New Delhi: Indian boxer, Lovlina Borgohain won India’s second bronze medal at Tokyo Olympics after PV Sindhu.
On Wednesday, August 4, She got into the welterweight semifinals against Busenaz Surmeneli.
Lovlina became the second female boxer after MC Mary Kom to win an Olympics bronze medal in the 2012 London Olympics.
Up against quite literally a bully in the ring, Borgohain was completely out punched by the gold medal favourite, who produced a thoroughly dominating performance.
The Assam boxer coped a one point deduction in the second round for not paying attention to the instructions of refree despite a couple of cautions.
The Indian start was a good one as she stood up to the strong challenge but she came undone after Surmeneli got down to connecting her vicious hooks and body shots. The third round was especially pinishing for Borgohain, who faced two standing eight ciunts during the bout.
Surmeneli won two gold medals this year internationally. The boxer promised an Olympic medal to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan back in 2015 itself.
