Regardless of holding the lead after the opening spherical, the 23-year-old world championship bronze medallist was unable to take care of his benefit.
Within the early levels of the bout, Nishant’s pace proved an excessive amount of for Alvarez to deal with. The Indian boxer successfully utilized his straight jabs, connecting them cleanly on Alvarez’s face and physique, aiming to put on down his opponent.
Nevertheless, the second-seeded Mexican managed to show the tables within the later rounds, securing a 4-1 victory and ending Nishant’s hopes of Olympic glory.
Nishant had defeated Alvarez within the 2021 World Championships.
Alvarez was trailing for a lot of the spherical however managed to land a strong proper hook on Nishant’s face, prompting the referee to offer the Indian boxer a standing rely.
Within the ultimate moments, Alvarez adopted up with a left hook. Regardless of this, Nishant’s total dominant efficiency earned him the higher hand.
Nishant continued to ship a wide range of punches, together with a sequence of hooks, whereas Alvarez raised his recreation, touchdown some essential blows. Nevertheless, Nishant gave the impression to be the stronger of the 2, successfully countering the Mexican’s pictures.
Regardless of this, the judges scored the bout 3-2 in favor of Alvarez, with each fighters getting into the ultimate three minutes on a razor-thin margin, with Alvarez main on one scorecard.
Alvarez started the ultimate spherical with a flurry of punches, setting an aggressive tone. The Mexican fighter displayed elevated urgency, delivering a stable uppercut. In distinction, the Indian fighter appeared exhausted, struggling to throw punches and transferring sluggishly.
Alvarez admitted that the bout was difficult.
“It was a troublesome bout, performed with coronary heart and thoughts. I hit on his physique to open up for higher cuts. I had misplaced to him in 2021 world Championships. I’ve lots of respect for him,” Alvarez mentioned.
“He’s very technically sound boxer. My coaches requested me to play good after I misplaced the primary spherical.”
Nishant turned the fifth Indian boxer to be eradicated from the Olympic Video games. Along with his exit, Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist Lovlina Borgohain stays the one Indian boxer nonetheless within the competitors.
