Friday, August 05, 2016

Olympics News

At Rio Olympics 2016, Brazil

Bantamweight - 56kg Men
[R1] Shiva Thapa (IND) vs (1) Robeisy Eloy Ramirez (CUB)

Light welterweight - 64kg Men
[R1] Manoj Kumar (IND) vs Evaldas Petrauskas (LTU)

Middleweight - 75kg Men
[R1] Vikas Krishan Yadav (IND) vs Charles Conwell (USA)

Tough draw in the boxing for Indians ... Shiva Thapa is facing 2012 London Olympics flyweight category Gold medalist Cuban boxer Robeisy Ramirez ... These two boxers having history, in Youth Olympics 2010, Thapa lost to Ramirez in the finals to settle for a silver ... Two months before that bout, Thapa had lost to Ramirez in the 54kg final of the World Youth Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Manoj Kumar is facing 2012 London Olympics Bronze medalist Evaldas Petrauskas in the first round ... Vikas Krishan is facing 18 yrs old American boxer.

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