File image of boxer Nishant Dev
World Championships bronze-medallist Nishant Dev out-punched Georgia’s Madiev Eskerkhan to enter the boys’s 71kg class pre-quarterfinals of the primary World Olympic Boxing Qualifiers right here.
The Indian gained by a unanimous 5-0 margin on Thursday night time.
Tokyo Olympics quarterfinalist Eskerkhan seemed clueless towards the Indian’s assault. He tried his greatest to get better within the second spherical however Nishant denied him any probability of a comeback.
Nishant will play his Round of 16 bout on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the youth world champion Ankushita Boro (66kg) and nationwide champion Sanjeet (92kg) suffered contrasting defeats within the opening spherical.
While Ankushita went down preventing 2-3 towards Sonvico Emilie of France, Sanjeet misplaced 0-5 to Aibek Oralbay of Kazakhstan, persevering with what has general been a poor outing for the nation’s boxers.
This event, that includes over 590 boxers, provides a complete of 49 quotas, together with 28 for males and 21 for girls for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
India have already secured 4 quotas for Paris with Nikhat Zareen (50kg), Preeti (54kg), Parveen Hooda (57kg) and Lovlina Borgohain (75kg) confirming their berths on the Asian Games.
The second World Qualification Tournament might be held in Bangkok from May 23 to June 3.
