Tajikistan’s Mijgona Samadova beats Pakistan’s final boxer 5-0 in ladies’s 60kg preliminaries
Pakistan ended their boxing journey on a irritating be aware when their final boxer and a slim hope Fatima Zehra additionally went down in her preliminary bout on the twentieth Asian Video games on Saturday.
Zehra was overwhelmed 5-0 by Tajikistan’s Mijgona Samadova within the ladies’s 60kg spherical of 16 at Nishio Gymnasium, bringing Pakistan’s boxing marketing campaign to an finish with out a medal.
Samadova dominated the three-round contest, profitable all 5 judges’ scorecards by margins of 30-25, 30-24, 30-26, 30-25 and 30-24.
Zehra, who had received bronze within the Glasgow Commonwealth Video games just lately, struggled to match the Tajik boxer’s tempo and stress, with Samadova establishing a transparent benefit from the opening spherical. The Pakistani was additionally knocked down as soon as through the bout, in keeping with the official scoring report.
Earlier South Korea’s Kim Gichae knocked out Pakistan debutant Irfan Khan within the males’s 90kg.
Kim received the round-of-16 bout at Nishio Gymnasium when the referee stopped the competition within the second spherical.
Irfan, making his debut on the occasion, was knocked down twice earlier than the competition was halted. The judges scored the opening spherical in Kim’s favour, with 4 judges giving the South Korean a 10-9 benefit and one scoring it 10-8.
Kim additionally scored an extra knockdown within the second spherical earlier than the stoppage.
Pakistan coach Tariq Sidiqui was blissful regardless of Irfan’s loss.
“To be trustworthy Irfan boxed extraordinarily properly. His opponent acquired drained however within the second spherical a protracted swinging punch hit him on his chin and he fell,” Tariq mentioned.
“It was the primary worldwide struggle from Irfan however he has proven his guts. He can grow to be an excellent boxer as he’s daring and don’t afraid. The Korean had acquired drained within the second spherical,” mentioned Tariq.
Maria Rind and Sumama Rehman have been the opposite boxers who confronted first spherical exits.