Boxing, Paris 2024 Olympics highlights: Nishant Dev loses to Marco Verde in men’s 71kg quarterfinal

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Verde manages to make a comeback in the last two rounds to win by points 4-1.

Nishant seems to be tired, but manages to pin Verde to the corner.

Bout is stopped as Nishant’s shoes are tied up.

Nishant steps back and Verde corners him with some uppercuts.

Verde lands a combination of punches and starts to get much more aggressive than Nishant.

Round two ends up in split decision favouring Verde 3-2.

Nishant’s feints much more than usual but manages to avoid Verde. 

Verde seems to exert pressure on Nishant by sending him to a corner.

India and Mexico cheers ring around the arena.

Nishant jabs straight as Verde fails to cover-up.

Four judges favour Nishant.

Few seconds left and Nishant become aggressive and starts to connect some.

Verde connects some but a cover-up by Nishant seems to have helped him.

The referee gives a break to Marco, a warning for holding.

Nishant starts off strong but the Mexican ducks around a lot in comparison to the Indian.

Nishant enters the boxing arena and so does Mexico’s Marco Verde.

Great Britain’s Lewis Richardson edged past Zeyad Eashash of Jordan to win by points 3:2.

Vijender Singh is the only Indian male boxer to win an Olympic medal. He achieved this feat in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Nishant has defeated Marco in the 2021 World Championship in a split decision.

Nishant Dev was the first Indian boxer to qualify for the Paris Olympics. Click the link below to know more about the 23-year-old:

Who is Nishant Dev, the first Indian male boxer to qualify for Paris Olympics?

Nishant Dev booked his spot for Paris Olympics after beating Moldova’s Vasile Cebotari 5-0 in the men’s 71kg quarterfinals at the World Boxing Qualifiers in Bangkok on Friday.

The bout between Nishant Dev and Marco Verde can be streamed live on the JioCinema app/website and will be broadcast live on Sports18. The event is scheduled to begin at 12:18am 

Welcome to Sportstar’s live blog of the Paris Olympics boxing men’s 71kg quarterfinal bout between India’s Nishant Dev and Marco Verde of Mexico.