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Article: Diwakar Prasad wins, but Akhil Kumar makes exit.
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- PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.
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- August 17, 2004
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Athens, Aug 17 (PTI) India's boxers provided mixed fare in the Olympic Games with light flyweight boxer Akhil Kumar going down in the first round while bantamweight Diwakar Prasad sailing into the second round here tonight.
Kumar lost the bout 16-37 to former world champion and Sydney Games bronze medallist Jerome Thomas of France while Prasad showed good technique to outfox Moroccon Hamid Ait Bighrade 25-17 in the 54 kg bout.
Prasad, who was adjudged as having been ahead of his rival in the first three rounds, would now face Nigerian Bolum Nestor in the round of 16.
Prasad fought intelligently, gathering points with quick and telling blows and ...