Mandeep Jangra took just over a minute to force his rival out of the contest with a bloodied face and book a pre-quarterfinal berth in the Asian Boxing Championships here on Friday. Mandeep, competing in the welterweight 69kg category, took down Vietnam’s Vien Ngoc Huynh 3-0 in the bout which had to be abandoned quite early.
The silver-medallist from the previous edition landed a powerful right hook which left a deep cut just below the left eye of Huynh, forcing the discontinuation of the bout.
“Mandeep dominated from the word go. The injury to the other guy was accidental and unfortunate. He couldn’t manage himself due the cut and the judges gave it to Mandeep on points,” national coach Gurbax Singh Sandhu said. Mandeep will meet Japan’s Ysauhiro Suzuki in pre-quarters on Sunday.
On Saturday, Manpreet Singh (91kg) will start his campaign against Sri Lanka’s Nuvan Sugeewa Sampath in the first round.
