World Championships bronze medallist Mohammed Hussamuddin made a disappointing return to aggressive boxing after an damage lay-off, dropping 0-4 to Ireland’s Jude Gallagher within the males’s 57kg conflict on the 1st World Olympic Boxing Qualifier in Busto Arsizio, Italy. Hussamuddin, had earlier obtained a first-round bye. Competing for the primary time because the 2023 World Championships quarterfinals when he injured his left knee, Hussamudin took a while to settle through which allowed his opponent Birmingham CWG champion to take a lead along with his technical prowess.

The teen used pace and agility to his benefit, pocketing the primary spherical 5-0.

The Hyderabad-born boxer did attempt to cowl misplaced floor in spherical two however his comeback turned much more tough after he was handed a one-point deduction for dropping his head.

The 22-year-old Gallagher simply saved his calm within the third spherical and didn’t enable Hussamuddin to assault, ultimately successful the bout.

India fielded 9 boxers within the competitors of which solely Nishant Dev (71kg) stays within the fray to seal a quota. He will likely be in motion within the pre-quarterfinals late on Sunday.

India have already secured 4 quotas for Paris 2024 with Nikhat Zareen (50kg), Preeti (54kg), Parveen Hooda (57kg) and Lovlina Borgohain (75kg) confirming their berths with spectacular performances on the Asian Games.

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