August 16 Crucial Day for Indian Boxing

16th August is really an important day for boxer Jitender Kumar and boxer Vijender Kumar.

Boxer Jitender Kumar - 20 years of age from India. For Jitender Kumar first fight was easy as the opponent boxer Memis of Turkey retired and Jitender Kumar advanced to Round of 16. On the round of 16 Jitender Kumar will fight with Tulashboy Doniyorov of Uzbekistan. Tulashboy reached upto quarterfinal in the 2004 olympic.

Jitender Kumar is bronze medalist in the flyweight category in 2006 Commonwealth Games and qualified to Beijing 2008 Olympics.

Past Olympic Records of Jitender Kumar -

Sydney 2000 Defeated by Adrian Diaconu (Dominica) PTS 12-3 Preliminary

Athens 2004 Defeated by Andriy Fedchuk (Ukraine) RSCI RD2 Preliminary

Boxer Vijender Kumar - 23 years of age from India. In the round of 32 Vijender Kumar beat Badou Jack of Gambiaby 13:2 and progressed to round of 16 where Vijender will fight with Angkhan Chomphuphuang (27 years old) of Thailand. In the round of 32 Angkhan Chomphuphuang beat Cho Deok-Jin of South Korea by 9:3

Vijender Kumar is the Silver medalist in 2006 Commonwealth Games Melbourne in the Welterweight 69kg category.

Past Olympic Records of Vijender Kumar -

Athens 2004 Defeated by Mustafa Karagollu (Turkey) PTS 25-20 Preliminary