AL Lakra paid the price of being too cautious as he crashed out of the Beijing Olympics' boxing competition after losing 5-9 to Athens Games bronze medallist Bahodirjon Sultanov in the opening round of the featherweight category.
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Lakra, the only Indian boxer in action today, evaded too
much and attacked too little against an aggressive Sultanov in
the low-scoring bout.
The first round had the Indian trailing 1-2 and the
margin remained the same at the end of the second round with
Lakra 3-4 behind.
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