Nishant Dev (71kg) beat Tokyo Olympic quarterfinalist Madiev Eskerkhan 5-0 in a round-of-32 bout within the first World Olympic boxing qualifier on the E-Work Arena in Busto Arsizio, Italy, on Thursday.
Nishant, a World championships bronze medallist, fought with confidence and claimed the primary spherical 5-0. The Georgian tried to combat again, however couldn’t cease Nishant from taking the second interval 4-1 and the third 5-0. Nishant will face 20-year-old Greek boxer Christos Karaitis within the pre-quarterfinals on Sunday.
Mohammad Hussamuddin (57kg), the Indian boxer remaining within the competitors, will start his marketing campaign towards Ireland’s Commonwealth Games champion Jude Gallagher late on Friday evening.
