Govarthan of Karnataka got the better of Arvind Kumar Prasad of West Bengal with a 9-2 verdict on points in the quarterfinals of the bantam weight category of the Youth men's National boxing championship held in Kakinada on Friday.
In another quarterfinal bout, Ajay Kumar of Haryana put it across a fighting Yogesh Tokas of Delhi for a 4-1 victory on points.
Other results:
Preliminary rounds:Light fly: Rahul Punia (Har) bt Sandeep (Tri) 5-0 on pts; K. Sagar bt Lalvensanga (Miz) 5-0 on pts.
Light welter: Bolu Gurang (Asm) bt Femil Tom (Ker) 9-0 RSC; Caiptan Singh (Pun) bt Aaditya Mane (Mah) 8-3 on pts; K. Narasimha Murthy (SSCB) bt Vijendra (Raja) 10-4 on pts.
Welter: Mahendra Singh (Cht) bt Bijay Basumatary (Asm) 1-0 RSC; M. Venkat Ramana (AP) bt Saurabh (Utt) 2-0 RSC; Leimapopam (Man) bt Isak Rothangpuia (Miz) 3-2; Rishi Tiwari (MP) bt Suraj Kumar Sao (SPSB) 1-0 RSC; Amzad (Kar) bt Manish (Ori) 6-1 RSC: Jitender Singh (Har) bt Ajinkya (Mah) 6-3 on pts.
Middle: Manish Uikey (MP) bt S. Durga Prasad (SPSB) 6-2 RSC; V. Raj Bharath (TN) bt Krishu (Guj) 3-0; Abhishek Beniwal (AP) bt Aman Koul (J&K) 1-0 RSC; Arun Sharma (Pun) bt D. Tirumala V.R. Reddy (AP) 3-0 RSC; Surender Singh (Har) bt Rahul Kumar (Bih) 1-0; Abhinav Singh (UP) bt Mukesh Yadav (Mah) 7-3 on pts.
Light heavy: Dharmendra Kumar (Bih) bt Dinesh (MP) 7-0 RSC; Abhay Pratap (UP) bt Ramu Sathish Kumar (TN) 5-3 on pts; Gaurav Pawar (Del) bt Rahul Yadav (Mah) 3-0 RSC; Soham Surliker (Goa) bt Vikash (Raj) 6-1 RSC; S. Puneeth Kumar (Kar) bt M. Santhanam (Pud) 5-0 RSC.
Heavy: Anuj Kumar (Del) bt Swaraj (Mah) 8-0 RSC; Narender Berwal (Ori) bt Vishal Maina (Chd) 3-2 RSC.
