Tokyo Olympics: Boxing LIVE Day 8, 31 July - Pooja Rani loses in quarter finals - Updates, Scores, Results, Blog
Amit Panghal has already been knocked out while Pooja will look to confirm her place in the semi-final
Indian Boxer Pooja Rani
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Women's Middleweight Quarter-finals- Pooja Rani (India) vs Q LI(China). Timing- 3:36pm IST
Lovlina Borgohain and Satish Kumar are the only Indian boxers who can win a medal now. Satish Kumar will be in action at 9:35am IST tomorrow in the Super Heavyweight category.
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It seems as though Pooja lacked the belief right from the start. She showed how good she was in her previous round but could not repeat it this time. Maybe her opponent had more experience or was just too good, but Pooja did show signs of making a comeback which could have won her the match had she sustained the consistency.
Li seems to have won it. Pooja's coaches urging her on but it might just be a little too late.
Unless Pooja can turn this around, it seems like its over as she needs to win this round by a big margin
Pooja's coach seems to have told her to go all in and believe in what she can do. It is a pshychological battler for the Indian rather than physcial.
Li has a long reach and is managing to keep Pooja at bay. There has been a lot of holding between the two competitors and the referee is reminding both boxers to cut it down.
Li seems to be more aggressive now and the referee has to stop the action twice within 20 seconds. Pooja is trying to catch Li with her open guard but is getting caught up time and again.