Tokyo Olympics: Boxing LIVE Day 3, July 26 - Ashish Kumar Chaudhary knocked out - Updates, Score, Result, Blog

The bout is underway

The bout is underway, and both the pugilists are on attack rightaway.

Ashish in Red for the bout

Ashish Chaudhary will be in the red corner for the bout, while Erbieke will take the blue side.

Ashish is a dark horse, believes India's national coach

India's National Boxing Coach, CA Kuttappa, in an exclusive conversation with The Bridge had said that he believes Ashish Chaudhary will be a dark horse for India at the Olympics. Click here to read more.

Who will Ashish Kumar Chaudhary face?

Ashish Kumar Chaudhary will face China's Touheta Erbieke in the Round of 32.  Erbieke finished fifth in the Men's middleweight at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta.

He took up boxing at the age of just 10 years. Ashish, on the other hand, took up the box pretty late in life. 

Erbieke qualified for the Tokyo Olympics back in March 2020 via his performance at the Asia and Ocenia Olympic Qualification Tournament in Jordan.

Hola!

The Indian men boxers have not really had a good time at the Kokogikan Arena in Tokyo. Both, Vikas Krishan and Manish Kaushik were knocked out in their respective first-round bouts in the previous two days.

Up today is Ashish Kumar Chaudhary in Men's Middleweight Round of 32. With all the focus before the Olympics on Amit Panghal and Vikas Krishan, Ashish has mainly flown under the radar.

Can he change it today? Stay tuned on this page to know that!