India’s Deepak Bhoria (51kg) and Nishant Dev (71kg) continued their scintillating varieties on the ongoing IBA Men’s World Boxing Championships as they stormed into the quarter-finals of the match with dominating victories on Tuesday.
However, Akash Sangwan (67 kg) and Sachin Siwach (54kg) bowed out of the match after going through defeats of their respective pre-quarterfinal matches.
Akash went down 0-5 in opposition to Kazakhstan’s Dulat Bekbauov. The Indian pugilist had a sluggish begin and grew into the sport with each spherical however in the long run, it wasn’t sufficient for the judges to give choices in his favour as Bekbauov registered a unanimous 5-0 win.
On the opposite hand, Sachin additionally suffered a 0-5 defeat in his spherical of 16 bout. Going in opposition to high seed Kazakhstan’s Makhmud Sabyrkhan, Sachin began brightly as he landed heavy punches on his opponent within the first spherical. After a good second spherical, the bout went down to the wire within the final spherical the place Sabyrkhan confirmed his expertise to get the higher of the Indian boxer and gained the bout.
Earlier, taking part in in opposition to 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 resolution.
Deepak had a measure of his opponent and known as the pictures within the first spherical along with his Swift motion and correct punches. He went into defensive mode in the beginning 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 gained the bout.
“My technique was to use my strongest weapon within the match which is my left hook and all the things went in accordance to 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 subsequent bout now and I’ll give my 100 per cent in it to guarantee a medal for India,” said Deepak after the victory.
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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. The third Indian to play in the quarter-finals is Hussamuddin, who will go up against J. Diaz Ibanez of Bulgaria.
The ongoing tournament is witnessing the participation of 538 boxers, including several Olympic medallists, from 107 countries.
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