Dinesh Kumar (boxer)

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Born25 August 1988 (1988-08-25) (age 33)
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Dinesh Kumar (born 25 August 1988) is an Indian amateur boxer from Bhiwani, Haryana who competed at the 2008 Olympics at light-heavyweight. He is coached by Jagdish Singh. [1]

At the first Olympic qualifier he lost to Zhang Xiaoping 7:25, at the second he KOd two fighters to qualify even though he lost the final to Mehdi Ghorbani. In Beijing he lost his first bout against Algerian Abdelhafid Benchabla.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. Dinesh Kumar. sports-reference.com