Three Indians in boxing quarterfinals

August 24, 2018 09:20 pm | Updated 09:20 pm IST - Budapest

Three Indian boxers, including reigning champion Nitu (48kg), advanced to the quarterfinals of the world youth championships here.

Anamika (51kg), who did not get a first-round bye, entered the pre-quarters after beating Bulgaria’s Goryana Stoeva in her opening bout 5-0 on Thursday night.

Among the three who made the quarters, two were from the men’s draw.

Asian bronze-medallist Bhavesh Kittamani (52kg) and S. Barun Singh (49kg) advanced to the last eight with identical victories.

Nitu, on the other hand, pummelled her opponent — Bulgaria’s Aynurova Zakifova — prompting the referee to stop the contest in the Indian’s favour in the third round.

Bhavesh also claimed a dominating 5-0 win over Iran’s Mobin Alaee, while Barun defeated Uzbekistan’s Sodirbek Komolmirzaev by a similar scoreline.

There was disappointment as well with Nitin Kumar (75kg) going down in a split 4-1 verdict to Uzbekistan’s Navo Tamazov.

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