Ogoke punched out of Olympics medals

TEAM Nigerian officials watched in awe as yet another hope of a medal frittered away in boxing where Russian Nadezda Torlopova pounded Edith Ogoke out of the medal zone. The Russian blew her away with devastating punches ending the fight on a pitiable note, 18-8.Nigerians had heaped their hopes of a first medal on boxing after a splendid display by Ogoke in the first round where she dismissed her Azerbaijan opponent with beautiful flurry of punches.But the taller Russian was at her best as she was physically and technically the master dominating the contest and scored repeatedly with her left jab and powerful hooks to the head of the shorter Nigerian.The Nigerian bench was not helpful as they allowed Edith to continue clubbing with her left and right combinations, thereby exhausting her energy without points. The much experienced Russian with an equally superior bench picked her points, landing her points on target. Some of the sucker punches rained on the Nigerian were deadly that she felled down in the third round but beat the mandatory count by the British umpire. Both boxers came out smoking in the first round and shared points 3-3 as they studied each other.
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