Tokyo Olympics: Boxing LIVE Day 1, July 24 - Victory for MC Mary Kom, Manish Kaushik in action - Updates, Scores, Result, Blog
Here we go!
Mary Kom begins and is tactful about her movements. She has landed a few punches on her opponents face. As of now, she has kept her guard down but her distance is adequate for her to evade movements.
MC Mary Kom makes her way to the boxing ring. First Indian female boxer to be a World Champion and an Olympic medalist! There can be no doubts about her experience, talent and skill.
Hernandez has previously won a bronze medal at the Pan-Am games in 2019. She has also been awarded the Junior Female Boxer of the Year in her home country.
Her opponent
Mary Kom will be up against Hernandez Garcia Miguelina from the Dominican Republic.
Until the event begins, do read up here on what Vikas Krishan went through prior to his bout yesterday.
Day 2 of Indian boxing
Hello and welcome to the live blog of Boxing at the Tokyo Olympics. MC Mary Kom will be boxing in just under 20 minutes so do stay tuned to watch the 6 time World Champion in action.
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