26 July 2021 | Olympics

Ugandan middleweight boxer David Ssemuju has bowed out of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after losing to Algerian nemesis Younes Nemouchi on Monday.

Ssemujju lost the bout by unanimous decision (5-0) following a challenging first round that Nemouchi dominated before more even second and third round.

From the blue corner Ssemujju’s aggressive approach was just not enough to say the judges who scored 30-27, 30-27, 30-27, 30-27 and 30-27 in favour of Nemouchi.

The Algerian progresses to the round of 16 where he will meet Filipino boxer, also 2019 Southeast Asian Games gold medalist - Eumir Felix Marcial who got a bye.

Ssemujju joins fellow Ugandan boxer Catherine Nanziri who also exited the games after losing to Japan's Tsunami Namiki in the women's flyweight (48-51kg) round of 32 on Sunday.

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