Tashkent [Uzbekistan], May 4 (ANI): Putting up a commanding show, Narender Berwal registered a stellar victory and superior to the pre-quarterfinals of the IBA Men’s World Boxing Championships 2023 whereas Govind Sahani and Deepak Kumar entered the following spherical in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Thursday.
With a quarter-final end on the earlier World Championships underneath his belt, Narender (92kg) started his quest for a medal on the ongoing version by defeating Muhammad Abroridinov of Tajikistan in a carefully contested encounter by 4-1. Both pugilists who gained bronze on the 2022 Asian Championships went all out within the neck-and-neck bout from the phrase go.
Narender landed highly effective punches and dodged his opponent’s assaults from shut vary to have the higher hand within the first spherical. In spite of a stern combat put up by Abroridinov, the Hisar-born pugilist continued to assault on the entrance foot within the subsequent two rounds and prevailed within the bout. He will face the 2021 World Youth Championships bronze medallist Fernando Arzola of Cuba within the subsequent spherical, as per a press launch from the Boxing Federation of India (BFI).
Meanwhile, the document six-time Asian medallist Shiva Thapa went down preventing in opposition to Dos Reis Yuri of Brazil within the 63.5kg class. In what was a fiercely-fought matchup, the Indian suffered a slender 3-4 defeat on factors after the bout was reviewed and exited the competitors.
Earlier within the day, the 2022 Thailand Open champion Govind (48kg) and 2019 Asian silver medallist Deepak (51kg) kicked off their respective campaigns with equivalent victories.
Govind, who has had an excellent yr thus far with a gold on the Nationals Championships and a silver on the 74th Strandja Memorial, continued his wealthy vein of kind as he made lightwork of Mehron Shafiev of Tajikistan to safe a 5-0 win.
Deepak, alternatively, was additionally at his attacking greatest as he ousted Luis Delgado of Ecuador together with his supreme technical potential to seal an emphatic victory by unanimous choice.
Following their emphatic victories, Govind will face the top-seeded Sakhil Alakhverdovi of Georgia who gained bronze on the final World Championships whereas Deepak will tackle the Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist and reigning World Champion Saken Bibossinov of Kazakhstan.
On Friday, two-time Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Mohammad Hussamuddin, Tokyo Olympian Ashish Chaudhary, and Naveen Kumar will all be in motion.
Hussamuddin (57kg) will go face to face in opposition to Lyu Ping of China whereas Ashish (80kg) will face a tricky problem in opposition to the two-time Olympic gold medallist Arlen Lopez of Cuba. Naveen (92kg) will tackle Jeong Jae-min of South Korea.
The ongoing match is witnessing the participation of 538 boxers, together with a number of Olympic medallists, from 107 nations. The match began on May 1 and wil finish on May 14. (ANI)