Debutant Ashish Chaudhary ousted in Round 1

TOKYO: India's Ashish Chaudhary paid the price for an underwhelming start as his maiden Olympic appearance ended with an opening-round defeat to China's Erbieke Touheta in the men's 75kg boxing, in Tokyo, on Monday.

The 27-year-old former Asian silver-medallist went down 0-5 in a bout that could have been way closer had he turned it up a little bit earlier.

The boxer from Himachal Pradesh was caught on the back-foot in the opening round and lost by a unanimous decision as the busy Chinese used his jab to good effect.

Ashish raised his game in the second round and gave a better account of himself with more attack, but the lack of clear and precise punches hurt his cause as the Chinese excelled in dodging him on most occasions. Agencies

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