India started its campaign on a disappointing note with World championships bronze medallist Deepak Bhoria (51kg) and Asian Games bronze medallist Narender Berwal (+92kg) dropping their respective round-of-64 bouts within the first World Olympic boxing qualifier on the E-Work Arena in Busto Arsizio, Italy, on Sunday.
Bhoria exited after struggling a slender 2-3 defeat to two-time European under-22 champion Nijat Huseynov of Azerbaijan. Huseynov used his tempo and swift motion to take the primary two rounds with an equivalent 3-2 margin. Bhoria went all out to safe a 4-1 verdict within the third, however it was too little too late.
Later, Berwal misplaced 0-5 to 2022 European champion Nelvie Tiafack of Germany. Tiafack dominated all through the bout towards Berwal, who conceded a level after being warned. Berwal managed to problem his opponent within the first two rounds, however the German gained these with 4-1 and 3-2 margins earlier than claiming the ultimate three-minute interval with a 5-0 scoreline.
