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IMAGE: Team India's Amit Panghal exchanges punches with Team Colombia's Yuberjen Martinez in the Men's Flyweight Round of 16 boxing match.
Photograph: Gurinder Osan/PTI
IMAGE: The Colombian's relentless attack and pace proved too hot for the top-seeded Indian, who was making his debut in the Games after getting an opening-round bye.
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IMAGE: 'We knew what to expect, but our hope was that Amit would stand up better in the last two rounds,' Indian Boxing's High Performance Director Santiago Nieva said after the bout.
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IMAGE: 'He didn't have the strength to move and so he stayed inside and then he didn't have the strength to respond also, and he became passive and there the Colombian scored a lot of points,' Nieva added.
Photograph: Gurinder Osan/PTI
IMAGE: 'Against no other opponent I have seen Amit so tired,' Nieva observed.
Photograph: Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters
IMAGE: Amit was put under pressure by the sprightly Colombian in the opening round itself, but he did well to connected better and claim the first three minutes 4-1.
Photograph: Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters
IMAGE: Martinez won the light-flyweight silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics and will turn professional after the Tokyo Games.
Photograph: Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters
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