Asian Games 2018, Boxing, Men's Light Welter 64kg Round of 16, Day 9: Dheeraj Rangi vs Nurlan Kobashev | India vs Kyrgyzstan

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Dheeraj Rangi through to the quarters in the Men's Light Welter 64kg category

That means 3 out of 4 boxers in action today have made it through to the quarters

That means the other two judges gave equal points to both boxers while 3 of the judges ruled in favour of the Indian

AND THE WINNER

DHEERAJ RANGI of India with a 3:0 margin

What will the judges say?

Chaotic last 10 seconds here as both boxers throwing punches lookning to score points

Last 30 seconds.... left jab there from Dheeraj

DHeeraj staying low and keeping a tight defence

Last 1 minute, who's going to take it?

Another good right there by Kobashev and Dheeraj comes back with a right

Kobashev connects with a good punch there

THe boxers close up and exchanging body blows

But DHeeraj evading the attacks

It's another aggressive start from Kobashev

FINAL ROUND, here we go

That round clearly belonged to the Indian

The first 2 rounds look shared. Whoever takes Round 3 could emerge victorious

END of ROUND 2

Both boxers going for it in these last 10 seconds, trading punches here

A superb right jab connects there for Neeraj. This should be a good scoring round for Dheeraj

Lots of grabbing going on, the punches have ceased a bit

Halfway through Round 2, this has been a much better showing from Dheeraj so far

Kobashev has Dheeraj pushed back again, but Dheeraj comes back with a few good right hooks

Dheeraj going for the right jab, left hook combo

He's going for it early

He's trying a few early combos and he's connected on a few

Will Dheeraj fight the same way or will he be more aggressive?

ROUND 2 underway

Kobashev landed the better shots in that round

A good right-left combo right at the end there from Dheeraj

And the bell goes for the end of ROUND 1

Not been much attacking from Dheeraj in this round as Kobashev is looking to finish strong

Dheeraj looks content to defend

1 minute to go in Round 1

He seems to be getting some better ground now, but still Kobashev is doing a great job of keeping Dheeraj against the ropes for much of the time

Dheeraj missing with his early punches

Dheeraj on the back foot so far in this bout

Kobashev has DHeeraj pinned in the corner and looking to attack

ROUND 1 underway

Dheeraj has the height advantage in this bout

Here we GO!

Here come the boxers...

India's Dheeraj will be fighting from the red corner

How will Dheeraj fare? Can he make it 3 out of 4 for India?

Just to recap on what's gone on today - Vikas Krishan and Amit Panghal won their bouts earlier today to advance to the quarterfinals of their respective events while Mohammaed Hussamuddin missed out, falling just short in his match

Dheeraj won a silver medal at World Military Games in 2015 in the 60kg category

Dheeraj idolizes former American boxing champion Mike Tyson and has a similar style

Dheeraj is a 23-year-old boxer from Hisar, Haryana

His opponent today, Kobashev, is 4 years his senior

This is the Men's Light Welter 64kg category

It's India's Dheeraj Rangi vs Kyrgyzstan's Nurlan Kobashev

Hopefully you went and had a good snack as we get ready for the last Indian boxer in play today

In half an hour, we will have the last Indian boxer in action today

That will be Dheeraj Rangi, in the Men's Light Welter 64kg

So Mohammed Hussamuddin falls to Mongolia's Enkh-Amar Kharkhuum in the Men's Bantam Round of 16

Looks like he was expecting the win there, but disappointment there for the Indian

And as we expected, the judges rule in favour of the Mongol, but it was so close

3:2 in favour of the Mongolian and Mohammed cuts a disappointed figure

END of the MATCH

The Mongol looks to have won this, but let's see what the judges say