India at Tokyo Olympics: Boxer Satish Kumar gets past Jamaica’s Ricardo Brown for a place in 91kg quarter finals
Xtra Time Web Desk: Indian heavyweight boxer (+91kg) Satish Kumar, eased into the quarterfinals at Tokyo Olympics, defeating Jamaica’s Ricardo Brown in opening round on Thursday.
The 32-year-old Satish prevailed 4-1over his Jamaican opponent courtesy a split verdict. The two-time Asian Championships bronze-winner Indian, 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.
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.
Satish, also a 2018 Commonwealth Games silver-medallist, dominated with his right hand and allowed Brown to repeatedly make the mistake of lunging in with very little balance. Brown seemed to be looking for that one big punch that could unsettle the Indian but failed miserably, owing to his inability to move quickly enough after launching into Satish.
The Indian, in comparison, was light on his feet and thereby sharper in responding to Brown’s attacks.
