Parth Jindal & Other Netizens All Praise for Satish Kumar for Taking to the Boxing Ring Despite 7 Stitches for his Quarterfinal Match at Tokyo Olympics 2020

Indian boxer Satish Kumar did miss out on a chance of getting a medal but surely he has won many hearts as he took on Bakhodir Jalolav in the Quarterfinals of the Tokyo Olympics 2020. He fought in the men's super heavyweight (+91kg) category. The Indian boxer continued to fight despite being injured. As one may recall he underwent seven stitches fighting against Ricardo Brown. But despite this, he preferred to fight. However, in the quarterfinals, he lost 5-0 to Jalolov. Needless to say, the netizens hailed him for putting up a great fight. 2020 Tokyo Olympics Live Updates Day 9.

Parth Jindal, who has been following the Tokyo Olympics 2020, was one of the first to laud Satish Kumar. Other netizens also posted a picture of his injury and hailed him for the fighting spirit. The Uzbekistani boxer scored 10 points throughout the three rounds and walked away with 30 points by the end of the game. The Indian boxer was given nine points in three rounds and by the end, he had 27 points.

Now, let's have a look at the reactions below:

Fought hard:

Take a bow:

Won hearts:

Last one 

Today on day 9, India doe not have many events. Later this evening we have PV Sindhu who will be playing the bronze medal game and the Indian hockey men's team will lock horns with Great Britain in the quarterfinals.

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