Tokyo 2020: Debutant Satish Kumar, India's first super heavyweight boxer at Olympics, advances to QFs (VIDEO)

Tokyo: India’s super-heavyweight boxer Satish Kumar defeated Jamaican Ricardo Brown in the +91kg round of 16 bout by a split decision 4:1 to advance to the quarter-finals at the Tokyo Olympics here on Thursday.

Satish Kumar is India's first ever super-heavyweight boxer and is making his Olympic debut at the age of 32.

The Indian punter suffered a slight cut above his right eye but landed more punches through better timing and won points from all five judges.

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Satish Kumar will next meet current world champion Bakhodir Jalolov of Uzbekistan in the quarter-final on Sunday. (UNI)