Favourite Meena Kumari Devi of Kerala moved into the semifinals of the light weight category in the boxing competitions defeating Sunitha Yadav of Goa 17-10. Geeta Solanki of Delhi also moved into the last four from the same category as she outclassed Anjima Khakhalary of Arunachal Pradesh.
In the men’s section, Kerala’s Vijay Kumar in light welter category and Rambol in heavy category assured themselves of a medal by entering the last four.
The results (quarterfinals):
Men: Light fly: Shyam Kumar (AP) bt Nanao Singh (Ser) 18-6; Pradeep Sharma (J&K) bt Nithinraj (Ker) 17-7.
Fly: Sandeep (Ser) bt Satosh Fakirapa (Goa) 10-1; Mahimai Nathan (Kar) bt Sumith Sudhakaran (Ker) RSC.
Bantam: Durga Rao (Ser) bt Aman Thakur (HP) 18-10; Yogesh Tokas (Del) bt Yoginder (Har) 18-13.
Light: Sandeep (Har) bt Santosh Souban (Man) 18-14.
Light welter: Vijay Kumar (Ker) bt Ashutosh Tiwari (MP) RSC; Thomas Meitei (Man) w/o Duryodhan Singh (Ser).
Middle: Harpal (Ser) bt Sirtaj Singh (Pun) 25-9; Ashish Kumar (HP) bt Kailash Gill (Tri) 21-9.
Light heavy: Devanshu Jaiswal (Ben) bt Deepak Ningthoujam (Aru) 14-10; Surender Singh (Har) bt Parminder Singh (Pun) 17-7; Narender Thakrun (MP) bt Brijesh Meena (UP) 15-14.
Heavy: Poni Rangi (Har) bt Suraj Kumar Sao (WB) 12-7; Gaurav Chauhan (MP) bt Naresh Vasupatti (AP) 27-6; Rambol (Ker) bt Gaurav Panwar (Del) 20-17; Manpreet Singh (Ser) bt Hari Singh Yadav (Raj) 34-15.
Women: Fly: Krishna Thapa (Utr) bt Neelam Mehta (UP) 27-13; Tonibala Chanu (Aru) bt Dolly Singh (WB) by KO.
Light: Meena Kumar Devi (Ker) bt Sunitha Yadav (Goa) 17-10; Geeta Solanki (Del) bt Anjima Khakhalary (Aru) RSC.
Middle: Aruna Misha (Jhr) bt Princy Joseph (Ker) 27-7; Marthamma Sattivada (AP) bt Swarna Sikha Biswal (Odi) RSC.
