India’s Rhythm produced a power-packed efficiency to enter the lads’s +92kg quarterfinals whereas 4 Indian male pugilists marched into the last-16 stage on the third day of the Youth males’s and ladies’s World Boxing Championships in La Nucia, Spain.
Rhythm began off the bout aggressively in opposition to Latvia’s Miks Berzins. His relentless assault from the phrase go left no room for his opponent to get better because the referees intervened simply after a couple of minutes within the first spherical earlier than asserting the Indian winner of the round-of-16 match with Referee Stops Contest verdict.
This got here after Jadumani Singh Mandengbam (51kg) and Bharat Joon (92kg) started the day’s proceedings for India with dominating wins within the males’s spherical of 32. Whereas Jadumani outpunched Azerbaijan’s Amin Mammadzada 5-0, Bharat thrashed Spanish boxer Ruben Ibanez by an analogous margin.
Later, youth Asian champion Vanshaj, who hails from Haryana, prolonged his profitable run on the prestigious championships when he blanked Japan’s Masatake Yoshizumi by unanimous choice within the 63.5kg last-32 bout.
Aman Rathore (67kg) too had a simple outing as he knocked out Puerto Rico’s Alexis Soto convincingly by a 5-0 margin.
Rockey Chaudhary was the lone Indian pugilist to finish up on the shedding facet on Day 3. He misplaced to Halil Dogru of Turkey by 1-4 within the 80kg class.
Six Indians, together with two girls, can be in motion on the fourth day of the match. Nikhil (57kg), Harsh (60kg) and Sahil Chauhan (71kg) will play their respective round-of-32 matches whereas Mohit (86kg) will play within the pre-quarterfinals.
Ravina (63kg) and Kunjarani Devi Thongam (60kg) will combat within the girls’s pre-quarterfinals.