Knockout Buatsi marches on

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Joshua Buatsi sent a message to his Olympic light-heavyweight rivals by producing a devastating knockout of third seed Elshod Rasulov to cruise into the quarter-finals.

Having halted Uganda’s Kennedy Katende in his opening bout, the 23-year-old Buatsi lit up Rio once again as he out-muscled the third-seeded Elshod Rasulov before producing a truly ruthless finish in the final round.

Buatsi, who is with the South Norwood & Victory Boxing Club, began positively and immediately looked to establish his rangy orthodox jab – eventually adding a right hand that seemed to momentarily disorganise his opponent.

The experienced Rasulov remained on the outside but was unable to maintain his preferred distance as Buatsi forced his …

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