Deepak Bhoria (Twitter Image)
Deepak had a measure of his opponent and referred to as the pictures within the first spherical along with his Swift motion and correct punches. On the opposite hand, Nishant Dev registered a win by RSC within the first spherical.
Deepak Bhoria (51kg) and Nishant Dev (71kg) continued their scintillating kinds on the ongoing IBA Men’s World Boxing Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan as they stormed into the quarter-finals of the match with dominating victories on Tuesday.
Playing towards Jiamao Zhang of China within the pre-quarterfinal, Deepak managed the bout proper from the beginning and ended up profitable it by a 5-0 unanimous determination.
Deepak had a measure of his opponent and referred to as the pictures within the first spherical along with his Swift motion and correct punches.
He went into defensive mode firstly of the second spherical and used his counter-attacking sport to strike some heavy left hooks on his opponent.
In the third spherical, Deepak was on his toes as Zhang tried to be extra aggressive with a mix of punches. However, the Indian pugilist was too fast for his rival and comfortably received the bout.
“My technique was to make use of my strongest weapon within the match which is my left hook and every little thing went in accordance with our plan within the match. I attempted to get the momentum early within the bout and lure my opponent earlier than putting some correct punches. My focus is on the following bout now and I’ll give my one hundred pc in it to make sure a medal for India,” commented Deepak after the victory.
He will now play his next bout against Diushebaev Nurzhigit of Kyrgyzstan and will look to confirm a medal for India.
On the other hand, Nishant Dev registered a win by RSC in the first round against Nidal Foqahaa of Palestine.
Foqahaa used his height advantage to put Nishant Dev in the corner before the Indian pugilist used a combination of heavy punches on his opponent which forced the referee to stop the contest.
Nishant Dev will face Jorge Cuellar Of Cuba in the quarter-finals on Wednesday.
Two more Indian boxers will be in action later today. Sachin Siwach (54kg) will face top seed Kazakhstan’s Makhmud Sabyrkhan, while Akash Sangwan (67 kg) will play against Kazakhstan’s Dulat Bekbauov.
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