The day’s only punch comes from Jitender

Indian pugilist Jitender Kumar prevailed over Ismael Faiala of Palestine to move into the quarter-finals and keep his medal hopes alive in t...

Indian pugilist Jitender Kumar prevailed over Ismael Faiala of Palestine to move into the quarter-finals and keep his medal hopes alive in the boxing competition of the 14th Asian Games here today.

Jitender Kumar carved out a convincing 21-7 victory over his Palestinian opponent in the middleweight category to become the second Indian boxer after Mohammad Ali Qamar to romp into the quarter-final stage.

The lanky Kumar took full advantage of his reach and dominated the bout with a flurry of punches, giving no scope to his opponent to bounce back.

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The Palestine did manage to score a few points but the Indian was not unsettled by the brief period of assault and maintained his lead till the very end.

Mohammad Ali Qamar had yesterday defeated Pakistan’s Hafeez Imran 12-1 to move into the last eight. With Dingko’s premature exit three days ago, the task of collecting medals for the country now rest on Ali Qamar, Jitender, Som Bahadur Pun and Harpal Singh — the last named are yet to begin their campaign.

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