Asian medalists Govind Sahani (48kg), Deepak Bhoria (51kg) and Narender Berwal (+92kg) received their respective bouts, whereas Shiva Thapa (63.5kg) crashed out of the World boxing championships right here on Thursday.
Sahani beat Tajikistan’s Mehron Shafiev 5-0 to make it to the pre-quarterfinals. After successful the primary spherical, Sahani was on backfoot after a proper from Shafiev knocked down the Indian and inflicted an eight depend on him.
Sahani dominated the trade of punches within the third spherical to emerge because the winner. He will tackle top-seeded Georgian Sakhil Alakhverdovi, a Worlds bronze medallist and a European champion, subsequent.
Returning to motion after a very long time, Deepak displayed an assortment of combos to beat Luis Delgado of Ecuador 5-0.
Deepak employed his straight punches and hooks effectively to take the primary spherical 4-1. He relied on his high quality footwork to remain forward though the shorter Luis stepped up assault within the second interval.
Deepak’s watchful recreation and ring craft stopped his rival. He will face top-seeded World champion and Olympic bronze medallist high seed Saken Bibossinov Kazakhstan within the spherical of 32.
Narender overcame a troublesome opponent, additionally an Asian bronze medallist Tajikistan’s Muhammad Abroridinov, 4-1 to enter the pre-quarterfinals.
Eighth-seeded Narender executed some pretty hooks to grab initiative towards the taller Abroridinov. The Indian was penalized for hitting the again of his opponent’s head within the second spherical.
With Abororidinov additionally dropping some extent within the third spherical, Narender exhibited his strong combos to style victory. He will meet Cuban Fernando Arzola Lopez.
Six-time Asian medallist and Worlds bronze medallist Shiva, who received a primary spherical bye, misplaced 3-4 to Brazilian southpaw Yuri Reis via ‘bout review.’
Reis used his fast fingers to remain narrowly forward within the first two rounds whereas Shiva dominated the third by touchdown an even bigger quantity of punches.
