India's Olympic gold hope Vijender loses

India's Vijender Singh failed in his bid to claim a second straight Olympic boxing bronze medal on Monday when he lost his middleweight quarter-final.

Vijender became the first Indian to win an Olympic boxing medal at the 2008 Games in Beijing, but the 26-year-old had few answers against Uzbekistan's Abbos Atoev in his 17-13 last eight defeat at London's ExCel Arena.

Having disappointed home fans by failing to reach the final in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, Vijender refused to talk to journalists after his defeat with his coach furiously insisting they would appeal the decision.

Atoev now faces Japan's Ryota Murata in Friday's semi-final with Britain's Anthony Ogogo taking on Brazil's Esquiva Falcao in the other last four clash.
 

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  • Sam 7 August 2012 21:16 0 0
    Abbos Atoev was struggling to stand straight in the second round after getting heavy punches from Vijender. Everyone was surprised to see Abbos Atoev leading by 2 points by the end. All expected it to be other way around. Third round Abbos Atoev was hanging on to Vijeder like a bag to save the lead. In a hurry to score more Vijender got exposed and lost more points. The referees are very very biased and lot of bad descision made through out, why d't this people thouw them out.

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