Vikas, Amit in quarters of Strandja Memorial Boxing
The seasoned Vikas Krishan and the fast-rising Amit Panghal advanced to the quarter-finals of the 69th Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament for men and women, on Wednesday.
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SOFIA (Bulgaria): The seasoned Vikas Krishan and the fast-rising Amit Panghal advanced to the quarter-finals of the 69th Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament for men and women, on Wednesday.
Former world and Asian Games medallist Vikas (75kg), who is making a comeback after recovering from a hand injury, defeated Morocco's Amer Gnifid to make the last-eight stage.
It was a thoroughly nuanced performance by the former Asian silver-medallist, who relied on sharp counter-attacks to outwit his rival.
World Championships quarter-finalist Amit (49kg), a gold-medallist from last month's India Open, defeated a Mauritian in his last-16 stage bout, getting the better of Sharvin Kumar.
Also advancing to the quarter-finals was Manish Panwar (81kg), who defeated a Moroccan in Mohammed Amin.
However, it was early ouster for veteran Manoj Kumar (69kg), a former Commonwealth Games gold-medallist, and world and Asian medallist Shiva Thapa (60kg).
The 31-year-old Manoj went down to Morocco's Abdelkabir Bellassek in his pre-quarterfinal bout, which was also his first of the tournament.
Later in the evening session, Shiva lost an evenly-contested bout to Kazakhstan's Adilet Kurmatov. The Indian was the more attacking of the two but went down in a split verdict.
India are assured of four medals so far in the tournament courtesy women boxers - Seema Punia (+81kg), Saweety Boora (75kg), Mena Kumari Devi (54kg) and Bhagyabati Kachari (81kg).
While Saweety and Meena won their quarter-final contests, Seema and Bhagyabati got byes.
Former world and Asian Games medallist Vikas (75kg), who is making a comeback after recovering from a hand injury, defeated Morocco's Amer Gnifid to make the last-eight stage.
It was a thoroughly nuanced performance by the former Asian silver-medallist, who relied on sharp counter-attacks to outwit his rival.
World Championships quarter-finalist Amit (49kg), a gold-medallist from last month's India Open, defeated a Mauritian in his last-16 stage bout, getting the better of Sharvin Kumar.
Also advancing to the quarter-finals was Manish Panwar (81kg), who defeated a Moroccan in Mohammed Amin.
However, it was early ouster for veteran Manoj Kumar (69kg), a former Commonwealth Games gold-medallist, and world and Asian medallist Shiva Thapa (60kg).
The 31-year-old Manoj went down to Morocco's Abdelkabir Bellassek in his pre-quarterfinal bout, which was also his first of the tournament.
Later in the evening session, Shiva lost an evenly-contested bout to Kazakhstan's Adilet Kurmatov. The Indian was the more attacking of the two but went down in a split verdict.
India are assured of four medals so far in the tournament courtesy women boxers - Seema Punia (+81kg), Saweety Boora (75kg), Mena Kumari Devi (54kg) and Bhagyabati Kachari (81kg).
While Saweety and Meena won their quarter-final contests, Seema and Bhagyabati got byes.
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