The commonwealth video games gold medallist Amit Panghal, National champion Akash and males’s National bronze medalist Abhimanyu put up a stellar present to maneuver into the quarter-final of the seventy fifth Strandja Memorial Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria on Wednesday.

Amit (51kg) had Rudyk Maksym’s problem to sort out as he eyed his place within the quarters. The skilled campaigner rapidly received into his groove and his capacity to effectively get into the attacking place was on show all through the bout.

The first two rounds have been all about taking over the opponent, whereas within the third spherical, Amit employed his defensive ways to frustrate his Ukrainian opponent and capitalize on his errors, advancing to the quarter-finals with a dominant 5-0 unanimous choice win. Amit will face Aldarkhishig Battulga of Mongolia on Friday.

Akash (71kg) was up in opposition to Traore Makan of France. Akash began gradual however quickly picked up the tempo as he displayed swift motion and landed a flurry of punches, shocking his opponents and gaining a big lead. The efficiency continued within the second spherical as Akash continued to be a dominant power within the bout.

Traore did make a comeback within the third spherical however Akash’s exploits within the first two rounds have been sufficient to make sure him a 3-1 win as he entered the quarter-final. Akash will now tackle Mckeever Eugene of Ireland on Friday.

Abhimany Loura (80kg) confirmed related show of dominance in opposition to Monny Raphael of France. The boxer from Haryana made full use of his lengthy attain as he delivered deadly punches for which the opponent had no reply for.

Abhimanyu grabbed the win with a 5-0 verdict and can face the Asian Games gold medallist China’s Tuohetaerbieke Tanglatihan within the quarter-final on Friday.

The quarter-final motion will begin on Thursday, Nikhat Zareen (50kg) can be up in opposition to Lkhadiri Wassila of France, Sakshi (57kg) will face Mamajonova Khumorabonu of Uzbekistan and Arundhati Choudhary (66kg) will sq. off in opposition to Matovic Milena of Serbia.

Jugnoo (86kg) and Sagar (+92kg) will tackle Uzbekistan’s Djalolov Samandar and Zokirov Jakhongir respectively. Naveen (92kg) will even have his quarter-finals bout tomorrow relying on his spherical of 16 match outcome tonight.

The Strandja Memorial Tournament is one in every of Europe’s oldest worldwide sports activities competitions and is witnessing the participation of over 300 pugilists from 30 nations.