Yahoo Movies 'Wife had told me not to fight': Satish Kumar fought with 13 stitches on his face
Indian pugilist Satish Kumar was knocked out of the quarter-final of the men's super heavyweight category at the Tokyo Olympics. A win against Bakhodir Jalolov would have assured Satish of a medal but winning the bout was going to be an uphill task for the boxer.
Satish Kumar's opponent in the game was the reigning world champion. The Indian showed a lot of aggression and had the right intent throughout the bout however, Satish was unable to counter the Uzbek's height and reach in spite of the repeated attacks.
While celebrating #PVSindhu and Indian #Hockey, let's not forget Satish Kumar who fought with 13 stitches on his face.
"My wife had told me not to fight. My children (son and daughter) were both watching. I hope they felt proud of their father."
Champion. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/EhCVW06FgJ— The Bridge (@the_bridge_in) August 1, 2021
Satish Kumar earned a lot of praise from the Indian fans on social media for his courageous display in the ring. The boxer had suffered cuts around his right eye during his Round of 16 bout and had been deemed fit for this encounter only a few hours before the bout.
𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗩𝗢 👏🏻
BFI President Mr. @AjaySingh_SG were all praises for @satishyadavbox on his courageous efforts at the quarterfinals of super heavyweight at @Tokyo2020 earlier today as he took boxing great Jalolov 💪🏻#RingKeBaazigar#Boxing#Tokyo2020#Cheer4India#TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/TxIzHwBL8U— Boxing Federation (@BFI_official) August 1, 2021
Indian supporters took to Twitter to praise the 32-year-old Olympian and here is a glance through some of the tweets.
Thats probably known as “the fighting spirit” #SatishKumar brought the fight to the world Champion against great odds .. like true champions Bakhodir Jalolov acknowledged the effort giving Satish the right of way to exit by raising the ropes for him to exit first 👏🏽👏🏽 #boxing pic.twitter.com/J6z6A2wohx
— Randeep Hooda (@RandeepHooda) August 1, 2021
Tough like a rock ! He entered into ring with several stitches on face due to injury of last fight . Still faught like a champion against world number one . Wins or defeats don't decide a champion- will and determination do 🥊🥊#SatishKumar pic.twitter.com/15DpdU23Dx
— Pankaj Nain IPS (@ipspankajnain) August 1, 2021
(With inputs from The Quint)
