Kumar who is India's first super heavyweight (+91kg) boxer, was seen with seven stitches in his pre-quarterfinal bout against Jamaica's Ricardo Brown.
Though India finished fourth in Moscow 1980, the knockout format didn’t exist back then with the top-3 in the league phase winning medals.
Rio Olympics bronze-medallist, Qian, completely outpunched Rani in a thoroughly dominant quarterfinal showing on Saturday.
Amit Panghal, one of India's biggest medal hopes at the Tokyo Olympics, was shockingly knocked out of the tournament in his Round of 16 bout.
Day 8 of the Tokyo Olympics 2020 saw Indian fans cautiously positive about an increase in medal tally. Follow highlights here.
India's quest for a medal in addition to the silver won by Mirabai Chanu will continue on Monday.
India has sent it largest ever contingent of 127 members to the Tokyo Olympics and are realistically hopeful of securing its best ever medal tally.
Asian Boxing Championship: Sanjeet (91kg) fetched the lone gold among Indian men boxers in a victory against Kazakhstan’s Olympic-medallist Vassiliy Levit. In various other c...
India delivered its best ever performance at the Asian Boxing Championships in 2019 when the athletes brought home 13 medals.