Tashkent [Uzbekistan], May 6 (ANI): Indian pugilists Akash Sangwan (67kg) and Nishant Dev (71kg) secured snug wins and moved to the pre-quarterfinals of the IBA Men’s World Boxing Championships 2023 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Saturday.
Akash was dealing with Fu Mingke of China within the spherical of 32 match. The Indian boxer was faster than Fu, proper from the beginning and landed some heavy blows on his opponent. Akash performed from distance and evaded Fu’s punches all through the bout.
The final spherical noticed a determined try from the Chinese boxer to mount a comeback however Akash comfortably handled him and gained 5-0 by way of unanimous determination. He will tackle Kazakhstan’s Dulat Bekbauov within the last-16 stage on Tuesday, as per a press launch from the Boxing Federation of India (BFI).
In the Light middleweight spherical of 32 bout, Nishant Dev squared off in opposition to South Korea’s Lee Sangmin. The Indian boxer, who had defeated world bronze medallist Sarkhan Aliyev of Azerbaijan within the earlier spherical confirmed his technical versatility right this moment. He performed the persistence sport within the first spherical and gauged the technique of his opponent whereas touchdown sufficient punches to win the spherical.
The final two rounds noticed each the pugilists change some heavy blows however Nishant was the extra correct of the 2 boxers and secured a unanimous 5-0 win for India. The southpaw shall be up in opposition to Palestine’s Foqahaa Nidal within the pre-quarterfinal on Tuesday.
On Sunday, 4 Indians- Deepak (51kg), Mohammad Hussamuddin (57kg), Sumit (75kg) and Narender (92kg) shall be in motion.
Deepak will face Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist and 2021 World Champion Saken Bibossinov within the spherical of 32 match-up whereas Hussamuddin will struggle it out in opposition to Russia’s Savvin Eduard within the pre-quarterfinal. Sumit will begin his marketing campaign within the spherical of 32 bout in opposition to Russia’s Pavel Sosulin whereas Narender will sq. off in opposition to Arzola Lopez of Cuba within the last-16 stage.
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 can finish on May 14. (ANI)