Pugilist Akhil Kumar failed to open up the solid defences Gojan Veaceslav and crashed out in the quarterfinal of 54kg category in Beijing Olympic Games on Monday, dashing India's medal hopes.
Akhil, who was the biggest hope and just one win away from ensuring India's first Olympic medal in boxing, was all out offensive and started landing punches right from the start of the match but all the effort went in vain against the solid defenses of his Moldovan opponent.
The Moldovan boxer steadily kept his guard and earned all his points through wandered counterattacks. The deffensive shell worked well for the bantamweight Moldovan to mark his win over India's Akhil Kumar who defeated the world champion in the previous round.
After the first round both the boxers were tied at 2-2, Veaceslav rushed into a decisive lead of 6-2 by landing all his punches bang on target, while desperate Akhil could only reduce the margin of loss by scoring just another point in the last round but it was too late till then.
Now, with Akhil out of the competition, India's medal hopes rest on Jitender Kumar and Vijender Kumarin flyweight featherweight categories respectively. We wish both of them best of luck for Wednesday and hope they will bring India some pride.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Akhil Kumar----- India's Boxer at Beijing Lost to Gojan
Akhil Kumar was born in Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh on March 27, 1981. He received his initial training at Bhiwani Boxing Club. Akhil aslo recieved training from Jagdish Singh who as per Akhil is his biggest influennce
2004 Olympics was forgettable for Akhil where he lost his first round match to Jerome Thomas. He won the gold medal at the 4th Commonwealth Federation Boxing Championships, Glasgow in 2005 where he defeated Bongani Mahalangu of South Africa by a narrow margin of 18-17 in the 54 kg final.
there was no stopping after that, he went on to win the gold medal in the Bantamweight 54 kg category at the 2006 Commonwealth Games by winning over Nigerian Nestor Bolum and crunching Mauritian southpaw Bruno Julie in the final.
Akhil was destined to make a mark at the 2008 beijing Olymics for which he qualified at the Asian qualifying boxing tournament in Bangkok.
Akhil along with two other boxers from India ( Bhiwani) reached the quarter final round at the 2008 Beijing Olympics but was knocked out by Moldova's Veaclesav Gojan.
Its a sad day for Indian Boxing but we still have hopes from Vijender and Jitender who also come from Bhiwani. All the best guys!.
2004 Olympics was forgettable for Akhil where he lost his first round match to Jerome Thomas. He won the gold medal at the 4th Commonwealth Federation Boxing Championships, Glasgow in 2005 where he defeated Bongani Mahalangu of South Africa by a narrow margin of 18-17 in the 54 kg final.
there was no stopping after that, he went on to win the gold medal in the Bantamweight 54 kg category at the 2006 Commonwealth Games by winning over Nigerian Nestor Bolum and crunching Mauritian southpaw Bruno Julie in the final.
Akhil was destined to make a mark at the 2008 beijing Olymics for which he qualified at the Asian qualifying boxing tournament in Bangkok.
Akhil along with two other boxers from India ( Bhiwani) reached the quarter final round at the 2008 Beijing Olympics but was knocked out by Moldova's Veaclesav Gojan.
Its a sad day for Indian Boxing but we still have hopes from Vijender and Jitender who also come from Bhiwani. All the best guys!.
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