores by Rounds

Jitender Kumar : Ulas Memis

Round 1

5 : 0

Round 2

4 : 2

Round 3

3 : 1 (Ulas Memis retired)

Jitender Kumar of India now face Tulashboy Doniyorov of Uzbekistan in the Round of 16

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