World championships bronze medallist Nishant Dev (71kg) recorded a 3-1 win over Commonwealth Games middleweight bronze medallist Lewis Richardson of Great Britain in a round-of-64 bout within the first World Olympic boxing qualifier late on Tuesday.
Nishant was the primary Indian boxer to submit a victory within the occasion. Attacking from an extended vary, Nishant led 4-1 within the first spherical and 5-0 within the second. The 23-year-old dealt with his rival’s aggression nicely to take the third spherical 3-2. However, a warning level deducted from Nishant’s account resulting from extreme ducking impacted his total rating.
Nishant will combat Olympian Eskerkhan Madiev, a Russian-born Georgian boxer, on Thursday.
Six-time Asian medallist Shiva Thapa (63.5kg) misplaced to World champion Ruslan Abdullaev. With the Uzbek inflicting extreme punishment on the Indian, the referee stopped the competition within the first spherical.
On Wednesday, former World youth champion Ankushita Boro (66kg) went down 3-2 to Frenchwoman Emilie Sonvico within the round-of-64. With Ankushita’s exit, six Indians, together with each the ladies within the squad, are out of the rivalry for Olympic quota locations within the occasion.
