Boxing
Tokyo Olympics: Boxing LIVE Day 1, July 24 - Vikas Krishan in Action - Updates, Scores, Result, Blog
Vikas Krishan opens his account in the Welterweight category at Tokyo Olympics
Boxer Vikas Krishan
Welcome to The Bridge's LIVE Blog for Boxing on Day 1 of the Tokyo Olympics.
Live Updates
- 24 July 2021 10:43 AM GMT
End of Round 1-Experience matters
Vikas continues to taunt his opponent with lowering his guard and gesturing to his opponent but the judges are in favour of red at the end of the first round.
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- 24 July 2021 10:42 AM GMT
Vikas is quite confident and has brought his guard down a couple of times as well. His aim would be to tier his opponent out.
- 24 July 2021 10:40 AM GMT
Round 1 begins
Okazawa going in aggressively in the first 30 seconds. Trying to put Vikash on the back foot.
- 24 July 2021 10:38 AM GMT
We're all set to begin!
Vikas Krishan is making his way to the boxing ring to begin his and India's quest for a medal from boxing at the Tokyo Olympics.
- 24 July 2021 10:27 AM GMT
10 min delay
There is a slight delay in the proceedings. Stay tuned though because Vikas Krishan will be boxing at 4:05 PM IST.
- 24 July 2021 8:50 AM GMT
Who is his Opponent?
S.Q.M. Okazawa will be facing off with Vikash today. He is a Japanese boxer with Ghanian descent and has previously won two editions of the All Boxing Tournament in Japan. he reached the quarterfinals of the AIBA World Championships last year and was 2nd in the 2019 Asian Championships.
