PaiN_KiLLeR Posted August 15, 2008 Posted August 15, 2008 Boxer Akhil Kumar has knocked out the World No. 1 Russian Boxer to reach the quarter-finals in Bantamweight category. What a fight it was! The Champ was leading the game till the dying moments but Akhil fought back to tie the score at 9 - 9. Akhil was adjudged the winner based on superior punches ... and the Russian Champ was in tears :cantstop:. The current boxers are a very promising lot. They do make OTT comments in the media, but they even back it up with performances in the ring.
umpire Posted August 15, 2008 Posted August 15, 2008 do losing semifinalist get bronze automatically? or they have 3rd place game also in Boxing?
Lurker Posted August 15, 2008 Posted August 15, 2008 Boxer Akhil Kumar has knocked out the World No. 1 Russian Boxer to reach the quarter-finals in Bantamweight category. What a fight it was! The Champ was leading the game till the dying moments but Akhil fought back to tie the score at 9 - 9. Akhil was adjudged the winner based on superior punches ... and the Russian Champ was in tears :cantstop:. The current boxers are a very promising lot. They do make OTT comments in the media, but they even back it up with performances in the ring. Thats super :two_thumbs_up::two_thumbs_up: Plus his next bout is on Monday effectively giving him whole weekend to recover and recuperate. Umpire, I beleive pugilists get bronze just by qualifying for semis.
Predator_05 Posted August 15, 2008 Posted August 15, 2008 Boxer Akhil Kumar has knocked out the World No. 1 Russian Boxer to reach the quarter-finals in Bantamweight category. What a fight it was! The Champ was leading the game till the dying moments but Akhil fought back to tie the score at 9 - 9. Akhil was adjudged the winner based on superior punches ... and the Russian Champ was in tears :cantstop:. The current boxers are a very promising lot. They do make OTT comments in the media, but they even back it up with performances in the ring. Wow ! I didn't bother watching it because i didn't think he would win. Where can i watch it ? NBC only covers the American boxers
ludhianvi Posted August 16, 2008 Posted August 16, 2008 Wow ! I didn't bother watching it because i didn't think he would win. Where can i watch it ? NBC only covers the American boxers Here's a video. The quality is pretty bad but watchable [noparse]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZnJ7aLeD4o[/noparse]
Predator_05 Posted August 16, 2008 Posted August 16, 2008 Here's a video. The quality is pretty bad but watchable [noparse]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZnJ7aLeD4o[/noparse] Wow, great find ! Really enjoyed watching it. Nice little independence day present from Akhil. That Russian pr1ck didn't even want to look at him, let alone shake his hand. No sportsmanship whatsoever. Vijender and Jitender fight tomorrow...should be good.
jf1gp_1 Posted August 16, 2008 Posted August 16, 2008 did anyone just see jitender kumar win his bout ? nbc commentator kept talking crap about his tactics but who cares another one of our boxers in quarter.
PaiN_KiLLeR Posted August 16, 2008 Posted August 16, 2008 Yes I saw the match. Even though 13-6 is a convincing scoreline, Jitender wasn't was impressive as Akhil. He was leading 9 - 2 and became slightly defensive after that, fortunately the Uzbek boxer wasn't skilled enough to take advantage of it. He kept pushing Jitender to the floor but couldn't manage to break the defence of the Indian and land some crushing blows. Nonetheless, another Indian boxer makes it to the last 8 in his category (51 kilos) :two_thumbs_up: Later tonight at 19:15 IST, Vijender Singh will fight for a place in the QF's in his 75 kilo category match.
SachDan Posted August 16, 2008 Posted August 16, 2008 Sorry Ludh...posted in a hurry. only up to Quarterfinal
PaiN_KiLLeR Posted August 16, 2008 Posted August 16, 2008 Excellent fight by Vijender. He has defeated the Asian No.1 whom he lost to just few months ago. 3 of our boxers have now made it into the last 8 in their respective categories. I'm hoping for the best :two_thumbs_up:
Tapioca Posted August 17, 2008 Posted August 17, 2008 50m rifle, three position qualification : After prone position, Sanjeev Rajput 20th with 395, Gagan Narang 31 with 394. Three shooters have 399
Tapioca Posted August 17, 2008 Posted August 17, 2008 Tunisia wins the gold in 1500m swimming freestyle. Narang has climbed to 7th place about a quarter of the way into the standing position. Rajput is 17th. But the ranks change quite a lot with each shot
Tapioca Posted August 17, 2008 Posted August 17, 2008 http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/CIS/SH/SHM104901.shtml#SHM104901 Fourth now. This is the prelims but the points will be carried over to the final
Predator_05 Posted August 17, 2008 Posted August 17, 2008 Nice. Looks like at least one of them will qualify. For those of you who are State-side, nbcolympics.com will be covering the finals at 1:30 AM EST.
Chandan Posted August 17, 2008 Posted August 17, 2008 Shooters disappoint. But then who hasn't apart from Bindra, boxers and to some extent Saina?
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