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World Olympic Boxing Qualifier: Nishant Loses To World C’ships Medallist In QF
World Olympic Boxing Qualifier: India’s Nishant Dev went down fighting 1-4 against the 2021 World Championships silver medallist Omari Jones of USA in the men's 71kg quarterfinals at the 1st World Olympic Boxing Qualifier, here.
A closely fought contest witnessed contrasting first two rounds. Omari dominated the first one effectively using speed to his advantage to secure a perfect 5-0 start.
However, Nishant got himself back and looked more effective as the southpaw delivered some good combinations of left hook and jab in what was an action-packed three minutes which involved a lot of holding and grappling. Omari relied on the counter attack but it was Nishant who secured the second round with a 4-1 scoreline.
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