From the time the announcer in Ryogoku Kokrican Arena Tokyo called his name and he walked slamming his gloves with each other, Pooja Rani meant a business.
He entered the hystronic sans ring and walked away the winner with a minimum commotion.
In short, he dominated the 75kg pre-quarter-final battle.
Pooja opponents 20-year-old – Ichrak Chaib from Algeria – Jump and declare the winner before the judges have called.
In unanimous decision, the judges gave a 5-0 sentence in supporting Pooja.
In his debut Olympic fight, Pooja was calm and confident.
Next is the enemy who is a bit familiar in Li Qian China, a gold medalist in the 2018 World Championship and bronze winner at the Rio Olympics.
He is the world at this time No.
3 and beat Pooja twice in many meetings.
“Pooja is very focused and he fights smart,” said the high-performance director of Raffaele women Bergamasco.
“His opponent made a mistake and he used it.” But the Pooja team knew it would not be the same as Chinese.
“Li Qian is very agile and difficult to attack.
We will work together on several counter-attack strategies for him,” said Bergamasco.
Pooja came to the Olympics after winning the second Asian Championship gold medal in May earlier this year.
Confidence shines in his opening battle.
Right from the beginning, the fight between Pooja and Ichrak showed a difference between two boxers in experience and class.
Ichrak with wild throws his punch, because most of them are fine.
Algeria felt it was difficult to get a pooja size, and among limitations, Pooja managed several assessment points with a combination of Jabhook.
छोरी ने लठ गाड़ दिया ?? #poojarani https://t.co/Tloh3NHC3N- Vijender Singh (@boxervijender) 1627467277000Pooja firmly entered his rhythm but was never asked to include 100 percent in the opening round.
The second round runs more or less on similar rows.
Ichrak continues to collect Pooja with his full weight, and Indians will then nourish intelligently and start the busy counter pickes.
Pooja’s combination combination and dodge and block the judges, with all of them choosing for the sake of Indian once more.
At the third, even when Ichrak was exhausted, Indians chose to survive.
There are some Inelegant’s insistence, but it doesn’t affect the score a little.
All five judges were once again on the pooja side.